The Best Christian Short Stories

by Lott, Bret

• ISBN13: 9781595540775
• ISBN10: 1595540776
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-06
• Publisher: Westbow Pr

Summary

The first volume in a collection of contemporary fiction that combines the artistry of critically accaimed writers with a clear Christian worldview.From Homer Hickam, the best-selling author of Rocket Boys--which later became the movie October Sky to editor and contributing best-selling author Bret Lott, this collection spans a talented community writing an eclectic blend of fiction. Each piece stands alone as stellar fiction. And each piece confronts us with who we are and forces us to look deeply at the human condition. From the dirt lanes of North Africa to the suburbs of California, exuding lightheartedness and profundity, hilarity and tragedy, these stories will take you on a fresh and entertaining journey.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Bret Lott
Loud Lake	1	(22)
Mary Kenagy
Exodus	23	(26)
James Calvin Schaap
Things We Knew When the House Caught Fire	49	(26)
David Drury
The Results of a Dog Going Blind	75	(8)
Rebecca Schmuck
Landslide	83	(26)
David McGlynn
The Virgin's Heart	109	(24)
A. H. Wald
Dosie, of Killakeet Island	133	(22)
Homer Hickam
Ax of the Apostles	155	(22)
Erin McGraw
Resolved	177	(14)
Marsena Konkle
An Evening on the Cusp of the Apocalypse	191	(16)
Bret Lott
Firstborn	207	(44)
Larry Woiwode
Acknowledgments	251