First published in The Gettysburg Review, Wilson's novella takes us into an odd office world of the temporary employee where the work makes no sense, where catching up can bring about the end of an assignment but unemployment can come anyway in an instant with a wrong word or gesture, where tomorrow is never the same.

In Ian Randall Wilson's first collection, HUNGER AND OTHER STORIES, his characters are driven by intense yearnings for the satisfaction of their most basic human desires. Some want intimacy, others acceptance, approval, security. All are thwarted by personal shortcomings, or the shortcomings of others, in their attempts to fulfill their longing. Here are stories of fathers and sons who cannot get along, people who use friendship merely as an avenue to career advancement, lovers for whom even sex isn't a way of communicating. Fourteen stories which "despite their restlessness," North American Review editor Robley Wilson says, "glitter with persistent hopes."

This second collection of short stories features works observing life as more than a bit off-center. Can a recent college graduate find his way to Absolute Knowledge? Is prison the best way for a struggling poet to get published? Do fat men make the best dancers? This is a world where desires are thwarted and love is just out of reach, but sometimes, people do get what they want though not in the way they expected.

These poems are direct and often humorous social commentaries on contemporary life.

The 6th issue of 88 presents the best in contemporary American poetry from established and emerging writers, plus essays on poetry and poetics, and reviews.

The 5th Anniversary issue of 88, presenting the best in contemporary American poetry from established and emerging writers, plus essays on poetry and poetics, and reviews.

New poetry from third generation New York School poet Ian Randall Wilson.

The best in American poetry also featuring essays and reviews.

The best in contemporary American poetry from emerging and established poets.

This collection of the best in American poetry also features essays and reviews.

The complete collection of work from modern American poets.

In his first collection of short stories, Wilson's characters are driven by a intense yearning for satisfaction of the most basic human desires. These are stories of fathers and sons who cannot get along, of impossible family gatherings where no one measures up, of intensely sexual relationships gone bad, and of the devastation of drugs.