Table of Contents

Different Distances 1 Instructions 13 Light Without 15 Pennsylvania 39 The Saddening 41 Crystal Castles 47 Pineal Gland 61 Throw Him in the Water 63 Nevada 77 The Celebrations 79 The Most Amazing Attic 93 The AuralSec Story, A Corporate History, Chapter 7: Our Dependable Grampy 97 Animal Attacks 113 Glossary 115 The Board Game Monopoly 123 The Sodding 141 Pastoral 143 Iceland 151 Some Kirkpatricks 153 Acknowledgments 177

About the Author

Matthew Kirkpatrick's fiction has appeared in the Notre Dame Review, Web Conjunctions, DIAGRAM, and elsewhere. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Reviews

"Matthew Kirkpatrick's new book is outstanding. The stories in Light without Heat are taut, formally inventive forays into the soft, fragile core of families. Kirkpatrick's language is sharp and severe, but beneath the disciplined voice is a writer looking to reveal the most difficult feelings. An extraordinary debut by an ambitious new writer."--Ben Marcus, author of The Flame Alphabet

"Matthew Kirkpatrick loves words and images and the crazy chemistry between them. Reading Light without Heat is like watching a circus act where humans fling themselves gorgeously from increasingly fantastic heights: you think uh-oh and wowee and yes yes yes."--Noy Holland, author of What Begins with Bird