Mean Rooms A Short Story Collection Author:Julie Smith Award-winning author Julie Smith's books are variously dark, antic, deductive, wry, sensual, funny and genuinely frightening -- all of which aptly describe her short stories. From the high art of revenge in "Fresh Paint" to the depths of the Antarctic in "The End of the Earth", this collection proves that Julie Smith is indeed one of those write... more »rs who never writes the same story twice.« less