Black Light

by Kimberly King Parsons

Genres: Literary Fiction; Short Stories; Small Town & Rural

Synopsis

With raw, poetic ferocity, Kimberly King Parsons exposes desire’s darkest hollows — those hidden places where most of us are afraid to look. In this debut collection of enormously perceptive and brutally unsentimental short stories, Parsons illuminates the ache of first love, the banality of self-loathing, the scourge of addiction, the myth of marriage, and the magic and inevitable disillusionment of childhood.

Taking us from hot Texas highways to cold family kitchens, from the freedom of pay-by-the-hour motels to the claustrophobia of private school dorms, these stories erupt in the mind with a primal howl — sharp-voiced, acerbic, and wise.

Release date: August 13, 2019

Publisher: Vintage

Print pages: 208