Monsters in Appalachia : a collection of stories / by Sheryl Monks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Monks, Sheryl, 1967- author.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural life--Appalachian Region--Fiction.

Rural life.

Genre:

Suspense fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

169 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Morgantown : Vandalia Press, 2016.

Summary:

The characters within these fifteen stories are in one way or another staring into the abyss. While some are awaiting redemption, others are fully complicit in their own undoing. We come upon them in the mountains of West Virginia, in the backyards of rural North Carolina, and at tourist traps along Route 66, where they smolder with hidden desires and struggle to resist the temptations that plague them. A Melungeon woman has killed her abusive husband and drives by the home of her son's new foster family, hoping to lure the boy back. An elderly couple witnesses the end-times and is forced to hunt monsters if they hope to survive. A young girl "tanning and manning" with her mother and aunt resists being indoctrinated by their ideas about men. A preacher's daughter follows in the footsteps of her backsliding mother as she seduces a man who looks a lot like the devil. A master of Appalachian dialect and colloquial speech, Monks writes prose that is dark, taut, and muscular, but also beguiling and playful. Monsters in Appalachia is a powerful work of fiction. Book jacket.

Contents:

Burning slag

Robbing pillars

The immortal Jesse James

Barry Gibb is the cutest Bee Gee

Black shuck

Rasputin's remarkable sleight of hand

Run, little girl

Clinch

Little Miss Bobcat

Merope

Crazy checks

Nympho

This low land of sorrow

Justice boys

Monsters in Appalachia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Monks, Sheryl, 1967- author. Monsters in Appalachia

ISBN:

9781943665396

1943665397

OCLC:

946905537