The River Underground

by Griffin, Shaun T.

• ISBN13: 9780874173642
• ISBN10: 0874173647
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nevada Pr

Summary

Short stories and exciting excerpts from twenty-five Nevada writers offer a sampler of literary talent from the Silver State. Edited by Shaun T. Griffin.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xvii
Preface	xix
From a Balcony in Paris	1	(16)
Robert Laxalt
The Yellow Crane	17	(8)
Stephen Shy-Ning Liu
Little Strokes	25	(10)
Randall C. Reid
Cockshut Light	35	(22)
Hart Wegner
excerpt from Little Kingdoms	57	(18)
John H. Irsfeld
Why Do Things Die in the Country	75	(18)
Joanne Meschery
Rehearsal	93	(8)
Bill Moody
Mormon Levi's	101	(16)
Phyllis Barber
Excerpt from Shoshone Mike	117	(12)
Frank Bergon
Stonehands and the Tigress	129	(18)
H. Lee Barnes
excerpt from Soldiers in Hiding	147	(14)
Richard Wiley
The Excellent House	161	(14)
Donald Berinati
Harmonica Man	175	(12)
Mike Henderson
Abducted by Aliens Inside Her Brain	187	(10)
Adrian C. Louis
A Time to Gather Stones	197	(6)
Marilee Swirczek
excerpt from Ringgold's Run	203	(16)
Eileen Cleary
excerpt from The Lost Coast	219	(8)
Steven Nightingale
A Sunset	227	(8)
Thomas R. Turman
excerpt from Leaving the Land	235	(18)
Douglas Unger
excerpt from The Deep Blue Memory	253	(24)
Monique Laxalt
St. Francis of Tobacco	277	(16)
Teresa Jordan
Yellowjackets	293	(16)
John Ziebell
Willows	309	(14)
Sam Michel
Porched Suitcases	323	(16)
Verita Black Prothro
excerpt from Natural Causes	339
Erica Hector Vital