
The Shadows Behind
Kristi Petersen Schoonover(Author)
IngramSpark (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 30. April 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
306 pages
978-1-0881-4523-4 (ISBN)
Description
In the shadows, monsters lurk.
In this disturbing new collection from award-winning short story author Kristi Petersen Schoonover, a hungry volcano demands more and a talking piranha predicts the future. A plastic Easter bunny taunts a struggling husband, ancient Egyptian jars tempt a former convict, and a man-eating tree mocks a bereft mother. Kudzu devours a sleeping town, and seagull bones whisper long-buried secrets.
These monsters are simply stand-ins for those we face every day: shape-shifting grief and overwhelming terror; soul-consuming love and all-possessing fear. We can rail against them or embrace them, but they are always there.
Waiting, and unconquerable.
More details
Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
434 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0881-4523-4 (9781088145234)
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Person
Kristi Petersen Schoonover has recently made peace with her most frightening shadows, although she still sleeps with the lights on.
She is the author of the collection Skeletons in the Swimmin' Hole: Tales from Haunted Disney World, the novel Bad Apple, the novelette This Poisoned Ground, and the novella "Splendid Chyna," which appears in The Terror Project's Three on a Match.
She curated the Ink Stains anthology Volume 7, served as co-editor for Read Short Fiction, and was the recipient of three Norman Mailer Writers Colony winter residencies.
She studied under Daniel Pearlman at the University of Rhode Island and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College.
She serves as co-host of the Dark Discussions podcast, and lives in the Connecticut woods with her housemate, Charles, her husband, Nathan, and two cats. Follow her adventures at kristipetersenschoonover.com.