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The out-of-sorts : new and selected stories
- Title
- The out-of-sorts : new and selected stories / Gary Fincke.
- Author
- Fincke, Gary
- Publication
- Morgantown : Vandalia Press, 2017.
- ©2017
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Details
- Description
- ix, [331] pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "The new and selected stories in this collection, written over a period of thirty years, are firmly entrenched in the culture and people of rust belt cities and rural Appalachia. These stories are often set against large, significant events like the Cold War, Vietnam, and the Kent State shootings, but are always uniquely local. A mother fends off the police by brandishing copperhead snakes. A woman cares for the dog of an alleged double murderer. A husband who has lost his job works at trying to save his wife from a debilitating phobia. This extensive collection by Gary Fincke, an accomplished poet and writer of fiction, gives rise to ordinary people living lives made fascinating by attention to the particulars of voice, place, and character. With precise language, surprising imagery, and sharp, evocative dialogue, these stories deepen beyond the oddities of their characters, who are scarred and defeated by circumstance and choice, but also attain moments of grace, compassion, and generosity of the spirit"--
- Uniform Title
- Short stories. Selections
- Alternative Title
- Short stories.
- Out of sorts
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- New stories. Things that fall from the sky ; Roustabouts ; Gun comfort ; What was good for you ; A day like any other -- From For Keepsies (1993). Story stories ; The Nazi on the phone -- From Emergency Calls (1996). Callback ; Darwin in the city -- From The Stone Child (2003). The stone child ; Zombies ; Natural borders -- From Sorry I worried you (2004). Wire's wire, until it's a body ; The lightning tongues -- From The Proper Words for Sin (2013). Somebody, somewhere else ; The Out-of-sorts ; The proper words for sin -- From A room of rain (2015). A room of rain ; The worst thing ; The visual equivalent of pain ; Roger that -- From The Killer's Dog (2015). Were we live now ; The killer's dog.
- Call Number
- JFD 17-6869
- ISBN
- 9781943665938
- 1943665931
- LCCN
- 2017039505
- OCLC
- 982091699
- Author
- Fincke, Gary, author.
- Title
- The out-of-sorts : new and selected stories / Gary Fincke.
- Publisher
- Morgantown : Vandalia Press, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 17-6869