What the Children See

These wise, wry, and wildly entertaining stories will remind you why you fell in love with fiction in the first place. Wolos pays attention to our world, celebrates our fragile and complicated lives, and opens a space in front of us so we can see more clearly.

John Dufresne, author of I Don't Like Where This Is Going

Wolos is at the pinnacle of his conspicuous talent, and that is really saying something because his previous short fiction collections occupy a prominent place in the pantheon of best short fiction. By any measure, he is one of the most original and adept writers at work today.

Michael C. Keith, author of Pings and Methods of Repair

Injuries and afflictions abound in The Thing About Men. Gregory Wolos keeps his compelling collection attuned to complications of recovery, while illuminating, with care and craft, the wounds most in need of wary monitoring: those that persist beneath 'the top layer of things.' In story after fine story, Wolos urges all of us to delve deeper.

Matthew Pitt, author of These Are Our Demands

Wolos has done something necessary... storytelling, creation, frailty, and trying (and mostly failing) to see the world for what it really is. How have we gotten by all this time without it?

Matthew Thomas Meade, author of These Are Our Demands