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The Moss Gatherersby Matt Briggs
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A sense of the bizarre unique to the Northwest runs through the stories in The Moss Gatherers: a French cyclist is murdered by supposed "moss gatherers" in coastal Oregon; a child has fungus growing on his forehead; and an old woman wearing a crown of lit candles plays a Victrola in a cornfield. The stories are infused with a sense of decay and stagnancy lit by surprising flickers of human decency, however small: a young girl plays boogie-woogie at her brother's wedding, and her family dances; an old woman tries to comfort a grieving teenager; and a woman preoccupied with safety leaves her front door wide open one night for the sake of a lost bird. Through these stories, we realize that the bizarre is always at the periphery of our otherwise mundane lives, and when we meet it, we are offered the chance to be forever changed. Review:"Briggs' work is new, robust, vital and original. It's also clear and funny sometimes and irreverent the way all original and adventurous fiction should be; it's all good." Stephen Dixon, author of Frogs and Interstate Review:"Briggs' enormous and uncommon talent is for crafting fiction technically bold and psychologically daring, highly styled and deeply human." The Stranger About the AuthorMatt Briggs was born in Seattle in 1970 and raised in the Snoqualmie Valley. His book of connected stories, The Remains of River Names, was published by Black Heron Press in 1999. He is also the author of Misplaced Alice. Clear Cut Press will release his first novel, Shoot the Buffalo in the fall of 2005. His stories have appeared in ZYZZYVA,The Seattle Review, The South Dakota Review and elsewhere. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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