Big Bad (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781946448729)

Within the thirteen stories of Whitney Collins's Big Bad dwells a hunger that's dark, deep, and hilarious. Part domestic horror, part flyover gothic, Big Bad serves up real-world predicaments in unremarkable places (motels, dormitories, tiki bars), all with Collins's heart-wrenching flavor of magical realism. A young woman must give birth to future iterations of herself; a widower kills a horse en route to his grandson's circumcision; a conflicted summer camper is haunted by a glass eye and motorcycle crash. Collins's cast of characters must repeatedly choose to fight or flee the "big bad" that dwells within us all. Winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, and boasting a 2020 Pushcart-winning story, Big Bad simultaneously entertains and disconcerts.

Author: Whitney Collins
ISBN-10: 1946448729
ISBN-13: 9781946448729
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Language: English
Published: 03/16/2021
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
Award: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - Bronze Medal Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/25/2021
Foreword 02/26/2021
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2021