“Woe becomes art in these mesmerizing stories. Here are characters who need groceries, drugs, gas in their cars, diapers for their babies. They’ve got trouble, and it’s more complicated than you think. Sure, it’s Godforsaken country; sure, they bring it on themselves. But Vic Sizemore takes you where these folks live. Down and out is a place he knows, and he’ll hold you in its thrall.” ~ Sandra Scofield, The Last Draft; Swim: Stories of the Sixties