Stories from the Hollow

ISBN-13: 9783845445649 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 100 str.

Steffan Gilbert

Opis

A collection of short stories whose worlds range from a futuristic dream scape where saints must be blessed with swiveling hips (Elvis Has Expounded the Building), to how mysterious pranks to an country churchs outdoor sign are the fuse that implodes a pastor wound too tight (A Delivered Sign), to a place deep in the woods that makes it hard to leave, whether one wants to or not ("Wishes Haunting Dreams"), to a short bed time story written to celebrate the birth of a dear one (The Way of The Willow). The collection ends with an early version of "Still Life, a mystery where a childs disappearance collides with the selfishness of a no account neer-do-well. "Still Life" is currently being revised into a novel, Still Life (with Lares and Penates).

O autorze

Steffan Gilbert was born in Washington D.C. His career has included stints as a vocational therapist, reporter, and call-in tarot reader. A dulcimerist and award winning writer and producer, his material has been performed in venues across the country, at The National Theater in Washington D.C. and on PBS.He and his wife live in Middle Tennessee.