Suffering ignites the spark of contact with the sublime and offers proof of humanity.

The gun is mightier than the pen, was our true opinion, and the RPG is mightier still.

We need empathy, we need the eyes that still can weep.

The word suffering is full and whole and perfect as a pierced heart, sweet, rushing and tender ... Suffering is the joy of someone about to be martyred, illumination of something given up as an offer.

Kate Bernheimer's fiction offers a unique and delicate gift, the tempting mirage of a grace that constantly escapes. The Complete Tales of Merry Gold is an exceptional, lovely book, beautifully enigmatic, speaking a language that mysteriously evokes the unspoken.