02357nam 2200553Ia 450 991045433560332120200520144314.01-58729-775-2(CKB)1000000000704749(EBL)843227(OCoLC)297118280(SSID)ssj0000137088(PQKBManifestationID)11139242(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000137088(PQKBWorkID)10088117(PQKB)11784033(MiAaPQ)EBC843227(MdBmJHUP)muse8957(Au-PeEL)EBL843227(CaPaEBR)ebr10354421(EXLCZ)99100000000070474920070302d2007 ub 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrDesert gothic[electronic resource] /Don WatersIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20071 online resource (167 p.)The Iowa short fiction awardDescription based upon print version of record.1-58729-624-1 What to do with the dead -- Sheets -- Mr. Epstein and the dealer -- Dan Buck -- Mineral and steel -- Blood management -- Holiday at the Shamrock -- The bulls at San Luis -- Little sins -- Mormons in heat.This powerful debut collection, set in the light-filled deserts of Nevada and Arizona, introduces a darkly inventive new voice. Like an early Richard Ford, Don Waters writes with skill, empathy, and an edgy wit of worlds not often celebrated in contemporary literature. Set in bars, mortuaries, nursing homes, truck stops, and the "poverty motels that encircled downtown's casino corridor," Waters's ten stories are full of misfit transients like Julian, a crematorium worker who decorates abandoned urns to create a "lush underground island," and the instant Mormon missionary Eli, a hapless dIowa short fiction award.Short stories, American21st centurySouthwest, NewFictionElectronic books.Short stories, American813/.6Waters Don1974-898396MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454335603321Desert gothic2007256UNINA