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Surreal South '07: An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry

Surreal South: An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry

Penned By Laura Benedict
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Surreal South '07: An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry

Surreal South: An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry

Penned By Laura Benedict
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Editor's Note:
Welcome to the dream world. What you are about to encounter is the unfiltered stuff of the dream, and that is wild, terrifying, provocative, and unsettling material. In this volume, some of the best living Southern writers are offering up a feast of their dreams, wonderful and awful in equal measure, for you to enjoy. These dream stories and poems will tell you what you have always known, but what you are too afraid to say out loud in the full light of day: that we are a race of chimeras, beings made up of the incompatible parts of innumerable mutually antagonistic creatures. Our pieces do not fit together. We are, when were willing to tell the truth about ourselves, surreal at our hearts. Welcome to the Surreal South.Contents:The echo of neighborly bones by Daniel WoodrellSales call by Susan WoodringHelp me find my spaceman lover by Robert Olen ButlerWillows / The swan by Rodney JonesThe river that was my father / Poem in the ninth month by Beth Ann FennellyFat lighter by George SingletonSautéing the platygast by Dean PaschalPig helmet & the wall of life by Pinckney BenedictThe drinking gourd by Katie EstillSwans by Benjamin PercyThe Bear Bryant funeral train by Brad ViceNight by Jacinda TownsendDog song by Ann PancakeThe era of great numbers by Lee K. AbbottDecirculating the monkey by Chris OffuttCorpse bird by Ron RashMother by Andrew HudginsThe widow Sunday by Kathy ConnerSmonk gets out alive by Tom FranklinWitches, all by Laura BenedictThe paperhanger by William GaySilver man / Dinner date by Joy Beshears HayCrazy ladies by Greg JohnsonCactus Vic and his marvelous magical elephant / The best chicken in Arkansas by Jon TribbleBirdfists by Julianna BaggottThe bingo master by Joyce Carol OatesThe truth and all its ugly by Kyle MinorContributors biographies & notes

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Laura Benedict is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Laura Benedict enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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