Matthew Collins has it all. Talent, friendship, a writing career in the fast lanes of New York City, but he has only one problem. He's on the edge of sanity. Enter the world of Matthew as he discovers a past he thought was left there for good. While researching for his latest novel, Matthew seeks out a psychiatrist to study, but soon finds out there's something about himself he thought was forever blocked out. His friend and roommate Marilyn Parker tries to keep him in one piece while her own sanity and love life is on the brink of destruction. The Hand That Bleeds is a story about the sometimes inane and very often imperative aspects of life shown through the eyes of someone who sees everything from a different view. It ultimately asks the question, what is normal anyway?