Cures by Jo Brandon Maura Dooley and where nobody gets off

and where nobody gets off the hook

The images are electrifying

In this intimate and vital debut

of the war between love and terror

that every commuter you pass on a rain-glazed street is writing like this as soon as they clock out

Cures by Jo Brandon Maura Dooley and where nobody gets offFrom a sapient pig to human extinction, syphilis to broken bones, a woman who births rabbits to changelings in the crib, this collection explores the full range of human fallibility as well as the eternal quest for hopefulness. Cures is filled with strange characters: volcanic women, a rat catcher on the brink of retirement, a bonesetter, a drunkard, a mermaid; the collection is brimful with both the uncanny and the familiar, exploring the joys of