Brian Wood 
Joytime Killbox 

The awkwardness of modern living takes center stage in these nine short stories by Brian Wood. Well-intentioned characters fumble through social situations: a man making small talk in line for a deadly thrill ride, a pet parrot arrested for murder, a seductive stranger on an airplane who just pulled out a handle of gin. With sparse prose and candid humor, these stories draw attention to the absurdities of our day-to-day interactions.

Tabella dei contenuti

PART I. STRANGERS

What to Say to a Child in the Speedway Bathroom

Joytime Killbox

Fallen Timbers

PART II. FRIENDS

USS Flagg

Beasts of Flight

Diary of a Bad Afternoon at Nordstrom

PART III. LOVERS

My Roberta

Walking Dogs

Rough Air

Circa l’autore

Brian Wood has worked as a ghostwriter on five published books. This is his first collection published under his own name. He has served as the Managing Editor of Reed Magazine and the Fiction Editor for POST. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Jose State University, and his work earned him a Ludwig Scholarship for Excellence in Creative Writing, as well as the James Phelan Award for Short Fiction and Familiar Essays. Most recently, his story collection was a finalist for the BOA Editions Short Fiction Prize. He lives in Rochester, NY, where he is a writing instructor at Writers & Books and the co-host of the Two Month Review podcast produced by Open Letter Press.