Nathan Ballingrud's Shirley Jackson Award winning debut collection
is a shattering and luminous experience not to be missed by those
who love to explore the darker parts of the human psyche. Monsters,
real and imagined, external and internal, are the subject. They are
us and we are them and Ballingrud's intense focus makes these
stories incredibly intense and irresistible. These are love
stories. And also monster stories. Sometimes these are monsters in
their traditional guises, sometimes they wear the faces of parents,
lovers, or ourselves. The often working-class people in these
stories are driven to extremes by love. Sometimes, they are ruined;
sometimes redeemed. All are faced with the loneliest corners of
themselves and strive to find an escape. Nathan Ballingrud was born
in Massachusetts but has spent most of his life in the South. He
worked as a bartender in New Orleans and New York City and a cook
on offshore oil rigs. His story "The Monsters of Heaven" won the
inaugural Shirley Jackson Award. He lives in Asheville, North
Carolina, with his daughter.
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