The author of ECHOES OF A KILLING is back with a collection of stories about damaged people who can't control their self-destructive urges. MALFUNCTION includes unsettling tales of a serial killer returning to his Nicaraguan village, a drunken street clown turning violent in El Salvador, and a Brooklyn man whose life goes from bad to nightmarish over a mistaken identity, among many others. These are stories where the dark shadows of human nature collide with the naive and trusting among us, with startling consequences.