Lindsay Hunter Books in Order

These short stories follow people whose longing, envy, and anger emerge through disturbing relationships and unusual acts. A girlfriend’s preparation, a wife’s experiment with a dog collar, and a volatile teenage friendship reveal unsettling struggles for intimacy and power.

Lindsay Hunter’s stories explore uncomfortable desires and attempts to connect, from a waitress’s envy to a woman’s troubling romantic fantasy. Their characters pursue affection and recognition through strange, sometimes destructive behavior, revealing the vulnerability beneath their unsettling choices.

Teenagers Perry and Baby Girl pass their days in an uneasy friendship marked by boredom, rivalry, and stolen-car escapades. When an online stranger takes an interest in them, their search for attention moves toward increasingly dangerous territory.

When his drug-addicted adult son goes missing, Greg rents an RV and drives from West Virginia to Florida to find him. The journey forces him to confront his own compulsions and failures as a husband and father.

Neighbors Jackie and Theresa build a close friendship while raising their families, but Jackie’s transformation through weight loss fuels envy and desire. A devastating betrayal and death expose the fragile bonds between the households and the consequences of wanting another life.