Love and loss in L.A. “Instinctive Drowning Response” appears in Richard Lange’s short story collection, Sweet Nothing. “Richard Lange’s stories are a revelation. He writes of the disaffections and bewilderments of ordinary lives with as keen an anger and searing lyricism as anybody out there today. He is Raymond Carver reborn in a hard cityscape. Read him and be amazed.” —T.C. Boyle
9 parts