From the author of MOUNTAIN HOME and STRANDED, comes Bracken MacLeods first collection of short stories. These stories inhabit the dark places where pain and resignation intersect, and the fear of a quiet moment alone is as terrifying as the unseen thing watching from behind the treeline. In th
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โ Scribed by MacLeod, Bracken
- Book ID
- 109489389
- Publisher
- ChiZine
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 234 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781771484114
- ASIN
- B06Y1S79KC
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โฆ Synopsis
From the author of MOUNTAIN HOME and STRANDED, comes Bracken MacLeods first collection of short stories.
These stories inhabit the dark places where pain and resignation intersect, and the fear of a quiet moment alone is as terrifying as the unseen thing watching from behind the treeline. In the titular story, a young woman waits for her father to come home from the place where no one goes intending to return. A single word is the push that may break a man and save a life. The members of a winemaking community celebrate the old time religion found flowing in the blood of the vine. A desperate man seeking a miracle cure gets more than a peek behind the curtain of Dr. Morningstars Psychic Surgery. A child who dreams of escaping on leather wings finds rescue in dark water instead. A hostage broker receives a lesson in love from a woman called The Beast. Looking back over a life, a homeless veteran must decide to live in the present if he wants to save his future. A hostage broker receives a lesson in love from a woman called The Beast. In a Halloween Hell house, a youth pastor must face the judgment of a man committed to doing the Lords work. Fiery death heralds the beginning of a new life. A man who has been carrying pain with him his entire life gives up his last piece of darkness. And a still day beneath the sun illuminates the quiet sorrow of the last feather to fall.
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