Diverse as these tales are, what connects them is the powerful voice of a born storyteller. William Gay expertly sets these conflicted people who make bad choices in life and love against lush back-country scenery, and somehow manages to defy moral logic as we grow to love his characters for the weight of their human errors. In these pages readers meet old man Meecham, who escapes from his new nursing home only to find his son has rented their homestead to "white trash" Quincy Nell Qualls, who not only falls in love with the town lothario but, pregnant, is faced with an inescapable end when he abandons her Finis and Doneita Beasley, whose forty-year marriage is broken up by a dead dog Bobby Pettijohn, who is awakened in the middle of the night by the noise and lights of a search party looking for clues after a body is discovered in his backwoods. His debut collection, I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down, brings together what Gay's dedicated readers are eager for and what new readers will find the perfect introduction to his world: thirteen stories that are mined from this same fertile soil teeming with the grizzled, everyday folk that Gay is famous for bringing to life. Warren Welch (That’s Not Poetry)-that are sure to tingle your spine and make you think twice about sleeping with the lights off tonight. WITCHES OF THE WOOD is a collection of eight short stories from authors born and raised in Appalachia-including bestselling young adult novelist Bekah Harris (Iron Crown Faerie Tales) and social media sensation J. Sometimes, the scariest things in the woods come from within us. Brooklyn and others and an Apple Books and Oprah Magazine best book of January 2020. These are the tales that sometimes teach us there are scarier things in the world than ghosts and haints. Appalachia is a region with fairly poor farmland outside of the river valleys, river valleys that are prone to flooding, rivers that difficult to navigate by barge (compared to the Mississippi), and mountains that are difficult to build railroads and highways through. Her first book of nonfiction, The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia (Hachette Books ) has been named an Indie Next pick for February 2020, a most anticipated book from The Millions, Electric Literature, Vol.1. ![]() It’s those stories-like the ones in this collection-that beckon you into a world of dark mystery and unadulterated horror. ![]() Sometimes, what you find at the end of a dark path, or within an abandoned cabin, or at the top of an old, decaying staircase, will scare some sense into you and equip you with a healthy dose of fear and caution as you walk about your daily life.Īnd then there are times when the stories seem so real, a little voice inside you urges you to turn back, rather than turn the page. Sometimes the absurd and the unexplained come together to teach morals and lessons that are passed down through the years. ![]() Sometimes, these devilishly wicked tales are little more than innocent make-believe. In the hills of Appalachia, folks tell all kinds of stories to keep the children in line.
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