You will never see any God : stories / Ervin D. Krause ; edited and with an introduction by Timothy Schaffert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krause, Ervin D.

Contributor:

Schaffert, Timothy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ghost stories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska ; London : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A farmer perishing under a fallen tractor makes a last stab at philosophizing: "There was nothing dead that was ever beautiful." It is a sentiment belied not only by the strange beauty in his story but also in the rough lives and deaths, small and large, that fill these haunting tales. Pulp-fiction grim and gritty but with the rhythm and resonance of classic folklore, these stories take place in a world of shadowy figures and childhood fears, in a countryside peopled by witches and skinflints, by men and women mercilessly unforgiving of one another's trespasses, and in nights prowled by w

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Spring Flood; The Right Hand; The Shooters; Old Schwier; Anniversary; The Metal Sky; The Quick and the Dead; The Witch; The Snake; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8032-5408-3

0-8032-5407-5