Then We Saw the Flames
Iambik Discontinues Development of “LibriVox” Iphone App
New Releases: February 5, 2013
Paul Almond’s The Pilgrim, as Told by the Author
New Audiobook Releases: January 17, 2013
Exclusive! A free (and sexy) Jon Papernick short story
Happy second birthday to us! Let’s celebrate with a giveaway.
New audiobooks: to your ears from the pens of Edward Willett, Marc Estrin, E. Nesbit & Thomas Hardy
Love audiobooks? Here’s a chance to hear them free.
August 2, 2012: New Sci-fi and Fantasy Audiobooks
New in Crime, Dark Fantasy, Literary Fiction, & Mark Twain
Sexy Primes for Summertime (#jiam, #jiam2012)
June is Audiobook Month, or as we like to call it, Discount Season
Paul Almond’s Alford Saga Continues
New Audiobook Releases 3/30/12: Crime, Sci-fi & Fantasy, Literary Fiction
In memoriam: Gregg Margarite
“Finch, however, can step in the same river twice.” Author Steve Himmer & narrator Mark F. Smith discuss The Bee-Loud Glade
Captivating. Impressive. Nuanced. Kind Reviews & Giveaway Time
“I am my audience, my admirer and my critic.” Author Robert Wexler and narrator Robert Keiper on narration, theatre, and literature
Literary Fiction Collection #5 (Including Super Special Post-Holiday Discount)
Graham Storrs interview and TimeSplash giveaway: “In film and literature, there is hardly a single instance where time travel actually turns out well.”
The prolific and the chroniclers: author Lise McClendon speaks with narrators Denice Stradling and Mark Douglas Nelson
New Audiobook Releases: Darkness and Light in Crime, Sci-fi, and Literary Fiction
Bourbon, Bar Girls, and Books: Introducing Crime Collection #3
What you call “random accidents” I call “squishy moments.” Arjun Basu with narrator Bruce Pirie
New Audiobook Releases: Gripping Suspense, Apocalyptic Sci-Fi, and Mayhem with a Side of Fantasy
LibriVox Selections iPhone App
New literary and crime audiobook releases: November 2, 2011
Birthday Contest Winners!
The somber, the hysterical, the dark and the light: Introducing Literary Fiction Collection #4
“Sometimes it’s quite a balancing act.” Listening with Elizabeth Medeiros
New Releases: October 10, 2001
Iambik’s Turning One! Let’s Celebrate with a Giveaway Bash
Letting characters find their crime. Author Lynn Kostoff chats with narrator Ken Campbell
Introducing Romance Audiobook Collection #1
Dark Fiction: New Releases for September 21, 2011
How to Listen Closely: Questions on Proof-Listening with Darla Middlebrook
New Releases for September 15, 2001: Short Stories, Romance, Political Science/Nonfiction
“I listened to both books with extreme pleasure and excitement.” Author Mary Anderson with Xe Sands
Author Mary Anderson: “Is The Catcher in the Rye a YA book? Yes and no.”
“Okayletstrythis”: Carla Gunn and Anita Roy Dobbs discuss Amphibian, clones, and getting started
New audiobook releases for August 18: Academic satire, fantastic fiction, and a guide to being alone
New Releases: August 10, 2011
Roundup: Iambik narrators elsewhere
New releases from Iambik, August 3, 2011
Speaking up: some listener comments
Mixing it up: our first Classic, Romance, and Young Adult titles are here!
Introducing Crime Collection #2
“Only the blank page has limitless possibilities.” Matt Bell talks to Mark F. Smith
Audio: Miette & J. Robert Lennon. “Inspiration is just the thing that gets you the pile of crap that will eventually be something good if you keep working on it.”
“People have been very kind to me.” Lee Ann Howlett on conquering Thomas Hardy and The Ginseng O.
“The audiobook becomes a part of your journey.” Clive Catterall on audiobooks in the car
“The characters took on another and bolder layer of life.” Author Daniel A. Hoyt talks audiobooks with narrator Charles Bice. #jiam2011
“it’s fun to let loose that inner cartoon character every once in a while.” The many voices of Charles Bice. #jiam2011
“The very best lines are far too naughty to quote here.” The glory of Cori Samuel #jiam2011
“I’m embarking on post-graduate work here.” Anita Roy Dobbs on Amphibian and more… #jiam2011
“My tendency is to try to balance the ridiculous and the sublime.” Tadhg Hynes talks shop with James Greer. #jiam2011
“A voice like slow whiskey and chocolate.” 5 Questions for Xe Sands #jiam2011
“Oh, he’s out there talking to himself again.” Narrator Tadhg Hynes #jiam2011
Presenting Literary Collection #3
“I wonder, where that magic town is in which people speak like you.” Five Questions for narrator Ruth Golding #jiam2011
Five Questions for audiobook narrator Diane Havens #jiam2011
June is Audiobook Month and Iambik is Audiobooks.
“In a lot of ways, I just wrote the story I would have liked to read.” Author Toby Frost and narrator Clive Catterall discuss Space Captain Smith. #jiam2011
Interview with David Wilk about Iambik & other things
“Being lost in the woods for a year and suddenly finding a path.” Author Rick Collignon answers Charles Bice
“A love of two-fisted fiction.” Author Max Phillips answers Narrator Gord Mackenzie
Articulate Matter: Q&A with narrator Diane Havens & author Katharine Beutner
Announcing LitFic Collection #2
Announcing: Crime Collection #1
Covers From Our Upcoming Crime Collection
Iambik in OverDrive: Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Libraries and More
eMusic Loves Iambik
The Question of Revenue Share
iambikast #1: Gordon Lish in Conversation with John Oakes
Interview: Andrew Kaufman and Gordon Mackenzie (All My Friends Are Superheroes)
Why iambik doesn’t use DRM
Oh Pure and Radiant Heart – Sample
No Lease on Life – Sample
Like Son – Sample
Icelander: Sample
Our Favourite Article So Far
Friends, Listeners, Internetpeople . . . Open Your Ears
- Narrator:
- Iambik Discontinues Development of “LibriVox” Iphone App
- New Releases: February 5, 2013
- Paul Almond’s The Pilgrim, as Told by the Author
- New Audiobook Releases: January 17, 2013
- Exclusive! A free (and sexy) Jon Papernick short story
- Happy second birthday to us! Let’s celebrate with a giveaway.
- New audiobooks: to your ears from the pens of Edward Willett, Marc Estrin, E. Nesbit & Thomas Hardy
- Love audiobooks? Here’s a chance to hear them free.
- August 2, 2012: New Sci-fi and Fantasy Audiobooks
- New in Crime, Dark Fantasy, Literary Fiction, & Mark Twain
- Sexy Primes for Summertime (#jiam, #jiam2012)
- June is Audiobook Month, or as we like to call it, Discount Season
- Paul Almond’s Alford Saga Continues
- New Audiobook Releases 3/30/12: Crime, Sci-fi & Fantasy, Literary Fiction
- In memoriam: Gregg Margarite
- “Finch, however, can step in the same river twice.” Author Steve Himmer & narrator Mark F. Smith discuss The Bee-Loud Glade
- Captivating. Impressive. Nuanced. Kind Reviews & Giveaway Time
- “I am my audience, my admirer and my critic.” Author Robert Wexler and narrator Robert Keiper on narration, theatre, and literature
- Literary Fiction Collection #5 (Including Super Special Post-Holiday Discount)
- Graham Storrs interview and TimeSplash giveaway: “In film and literature, there is hardly a single instance where time travel actually turns out well.”
- The prolific and the chroniclers: author Lise McClendon speaks with narrators Denice Stradling and Mark Douglas Nelson
- New Audiobook Releases: Darkness and Light in Crime, Sci-fi, and Literary Fiction
- Bourbon, Bar Girls, and Books: Introducing Crime Collection #3
- What you call “random accidents” I call “squishy moments.” Arjun Basu with narrator Bruce Pirie
- New Audiobook Releases: Gripping Suspense, Apocalyptic Sci-Fi, and Mayhem with a Side of Fantasy
- LibriVox Selections iPhone App
- New literary and crime audiobook releases: November 2, 2011
- Birthday Contest Winners!
- The somber, the hysterical, the dark and the light: Introducing Literary Fiction Collection #4
- “Sometimes it’s quite a balancing act.” Listening with Elizabeth Medeiros
- New Releases: October 10, 2001
- Iambik’s Turning One! Let’s Celebrate with a Giveaway Bash
- Letting characters find their crime. Author Lynn Kostoff chats with narrator Ken Campbell
- Introducing Romance Audiobook Collection #1
- Dark Fiction: New Releases for September 21, 2011
- How to Listen Closely: Questions on Proof-Listening with Darla Middlebrook
- New Releases for September 15, 2001: Short Stories, Romance, Political Science/Nonfiction
- “I listened to both books with extreme pleasure and excitement.” Author Mary Anderson with Xe Sands
- Author Mary Anderson: “Is The Catcher in the Rye a YA book? Yes and no.”
- “Okayletstrythis”: Carla Gunn and Anita Roy Dobbs discuss Amphibian, clones, and getting started
- New audiobook releases for August 18: Academic satire, fantastic fiction, and a guide to being alone
- New Releases: August 10, 2011
- Roundup: Iambik narrators elsewhere
- New releases from Iambik, August 3, 2011
- Speaking up: some listener comments
- Mixing it up: our first Classic, Romance, and Young Adult titles are here!
- Introducing Crime Collection #2
- “Only the blank page has limitless possibilities.” Matt Bell talks to Mark F. Smith
- Audio: Miette & J. Robert Lennon. “Inspiration is just the thing that gets you the pile of crap that will eventually be something good if you keep working on it.”
- “People have been very kind to me.” Lee Ann Howlett on conquering Thomas Hardy and The Ginseng O.
- “The audiobook becomes a part of your journey.” Clive Catterall on audiobooks in the car
- “The characters took on another and bolder layer of life.” Author Daniel A. Hoyt talks audiobooks with narrator Charles Bice. #jiam2011
- “it’s fun to let loose that inner cartoon character every once in a while.” The many voices of Charles Bice. #jiam2011
- “The very best lines are far too naughty to quote here.” The glory of Cori Samuel #jiam2011
- “I’m embarking on post-graduate work here.” Anita Roy Dobbs on Amphibian and more… #jiam2011
- “My tendency is to try to balance the ridiculous and the sublime.” Tadhg Hynes talks shop with James Greer. #jiam2011
- “A voice like slow whiskey and chocolate.” 5 Questions for Xe Sands #jiam2011
- “Oh, he’s out there talking to himself again.” Narrator Tadhg Hynes #jiam2011
- Presenting Literary Collection #3
- “I wonder, where that magic town is in which people speak like you.” Five Questions for narrator Ruth Golding #jiam2011
- Five Questions for audiobook narrator Diane Havens #jiam2011
- June is Audiobook Month and Iambik is Audiobooks.
- “In a lot of ways, I just wrote the story I would have liked to read.” Author Toby Frost and narrator Clive Catterall discuss Space Captain Smith. #jiam2011
- Interview with David Wilk about Iambik & other things
- “Being lost in the woods for a year and suddenly finding a path.” Author Rick Collignon answers Charles Bice
- “A love of two-fisted fiction.” Author Max Phillips answers Narrator Gord Mackenzie
- Articulate Matter: Q&A with narrator Diane Havens & author Katharine Beutner
- Announcing LitFic Collection #2
- Announcing: Crime Collection #1
- Covers From Our Upcoming Crime Collection
- Iambik in OverDrive: Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Libraries and More
- eMusic Loves Iambik
- The Question of Revenue Share
- iambikast #1: Gordon Lish in Conversation with John Oakes
- Interview: Andrew Kaufman and Gordon Mackenzie (All My Friends Are Superheroes)
- Why iambik doesn’t use DRM
- Oh Pure and Radiant Heart – Sample
- No Lease on Life – Sample
- Like Son – Sample
- Icelander: Sample
- Our Favourite Article So Far
- Friends, Listeners, Internetpeople . . . Open Your Ears
- Publisher:
- Iambik Discontinues Development of “LibriVox” Iphone App
- New Releases: February 5, 2013
- Paul Almond’s The Pilgrim, as Told by the Author
- New Audiobook Releases: January 17, 2013
- Exclusive! A free (and sexy) Jon Papernick short story
- Happy second birthday to us! Let’s celebrate with a giveaway.
- New audiobooks: to your ears from the pens of Edward Willett, Marc Estrin, E. Nesbit & Thomas Hardy
- Love audiobooks? Here’s a chance to hear them free.
- August 2, 2012: New Sci-fi and Fantasy Audiobooks
- New in Crime, Dark Fantasy, Literary Fiction, & Mark Twain
- Sexy Primes for Summertime (#jiam, #jiam2012)
- June is Audiobook Month, or as we like to call it, Discount Season
- Paul Almond’s Alford Saga Continues
- New Audiobook Releases 3/30/12: Crime, Sci-fi & Fantasy, Literary Fiction
- In memoriam: Gregg Margarite
- “Finch, however, can step in the same river twice.” Author Steve Himmer & narrator Mark F. Smith discuss The Bee-Loud Glade
- Captivating. Impressive. Nuanced. Kind Reviews & Giveaway Time
- “I am my audience, my admirer and my critic.” Author Robert Wexler and narrator Robert Keiper on narration, theatre, and literature
- Literary Fiction Collection #5 (Including Super Special Post-Holiday Discount)
- Graham Storrs interview and TimeSplash giveaway: “In film and literature, there is hardly a single instance where time travel actually turns out well.”
- The prolific and the chroniclers: author Lise McClendon speaks with narrators Denice Stradling and Mark Douglas Nelson
- New Audiobook Releases: Darkness and Light in Crime, Sci-fi, and Literary Fiction
- Bourbon, Bar Girls, and Books: Introducing Crime Collection #3
- What you call “random accidents” I call “squishy moments.” Arjun Basu with narrator Bruce Pirie
- New Audiobook Releases: Gripping Suspense, Apocalyptic Sci-Fi, and Mayhem with a Side of Fantasy
- LibriVox Selections iPhone App
- New literary and crime audiobook releases: November 2, 2011
- Birthday Contest Winners!
- The somber, the hysterical, the dark and the light: Introducing Literary Fiction Collection #4
- “Sometimes it’s quite a balancing act.” Listening with Elizabeth Medeiros
- New Releases: October 10, 2001
- Iambik’s Turning One! Let’s Celebrate with a Giveaway Bash
- Letting characters find their crime. Author Lynn Kostoff chats with narrator Ken Campbell
- Introducing Romance Audiobook Collection #1
- Dark Fiction: New Releases for September 21, 2011
- How to Listen Closely: Questions on Proof-Listening with Darla Middlebrook
- New Releases for September 15, 2001: Short Stories, Romance, Political Science/Nonfiction
- “I listened to both books with extreme pleasure and excitement.” Author Mary Anderson with Xe Sands
- Author Mary Anderson: “Is The Catcher in the Rye a YA book? Yes and no.”
- “Okayletstrythis”: Carla Gunn and Anita Roy Dobbs discuss Amphibian, clones, and getting started
- New audiobook releases for August 18: Academic satire, fantastic fiction, and a guide to being alone
- New Releases: August 10, 2011
- Roundup: Iambik narrators elsewhere
- New releases from Iambik, August 3, 2011
- Speaking up: some listener comments
- Mixing it up: our first Classic, Romance, and Young Adult titles are here!
- Introducing Crime Collection #2
- “Only the blank page has limitless possibilities.” Matt Bell talks to Mark F. Smith
- Audio: Miette & J. Robert Lennon. “Inspiration is just the thing that gets you the pile of crap that will eventually be something good if you keep working on it.”
- “People have been very kind to me.” Lee Ann Howlett on conquering Thomas Hardy and The Ginseng O.
- “The audiobook becomes a part of your journey.” Clive Catterall on audiobooks in the car
- “The characters took on another and bolder layer of life.” Author Daniel A. Hoyt talks audiobooks with narrator Charles Bice. #jiam2011
- “it’s fun to let loose that inner cartoon character every once in a while.” The many voices of Charles Bice. #jiam2011
- “The very best lines are far too naughty to quote here.” The glory of Cori Samuel #jiam2011
- “I’m embarking on post-graduate work here.” Anita Roy Dobbs on Amphibian and more… #jiam2011
- “My tendency is to try to balance the ridiculous and the sublime.” Tadhg Hynes talks shop with James Greer. #jiam2011
- “A voice like slow whiskey and chocolate.” 5 Questions for Xe Sands #jiam2011
- “Oh, he’s out there talking to himself again.” Narrator Tadhg Hynes #jiam2011
- Presenting Literary Collection #3
- “I wonder, where that magic town is in which people speak like you.” Five Questions for narrator Ruth Golding #jiam2011
- Five Questions for audiobook narrator Diane Havens #jiam2011
- June is Audiobook Month and Iambik is Audiobooks.
- “In a lot of ways, I just wrote the story I would have liked to read.” Author Toby Frost and narrator Clive Catterall discuss Space Captain Smith. #jiam2011
- Interview with David Wilk about Iambik & other things
- “Being lost in the woods for a year and suddenly finding a path.” Author Rick Collignon answers Charles Bice
- “A love of two-fisted fiction.” Author Max Phillips answers Narrator Gord Mackenzie
- Articulate Matter: Q&A with narrator Diane Havens & author Katharine Beutner
- Announcing LitFic Collection #2
- Announcing: Crime Collection #1
- Covers From Our Upcoming Crime Collection
- Iambik in OverDrive: Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Libraries and More
- eMusic Loves Iambik
- The Question of Revenue Share
- iambikast #1: Gordon Lish in Conversation with John Oakes
- Interview: Andrew Kaufman and Gordon Mackenzie (All My Friends Are Superheroes)
- Why iambik doesn’t use DRM
- Oh Pure and Radiant Heart – Sample
- No Lease on Life – Sample
- Like Son – Sample
- Icelander: Sample
- Our Favourite Article So Far
- Friends, Listeners, Internetpeople . . . Open Your Ears
- Proof-listener:
- Iambik Discontinues Development of “LibriVox” Iphone App
- New Releases: February 5, 2013
- Paul Almond’s The Pilgrim, as Told by the Author
- New Audiobook Releases: January 17, 2013
- Exclusive! A free (and sexy) Jon Papernick short story
- Happy second birthday to us! Let’s celebrate with a giveaway.
- New audiobooks: to your ears from the pens of Edward Willett, Marc Estrin, E. Nesbit & Thomas Hardy
- Love audiobooks? Here’s a chance to hear them free.
- August 2, 2012: New Sci-fi and Fantasy Audiobooks
- New in Crime, Dark Fantasy, Literary Fiction, & Mark Twain
- Sexy Primes for Summertime (#jiam, #jiam2012)
- June is Audiobook Month, or as we like to call it, Discount Season
- Paul Almond’s Alford Saga Continues
- New Audiobook Releases 3/30/12: Crime, Sci-fi & Fantasy, Literary Fiction
- In memoriam: Gregg Margarite
- “Finch, however, can step in the same river twice.” Author Steve Himmer & narrator Mark F. Smith discuss The Bee-Loud Glade
- Captivating. Impressive. Nuanced. Kind Reviews & Giveaway Time
- “I am my audience, my admirer and my critic.” Author Robert Wexler and narrator Robert Keiper on narration, theatre, and literature
- Literary Fiction Collection #5 (Including Super Special Post-Holiday Discount)
- Graham Storrs interview and TimeSplash giveaway: “In film and literature, there is hardly a single instance where time travel actually turns out well.”
- The prolific and the chroniclers: author Lise McClendon speaks with narrators Denice Stradling and Mark Douglas Nelson
- New Audiobook Releases: Darkness and Light in Crime, Sci-fi, and Literary Fiction
- Bourbon, Bar Girls, and Books: Introducing Crime Collection #3
- What you call “random accidents” I call “squishy moments.” Arjun Basu with narrator Bruce Pirie
- New Audiobook Releases: Gripping Suspense, Apocalyptic Sci-Fi, and Mayhem with a Side of Fantasy
- LibriVox Selections iPhone App
- New literary and crime audiobook releases: November 2, 2011
- Birthday Contest Winners!
- The somber, the hysterical, the dark and the light: Introducing Literary Fiction Collection #4
- “Sometimes it’s quite a balancing act.” Listening with Elizabeth Medeiros
- New Releases: October 10, 2001
- Iambik’s Turning One! Let’s Celebrate with a Giveaway Bash
- Letting characters find their crime. Author Lynn Kostoff chats with narrator Ken Campbell
- Introducing Romance Audiobook Collection #1
- Dark Fiction: New Releases for September 21, 2011
- How to Listen Closely: Questions on Proof-Listening with Darla Middlebrook
- New Releases for September 15, 2001: Short Stories, Romance, Political Science/Nonfiction
- “I listened to both books with extreme pleasure and excitement.” Author Mary Anderson with Xe Sands
- Author Mary Anderson: “Is The Catcher in the Rye a YA book? Yes and no.”
- “Okayletstrythis”: Carla Gunn and Anita Roy Dobbs discuss Amphibian, clones, and getting started
- New audiobook releases for August 18: Academic satire, fantastic fiction, and a guide to being alone
- New Releases: August 10, 2011
- Roundup: Iambik narrators elsewhere
- New releases from Iambik, August 3, 2011
- Speaking up: some listener comments
- Mixing it up: our first Classic, Romance, and Young Adult titles are here!
- Introducing Crime Collection #2
- “Only the blank page has limitless possibilities.” Matt Bell talks to Mark F. Smith
- Audio: Miette & J. Robert Lennon. “Inspiration is just the thing that gets you the pile of crap that will eventually be something good if you keep working on it.”
- “People have been very kind to me.” Lee Ann Howlett on conquering Thomas Hardy and The Ginseng O.
- “The audiobook becomes a part of your journey.” Clive Catterall on audiobooks in the car
- “The characters took on another and bolder layer of life.” Author Daniel A. Hoyt talks audiobooks with narrator Charles Bice. #jiam2011
- “it’s fun to let loose that inner cartoon character every once in a while.” The many voices of Charles Bice. #jiam2011
- “The very best lines are far too naughty to quote here.” The glory of Cori Samuel #jiam2011
- “I’m embarking on post-graduate work here.” Anita Roy Dobbs on Amphibian and more… #jiam2011
- “My tendency is to try to balance the ridiculous and the sublime.” Tadhg Hynes talks shop with James Greer. #jiam2011
- “A voice like slow whiskey and chocolate.” 5 Questions for Xe Sands #jiam2011
- “Oh, he’s out there talking to himself again.” Narrator Tadhg Hynes #jiam2011
- Presenting Literary Collection #3
- “I wonder, where that magic town is in which people speak like you.” Five Questions for narrator Ruth Golding #jiam2011
- Five Questions for audiobook narrator Diane Havens #jiam2011
- June is Audiobook Month and Iambik is Audiobooks.
- “In a lot of ways, I just wrote the story I would have liked to read.” Author Toby Frost and narrator Clive Catterall discuss Space Captain Smith. #jiam2011
- Interview with David Wilk about Iambik & other things
- “Being lost in the woods for a year and suddenly finding a path.” Author Rick Collignon answers Charles Bice
- “A love of two-fisted fiction.” Author Max Phillips answers Narrator Gord Mackenzie
- Articulate Matter: Q&A with narrator Diane Havens & author Katharine Beutner
- Announcing LitFic Collection #2
- Announcing: Crime Collection #1
- Covers From Our Upcoming Crime Collection
- Iambik in OverDrive: Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Libraries and More
- eMusic Loves Iambik
- The Question of Revenue Share
- iambikast #1: Gordon Lish in Conversation with John Oakes
- Interview: Andrew Kaufman and Gordon Mackenzie (All My Friends Are Superheroes)
- Why iambik doesn’t use DRM
- Oh Pure and Radiant Heart – Sample
- No Lease on Life – Sample
- Like Son – Sample
- Icelander: Sample
- Our Favourite Article So Far
- Friends, Listeners, Internetpeople . . . Open Your Ears
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Description
Winner of the Juniper Prize for Fiction
In this freewheeling debut collection, Daniel A. Hoyt takes us from the swamps of Florida to the streets of Dresden, to the skies above America, to the tourist hotels of Acapulco, to the southwest corner of Nebraska. Along the way, we encounter a remarkable group of characters all struggling to find their footing in an unsettling world.
Sometimes magical, sometimes realistic, sometimes absurd, these stories reveal people teetering on the dangerous edge of their lives. In “Amar,” a Turkish restaurant owner deals with skinheads and the specter of violence that haunts his family. In “Boy, Sea, Boy,” a shipwrecked sailor receives a surreal visitor, a version of himself as a child. In “The Collection,” a father and son squander a trove of bizarre and fanciful objects. And in “The Kids,” a suburban couple grasp for meaning after discovering children eating from their trash.
In each of these stories, characters find themselves challenged by the political, cultural, and spiritual forces that define their lives. With a clear eye and a steady hand, Hoyt explores a fragile balance: the flames—fueled by love, loss, hope, and family—shed new light on us. Sometimes we feel warmth, and sometimes we simply burn.
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Darren felt his boots being embraced by the mud.Reviews
“Sharp, daring, and shot with moments of rare beauty, these stories grab you by the collar and refuse to let you go. Daniel Hoyt tears away the layers of our shared human experience to reveal the raw emotional truth at the core, and at the same time he uncovers the searing loneliness and desire that bind us together. This is a fearless and unforgettable book.” -- Julie Orringer, author of How to Breathe Underwater“A wonderful book that brings together thirteen stories that are odd bedfellows—now realist, now magical, now minimalist, now not. To read them is to wander untethered through Daniel Hoyt’s highly developed imagination and to come away sometimes stunned, often thrilled, always amused, constantly surprised, and, from time to time, comforted. In a way, reading this collection is like changing channels on a very peculiar TV: the programs look different each from the next, but soon you realize that someone is controlling all of the programming, there are common threads running through every show.” -- Frederick Barthelme, author of Elroy Nights and Bob the Gambler
"Variety is the spice of life, and Daniel A. Hoyt has a lot of spice. Then We Saw the Flames is a collection of short stories from one Daniel Hoyt, as he presents a fine compilation of short stories that go into a variety of topics, with the overlying themes of the challenges that everyone faces in their life. With plenty of entertainment crammed between the covers, Then We Saw the Flames is a great short fiction pick." -- Midwest Book Review, Fiction Shelf
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Iambik Audio ISBN: 9781926673455Iambik Audio Publication Date: Jun 15, 2011
Print ISBN: 9781558496996
Print Publication Date: May 31, 2009
Audio Distribution Rights: Worldwide
Keywords/tags: American culture, coming-of-age, consumption society, Dresden, hijacking, immigration, loneliness, shipwreck