num_pages: 116
description: I was highly invigorated by these stories. They're such exquisitely crafted apercus of the droll and the macabre. Very Hitchockian. The focus of the stories becomes very acute; the severe compression causes grotesque acts to appear even more grotesque.In this new collection of stories, Matt Briggs reminds us of the ordinary strangeness of strange and ordinary lives. Like the best in contemporary literature, his stories make the familiar unfamiliar and thus remind us to take a second look at who we are. Briggs understands the two-sidedness of life, how many ordinary situations can be comforting and disturbing at the same time. Sometimes he puts me in mind of Raymond Carver's stories. Other times he reminds me of the off-kilter world of Russell Edson. This is a striking new collection, one that should draw the attention of everyone who is interested in what is happening in contemporary short fiction.About the AuthorMatt Briggs is the author of a previous collection of stories, The Remains of River Names. His stories and essays have appeared in The Rendezvous Reader, Split: Stories from a Generation Raised on Divorce, The Raven Chronicles, and ZYZZYVA. He lives in Seattle.
language: English
title: Misplaced Alice
titlecomplete: Misplaced Alice
ratings_count: 15
publisher: SpringTown Press