The Downriver horseshoe / stories by Scott Miles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miles, Scott (Fiction writer)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Detroit (Mich.)--Fiction.

Detroit (Mich.).

Michigan--Detroit.

Genre:

Short stories.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

205 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, IL : Stolen Time Publishing, [2014]

Summary:

"The Downriver horseshoe draws its stories from the landscapes and people of the industrial, south side of Metro Detroit called Downriver. It is Americana with a gritty, blue-collar twist--filled with quirky, rough-hewn characters like Duke Peterson, a retired cookie-truck driver who, at the behest of his nasty, invalid wife, has to hock his grandfather's old shotguns to make rent; there is George Rimbaud, a morally confused mailman who continually crosses the line and intertwines his life (and sex life) with people along his route; and also Simon Touhy, a young man who falls in love with a prosthetic leg found at his worksite on Mt. Trashmore, a landfill converted to public ski slope. With the luck and pride of Downriver at their side, these men march on, making the best decisions they can in an area that can be bleak and beautiful and dangerous on the same block"--First preliminary page.

Contents:

When you're the mailman

Mt. Trashmore

Freezer burn

Fungoo's hockshop

Crash where you land

Paddy wagon

Altoona

Stripped

One more try

Erwin's main attraction

Losing focus.

Notes:

A collection of short stories.

ISBN:

9780692222690

0692222693

OCLC:

899008463