<DIV><BR>"A gay, punk-rock Chinese American in the age of AIDS, Chin confronts all manner of hypocrisy."?<I>San Francisco Chronicle</I><BR><BR>Through intertwined short stories, <I>98 Wounds</I> dissects the inexorable dualities present in every moment that matters: pleasure and pain, contentment and longing, mercy and brutality, living and dying. In between all this, solace, understanding, and occasional regret ? if not resolution ? can be found. <I>98 Wounds</I> takes the reader on a defiant road trip beset with contrition potholes and agitation detours to a place where absurdity and horror feed on each other. In <I>98 Wounds</I>, either we are all damned, or we are all saved: a sentiment that speaks to all cultures in these uncertain times.<BR><BR>Award-winning writer <B>Justin Chin </B>is the author of six books, including <I>Bite Hard </I>(Manic D Press) and <I>Mongrel</I> (St. Martin's Press). His works have been widely anthologized. Born in Malaysia, raised and educated in Singapore, shipped to the United States by way of Hawaii, he currently lives in San Francisco, California.<BR></DIV>