| Title | : | Walking Off Heaven's Shore: Ten-Piece Bucket of Southern Fried Fiction |
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| ISBN | : | 150087342X |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781500873424 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 50 |
| Publication | : | First published August 1, 2014 |
Walking off Heaven's Shore Washed in the flood of knowing
Intervention Mothers and daughters--can it ever work?
Turning Point Friday morning, a cup of coffee, a decision
Pachelbel's Canyons In the after math of sleep tape programming, the subject takes charge.
Walk the Dog Who's holding which end of the leash?
The Fire Inside Can you stand the heat?
Kitchen Witchery The art of female bonding across generations
Swamp of the Soul You only see the snakes if you look for them.
Storm Front Revenge may be served cold can be slippery when wet.
The last time I dated a serial killer A literate man is hard to find
Walking Off Heaven's Shore: Ten-Piece Bucket of Southern Fried Fiction Reviews
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It's hard to review a short story collection since the stories are all different in this particular set of tales. There's a bit of several genres, so it's hard to home in on any particular one or two as stand-outs.
Okay, do I have a favorite? Yeah. Do I have a least favorite? Kind of.
I'll just give the big view. I'm a big fan of Ms. Babb's Maven series, so snatched up this collection without a second thought (bought elsewhere, sorry). I was not disappointed in the slightest. I'd just like to have more!
I'd certainly recommend it to anybody I know. -
Ten pieces of flash fiction, short stories and poetry, Walking Off Heaven’s Shore is a great mixture of humour, irony, identify and insight. Each piece portrays the writer’s wonderful articulation of the Southern American soul. The Title piece is a must read but my person favourite was the final piece ‘The last time I dated a serial killer’ which was so gutsy, ironic and almost satirical it had me pondering it for hours after I finished the collection.
There is something quite beautifully unspoilt about the narrative voices in each piece of fiction. It is well put together and captures the moments that you can relate or reflect to. A really good collection. Very amusing and entertaining. -
The subtitle is "A Ten-Piece Bucket of Southern Fried Chicken," and that's what this is, a collection of tasty, unpretentious morsels of poetry and story. The author speaks mostly through the voices of her characters, who are generally working-class Southerners. The style is feisty and mildly ironic. Most of the stories bring a twist of surprise or insight at the end. I especially recommend the first story, "Walking on Heaven's Shore," and the poem "Kitchen Witchery." As always with a collection, I liked some pieces less; I didn't really understand the poem "Pachelbel's Canyons," but that's probably just me. Definitely worth the investment.
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Flash fiction, prose poems, bits and pieces of my life shaped into new stories and new perspectives.
