Tales the Devil Told Me

(Author)
Tales the Devil Told Me - Fawkes, Jen
Available
add to wishlist

Description

What if Captain Hook gave up marauding and took a gig at the Post Office? How did Hamlet's uncle Claudius become such a rat? What might happen if a plastic surgeon fell for Medusa? If Moby Dick could write a letter, what would he say to Ahab? The answers to these and many other questions can be found in Tales the Devil Told Me by Jen Fawkes - winner of the 2020 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction. These twelve stories examine the possible lives of classic literary villains as Professor Moriarty, Shere Khan, Rumpelstiltskin, Polyphemus, Mrs. Danvers and others, while illuminating the consumptive nature of love, the crushing weight of isolation, the false promise of beauty, and the power of storytelling itself.


Product Details

Price
$17.95
Publisher
Press 53
Publish Date
Pages
196
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.5 X 0.45 inches | 0.56 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781950413324

Earn by promoting books

Earn money by sharing your favorite books through our Affiliate program.

Become an affiliate

About the Author

Jen Fawkes won the 2020 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction for Tales the Devil Told Me. Her debut book, Mannequin and Wife (LSU Press) won two 2020 Foreword INDIE Awards (Gold in Short Stories/Honorable Mention in Literary Fiction), was nominated for a 2020 Shirley Jackson Award, and was named one of Largehearted Boy's Favorite Short Story Collections of 2020. Jen's work has appeared in One Story, Lit Hub, Crazyhorse, storySouth, The Iowa Review, Best Small Fictions 2020, and many other venues. Her fiction has won numerous prizes, from The Pinch, Salamander, Washington Square Review, and others. The recipient of the 2021 Porter Fund Literary Prize, Jen lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, with her husband and several imaginary friends.
Breasts and Eggs
Freshwater
One Last Stop
The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4: Latinext
She Regrets Nothing
Choose Your Own Disaster
Severance
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Tell Me Lies
There's Someone Inside Your House
Modern Romance
The Virgin Suicides
Vinegar Girl: William Shakespeare's the Taming of the Shrew Retold: A Novel
Sweetbitter
Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Nap Ministry's Rest Deck: 50 Practices to Resist Grind Culture
Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook: A Cookbook
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair
Fourth Wing
Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize Winner
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Prophet Song
Blackouts
Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza