When Things Get Back to Normal and Other Stories

When Things Get Back to Normal and Other Stories
Author: Constance Pierce
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1986
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780932511010

In a tone at once comic, gothic, and deceptively pastoral, the stories in this collection continue the tradition of Hawthorne, Poe, and James--Americans pursuing a dialectic with Europe--but in a late 20th century context. Constance Pierce's character's, with their fetishes for food and property, hide their eyes with daydreams, hallucinations, and enormous feats of rationale in their longing to return to the happy normal state they tell themselves they once enjoys but which likely never existed at all. Subtly questioning their characters' illusions and nostalgia, these stories, set in such territory as World War II Germany, the French countryside, and Long Island Sound, address the often nebulous relationships between private and public life, old and new ideas, fantasy and reality.

When Things Get Back to Normal

When Things Get Back to Normal
Author: M. T. Dohaney
Publisher: Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane Editions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Bereavement
ISBN: 9780864923387

If you have lost a loved one, this is the book to read.

So Long, Normal

So Long, Normal
Author: Laura Story
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-07-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0785248579

In the shifting (or even collapsing) of everything familiar in life, you don’t have to wring your hands in fear. Push past the loss of your “normal” with bestselling author and Bible teacher Laura Story, and step into the new story God is writing for you. You've been faced with circumstances beyond your control. Your plans are altered. But you have the blessing of a Father who loves you enough to take off the training wheels and place his beloved child in the best possible scenario for your good and growth. So Long, Normal guides you to leave behind the idols of comfort, caution, and routine so you can live strong and well, even when life takes an unwelcome turn. In her confessional, conversational style, worship leader, Bible teacher, and Christian recording artist Laura Story weaves her own personal stories with examples from Scripture of characters whose lives were upended by unexpected (and undesired) change. So Long, Normal will help you: Process the trauma of the loss of your “normal” Learn to rest in God’s plan for you instead of trying to control your circumstances Find true community and encouragement in your struggle with uncertainty Discover three great comforts and three gifts to steady you on your journey Face the future with fresh spiritual eyes and find joy in the unwavering strength of Christ Losing your “normal” is not the end of the world but the beginning of a new adventure. It is possible to grow with grace through tough times, navigating the unknown secure in the knowledge that God is with you—every step of the way.

The Bear's Baby and Other Stories

The Bear's Baby and Other Stories
Author: Judith Moffett
Publisher: Gateway
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2017-12-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1473222303

The Bear's Baby and Other Stories gathers together for the first time six standalone tales by award-winning author Judith Moffett. Featuring aliens intent on halting humanity's biosphere-destroying behaviour, an alternate USA under the presidency of Davy Crockett, cross-species telepathic communication, angels, dreaming, and climate change - although not all at once! - this is a collection defined by variety, and admirably demonstrates the broad range of Moffett's skill as a writer. With new introductions to each story from the author, The Bear's Baby and Other Stories contains: The Bear's Baby Chickasaw Slave The Realms of Glory Ten Lights and Darks The Middle of Somewhere Space Ballet

Substitutions & Other Stories

Substitutions & Other Stories
Author: Donald Gardner Stacy
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2011-09-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 110505621X

These stories reflect the author's preoccupations with the trials and conflicts of early married life, and the need for individuals to make their mark in the world, if only to carve a few words onto the surface of a stone.

The Skyscraper that Flew and Other Stories

The Skyscraper that Flew and Other Stories
Author: JesÏs Salvador TreviÐo
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2005-09-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781611922905

ñArroyo Grande is an ordinary town where unusual things sometimes happen,î Choo Choo Torres tells his friends. Indeed, this little West Texas town proves to be a place where unusual things often happen. From an enormous crystal skyscraper that mysteriously appears in the middle of the Arroyo Grande SluggersÍ baseball fieldƒa midnight media shower that inspires a pachanga, complete with music and concessions in an abandoned parking lotƒa sudden shift in the whole townÍs circadian rhythms, keeping everyone up at night and asleep during the dayƒa repair shop in town that boasts ñWe Fix Anythingî in the window and even extends the offer to broken heartsƒthis collection of short stories brims with offbeat events. In this, the sequel to The Fabulous Sinkhole and Other Stories, JesÏs Salvador TreviÐo once again populates his hamlet with a lively community. ThereÍs Chicas Patas, a zoot-suited newcomer who speaks a 1940s-era slang; Yoli Mendez, a spunky teen who steals the show by performing quadratic equations in her head; Ed Carillo and Mayor Al Snyder, local politicians who seize every opportunity to campaign; and, a bevy of other interesting and unique citizens of Arroyo Grande.

"Tell It to Us Easy" and Other Stories

Author: Judith Musser
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2015-06-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1476609942

During the Harlem Renaissance, several literary periodicals encouraged African American women to submit poetry, short stories, essays, or other literary contributions for publication. Opportunity magazine was one such periodical that made immeasurable contributions to the careers of many female African American writers. This anthology collects all of the short stories published in Opportunity by African American women during the magazine's 25 years of publication. It includes works by both well-known authors (Zora Neale Hurston, Marita Bonner) and more obscure writers. There is also an additional African tale translated by Violette de Mazia, a white woman known for promoting African American art. It also includes an introduction which contextualizes the short stories historically in light of the overall development of African American writing.

My Circus Train and other Stories and Reflections from Sermons

My Circus Train and other Stories and Reflections from Sermons
Author: Jan Walker
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2014-12-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 149086105X

As I go on in this life, a verse from Psalm 16 is my story: "You will show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy." That path has taken me on adventures wanted and unwanted, and led to dreams that came true and dreams that died along the way. That is my story so far. I've come to know that each of us is a story and how we tell our story makes a difference as we walk through this world. We all have broken pieces of ourselves that we've left along the path, but we can decide whether to pick them up and put them together in a new way and go on, or we can go on with the broken pieces hurting us with every step. That's our choice, and with the help of God and companions along the way, the grace and fullness of healing and joy can come.

Sleep Donation

Sleep Donation
Author: Karen Russell
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2020-09-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0525566090

Newly illustrated and available for the first time in years, a haunting novella from the uncannily imaginative author of the national bestsellers Swamplandia! and Orange World: the story of a deadly insomnia epidemic and the lengths one woman will go to to fight it. Trish Edgewater is the Slumber Corps' top recruiter. On the phone, at a specially organized Sleep Drive, even in a supermarket parking lot: Trish can get even the most reluctant healthy dreamer to donate sleep to an insomniac in crisis--one of hundreds of thousands of people who have totally lost the ability to sleep. Trish cries, she shakes, she shows potential donors a picture of her deceased sister, Dori: one of the first victims of the lethal insomnia plague that has swept the globe. Run by the wealthy and enigmatic Storch brothers, the Slumber Corps is at the forefront of the fight against this deadly new disease. But when Trish is confronted by "Baby A," the first universal sleep donor, and the mysterious "Donor Y," whose horrific infectious nightmares are threatening to sweep through the precious sleep supply, her faith in the organization and in her own motives begins to falter. Fully illustrated with dreamy evocations of Russell's singular imagination and featuring a brand-new "Nightmare Appendix," Sleep Donation will keep readers up long into the night and long after haunt their dreams.