REVIEWED BY A. E. WEISGERBER The Expanse Between by Lee L. Krecklow| Winter Goose Publishing, 2017 | ISBN: 978-1941058619 | 239 pages This impressive debut novel from Wisconsinite Lee L. Krecklow raises interesting questions about storytelling and privacy rights. The Expanse Between is also a nifty bit of […]
REVIEWED BY ANNE ELIZABETH WEISGERBER Rain Check: Collected Stories by Levi Andrew Noe | Truth Serum Press, 2016 | ISBN: 978-1-925536-09-6 | 128 pages Rain Check: Collected Stories by Levi Andrew Noe, from Truth Serum Press, contains 58 flash fictions. Each documents and preserves interesting, cyclical thought patterns […]
REVIEWED BY ANNE ELIZABETH WEISGERBER Curing Time by Tim Swink | Pegasus Books, 2014 | ISBN: 978-0991099313 | 212 pages Curing Time by Tim Swink is a southern tale, highlighting the struggles of North Carolina tobacco farmers, circa 1957-9. The plot braids together a love story, local folklore, […]
REVIEWED BY ANNE E. WEISGERBER Ninety-nine Stories of God by Joy Williams | Tin House Books, 2016 | ISBN: 978-1941040355 | 151 pages | $19.95 Compressed fiction writers benefit from a study of Joy Williams’s story collection, Ninety-nine Stories of God. Williams not only provides a rich reading […]
REVIEWED BY ANNE WEISGERBER Hamburgers and Berliners and Other Courses in Between by Matt Potter | Cervena Barva Press | 2015 | ISBN 978-0-9966894-0-3 | $18 Letters from Germany Traditionally, travel guides offer must-sees and must-dos, and Matt Potter’s travelogue of time spent in Hamburg and Berlin, Germany, […]
“What Sean Lovelace and Mark Neely have done is write something that eclipses fan fiction: they’ve fed his vernacular into a super-elastic-bubble-plastic Franco linguistic-simulation-machine. It’s delightful. It compelled me to visit Franco’s Instagram; I verified they nailed his frenetic tone. How did they do it, without emojis?”
REVIEWED BY A.E. WEISGERBER I’m From Electric Peak by Bud Smith | Artistically Declined Press, 2016 | ISBN: 9781530534029 If you want/need/require adventure, I’m From Electric Peak is your next read. Bud Smith’s latest novella features a pair of homicidal, star-crossed seventeen-year-olds who kill their way cross country. […]
REVIEWED BY A.E. WEISGERBER Rattle of Want | Gay Degani | Pure Slush Books | November 2015 | ISBN 978-1-925101-67-6 A great collection to keep near your travel bag. This is a collection that’s really full, very rich, and I enjoyed every story in Rattle of Want for […]
REVIEWED BY A.E. WEISGERBER Mexicali Blues | Joseph Grant | Literary Wanderlust | March 1, 2016 | ISBN 9781942856054 Many modern writers owe a debt to Hemingway. Joseph Grant, in his collection of short stories Mexicali Blues, pays tribute via eleven tales, framed by fishing expeditions (“Fishing for […]
