Life Ain't Pretty is a crime-fiction anthology featuring five extremely intense and intriguing short stories, by Koestler Arts Award winning author R.A. Chin.

Each story serves as a snapshot into the lives of diverse and complex characters including a delinquent BMX enthusiast, a repressed autistic boy and a corrupt prison officer, and also as a vehicle to showcase the darker elements of humanity.

The world isn't all roses and sunshine, and this book doesn't shy away from harsh truths - the brutal and often unpredictable reality of human nature.

In the case of Deliverance, there is a certain poetic justice between two pivotal characters in the story, and Gin and Chronic serves as something of a lesson in how our early experiences can shape us - and have life changing effects many years down the line...