Title: Sisters of interment
First published: 1998
Description: Illustrated with Bigelow's bold linocut art, Sisters of Interment is a series of interconnected stories about the odd characters who live just on the edge of reality.

You will meet "Kid Kelly," based on a real life alcoholic boxer. "Desert Mushrooms" is a story based on the author's viewing of archival films of nuclear tests, while accounts of cattle mutilations in the newspaper during the 1960-70s is the basis for "Jackson Pollock's Cow." "The Color Orange" is about two brothers, now deceased, who lived on welfare, collected junk to make folk art, and drank a lot. "The Writing Lesson" is based on Draw Me matchbook covers found on the counters of truck stop restaurants.
Subjects: Fiction, Social life and customs, City and town life, Fiction, short stories (single author), Fiction, fantasy, contemporary
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PS3552.I418 S5 1998