A pull tab. A motel. A bar back. A bridge.

In Halve It, Joe Nasta conjures a kaleidoscope of lives-aching, queer, tender, and sharp-edged. Each story crackles with the ache of longing and the heat of memory, binding strangers across time and geography through grief, sex, transformation, and desire.

From roadside bars to Alaskan forests, from pool tables to flame-ringed clearings, this collection of Nasta's best work lingers like a bruise you can't help touching again.

What does it mean to split yourself-and survive the aftermath?