Things Get Weird in Whistlestop

Description

My hometown had a ghost, as every small town should.

If you can imagine William Faulkner penning an episode of The Twilight Zone, you'll have an inkling of what Julie Carpenter has created in Whistlestop - a town that reflects modern America in a funhouse mirror of disorienting familiarity. From subtly crafted ghost stories to allegorical magical realism, the folks of Whistlestop will welcome you in for tea and cookies and a hefty dose of small town weirdness that is society today.

Product Details

Price

$15.00 $13.95

Publisher

Sacred Chickens

Publish Date

November 12, 2019

Pages

272

Dimensions

5.5 X 8.5 X 0.61 inches | 0.77 pounds

Language

English

Type

Paperback

EAN/UPC

9781950433346

BISAC Categories:

Small Town & Rural

Magical Realism

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About the Author

Julie Carpenter is a journalist, writer and editor of over 20 years experience. After gaining a masters degree from Oxford University, she started out as a gossip columnist on The Daily Express. She then became a feature writer and theatre critic there for many years. She has also written news, comment, travel, magazine and lifestyle articles and contributed a regular Sunday Express column. Since having her own children, she found herself re-immersed in the wonderful world of children's literature and began editing for Green Bean Books. Harry and the High-Wire is her first children's story.

Reviews

Julie Carpenter just might be a witch herself. She certainly casts a spell with these wonderful, odd, thoroughly enchanting stories of small town folks touched by magic, some of it luminous, some dark. The people you'll meet in Whistlestop are fully as flesh and blood as your strangest neighbor, and a hundred times more interesting. Step inside and visit for a while, but beware the fairies and giraffes. Definitely do not trust the snakes, and take shelter where you find it. It's like the man says, "There's always a storm coming in Whistlestop."

- Jeff Weddle, author of Dead Man's Hand

"Tales of the Unexpected" meets "The Twilight Zone" in this wonderful collection of interlocking stories. From deceptively simple ghost stories to complex allegories of xenophobia and mob mentality, Whistlestop is a town that holds up a deeply discomforting mirror to modern American society. Highly recommended.

- Orla McAlinden, author of The Accidental Wife

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