
The Children
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In The Children, after a widow moves to start a new life on a farm, dancing lights and unburied reflections coalesce as some semblance of the past, present and future begin to creep in.
“Platypus is publishing some of the most compelling short stories being written—stories that engage your intellect yet also twist your gut. These rich fictions lure you in until you find you are reading a far more devastating story than the one you started.” —Elise Blackwell
“The work in this series is deftly crafted and deeply engaging, compelling and resonant and elegantly written. With stories from the sharpest writers of contemporary short fiction, this is the short story at its best.” —Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum
(ePub version, approx. 41 pages)
“Platypus is publishing some of the most compelling short stories being written—stories that engage your intellect yet also twist your gut. These rich fictions lure you in until you find you are reading a far more devastating story than the one you started.” —Elise Blackwell
“The work in this series is deftly crafted and deeply engaging, compelling and resonant and elegantly written. With stories from the sharpest writers of contemporary short fiction, this is the short story at its best.” —Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum
(ePub version, approx. 41 pages)