Nightwatch by Matthew Goldberg

Nightwatch by Matthew Goldberg
ISBN: 978-0-999050-3-3

Winner of the 2024 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction, Night Watch is a haunting symphony of longing and unease. Richly atmospheric and unsettlingly intimate, this collection explores the fragility of trust, the allure of hidden lives, and the darkness that shapes us. In the quiet suburbs, where red-brick houses and two-car garages seem to promise nothing but routine, a voyeur’s nocturnal wanderings are upended by a chilling discovery that fractures a community as they grapple with tragedy and suspicion. A prodigious musician finds her voice amid chaos, and a man’s search for redemption collides with his past. With lyrical prose and razor-sharp insight, Night Watch weaves together lives on the edge of transformation, where moments of quiet observation erupt into revelations, and each narrative illuminates a different facet of what it means to be seen—and unseen.