Shortlisted for the National Book Award Fiction Earthy and otherworldly, antic and sexy, queer and caustic, comic and deadly serious, Her Body and Other Parties swings from horrific violence to the most exquisite sentiment. In their explosive originality, these stories enlarge the possibilities of contemporary fiction. Read the full description. “Those of us who knew […]
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Featured Audio Giveaway – October 2017 — Her Body and Other Parties
October 4th, 2017 · No Comments · Featured Audio Giveaways
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Featured Audio Giveaway – July 2017 — Knots: Stories
July 6th, 2017 · 1 Comment · Featured Audio Giveaways
“Every story [is] a formal surprise, smart and droll.” —Lydia Davis, The Times Literary Supplement Cleverly balancing the sensuous, the surreal, and the comical, Øyehaug achieves a playful familiarity with the absurd that never overreaches the needs of her stories. Full of characters who can’t help tying knots in themselves and each other, these tales […]
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All-Star Cast for High Crime Area
February 26th, 2014 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
HighBridge is pleased to announce that the new short story collection from Joyce Carol Oates, High Crime Area, will be narrated by an all-star cast: Julia Whelan, Ray Chase, Donna Postel, Luci Christian, Tamara Marston, and Chris Patton. Julia Whelan will narrate the title story, “High Crime Area,” as well as “The Rescuer.” Julia is […]
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Sweden behind the Shades
November 6th, 2013 · No Comments · Acquisition News
There’s been a lot of excitement about the forthcoming collection of short stories, A Darker Shade of Sweden, which will be published in February 2014 by The Mysterious Press and, I’m here to say with no small measure of gratification, by HighBridge Audio as well. The brouhaha has largely focused on the fact that it […]
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