Bibliograph

Big bad, stories, Whitney Collins

Type

Label

Big bad, stories, Whitney Collins

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Big bad

Oclc number

1144094146

Responsibility statement

Whitney Collins

Sub title

stories

Summary

"Big Bad's thirteen enchanting stories lure readers into a dark wood where the mundane collides with the mysterious and the comedic merges with the catastrophic. Categorized as "domestic horror" and "flyover gothic," Collins's tales blend magic realism with real-world predicaments and feature underdogs tackling spiritual dilemmas in unremarkable locales: cheap motels, nail salons, tiki bars. From a widower who kills a horse en route to his grandson's circumcision to a mother who morphs into a giant clam to avoid domesticity, all of Big Bad's characters must repeatedly choose to fight or flee the big, bad wolf within. Winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, and boasting a 2020 Pushcart Prizewinner, Big Bad simultaneously entertains and disconcerts"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The Nest -- Sunday -- Big Bad -- Drawers -- The Entertainer -- Daddy-o -- The Pupil -- Stone Fruit -- Three Couches -- Lonelyhearts -- Good Guys -- The Horse Lamp -- Bjorn

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