The Hoax Poems

The macabre, the unsettling, the uncertain, the unforgettable: stories and legends supplant the sensible and the predictable of everyday life. Whatever else we may think of these instances, they tingle our fears and our imaginations long after we look away-if we can. These are the subjects of Leslie Grace McMurtry's evocative debut collection, The Hoax Poems, where what we perceive takes precedence over what's real.