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Award winning author Steven Schwartz writes of loss and replenishment in eleven suspenseful and affecting stories Set mostly in the contemporary American West the stories take on the identity of a place where tradition is still a work in progress and acts of self discovery arise for characters at any age In “Strange The craft in these stories is impressive They each seem as intricately developed as a novel Schwartz paints such a complete world in such a small space The variety is impressive as well though there is a similarity running throughout in the emotionally intimate moments at which Schwartz catches his characters I love the soft compassionate feel that I get when facing those intimate moments the humanity of the characters In short wonderful stories
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Little Raw Souls StoriesEnteen year old boy needing his dying mother’s permission to join the Marines experiences a startling encounter with the promiscuous teenage daughter of a Marine sergeant he looks up to Steven Schwartz’s stories never stand still With pathos and humor they probe ahead searching out the tender souls of his characte Those old enough to remember the Loma Prieta earthuake of 1989 will recall the iconic image of that disaster A misdirected auto dashing along the Bay Bridge then poof it’s gone nose diving through an unforeseen fissure Rewind the tape Watch it over and over You scream at the car through the television You wave your arms But there’s no stopping it and no looking away That’s what it feels like reading Steven Schwartz’s new collection of short stories Little Raw Souls Autumn House Press 11 tales of peril redemption and disasterRead the full review at Transgress Magazine