"As society struggles to reconcile the uncovering of past wrongs with simple human frailty, punishment and personal redemption, the stories in Without Expiration challenge us to consider the humanity of characters who are flawed and heartbroken and who do and suffer terrible things. Works from Without Expiration have been published in some of America’s best short fiction journals. From the tale of a devastated father hunting his daughter’s killer to that of a couple forced to confront the disintegration of their marriage anew each time the wife awakes from a persistent vegetative state, the short fictions in this anthology seek to obliterate any sense of righteous indignation and to question how any of us can make it unscathed through a life where our every mistake is without expiration."
An interesting concept - looking forward to reading.

These short stories will keep you engaged, but are not the best that I have read. I cannot honestly say that I loved all of the stories, but many of them were pretty good . Overall, this is a pretty good effort by the author.

This short story collection was right up my alley. William Hincy weaves wonderous tales, whether filled with mounting dread or with unabashed laughter. The characters he brings to life are easily relatable. What a bender it is when the twisted happens. When the unimaginable takes place. When the absurd becomes reality. Could these unassuming, everyday people become us? Oh, quite rightly. That is what I ultimately enjoyed about Hincy's writing. He is able to make the obtuse relevant. The outlandish feasible. A trademark of a phenomenal story teller.

'Are we bad people who sometimes do good things, or good people who do bad things?' I think we all are a little bit of both, don't you think?

Thanks to NetGalley, Whiskey-Winged Lit, and William R. Hincy for an ARC in return for an honest review.

this was a really good anthology, you could really tell that this was personal to the author and I think it had the heart for it. It was a really good read.

Great writing and strong voice. Recommend if looking for a story that is as captivating as it is well-written.

This book did not grab me. Too much going on. Some felt not quite complete. Thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for the arc of this book in return for my honest review. Receiving the book in this manner had no bearing on this review.

A very good mix of high-quality stories. This has a wide variety of interesting characters and situations. Short stories are notoriously hard to write well, and this author has figured it out. Recommended for lit fans.

I really appreciate the review copy!!

Some sort of interesting stuff but overall I found the stories "meh". I didn't think the description and tagline matched what the stories were about...they do have interesting ethics in them but I found the info and tagline to be a bit deceptive to be honest.

Uncomfortable, unsettling and often unresolved, I believe these stories are best dipped into over a period of time. It would be too intense to gobble up this collection in one or two sittings. If I had to use another ‘u’ word it would be understandable, but I’d have to put a question mark after it as a number of the stories had me completely flummoxed. I found that I was often searching for meaning and more than once I came up empty handed. The offerings vary in length and style, with some of the shortest stories ending before I’d settled into the flow of them. These were forgettable but others did engage me.

My favourites are all about relationships where tension is the dominant theme:

- A long-term marriage in which the wife is constantly annoyed by the fact that her husband never washes the dishes.

- A scientist whose estranged and dying wife awakes every few years to torment him afresh.

- A son desperate for his father’s love but constantly disappointed by his disregard.

Overall it’s a mixed bag, as many collections are. I found myself one minute admiring how the author had drawn me in to a situation and the next finding that a piece had completely passed me by. It’s possible I’d gain more by working through the stories again, but in truth I’m not drawn to do that.

Without Expiration by William R. Hincy is an unusual short story collection that all share a common theme.

There are 12 stories to it, most of them previously been published.

Are good people capable of doing bad things like bad people do on a regular basis?
What about bad people are they capable of producing the kind good deed that would make good people proud?

Most importantly, if the answer to both questions is yes, just how big a difference is there, between “bad” people and “good” people.