This collection of stories brings together a wide cast of characters, all connected to the Ozarks - natives and transplants, young and old, wicked and innocent, troubled and happy, God-haunted and just plain haunted. These stories range over human experience from madness to reconciliation and everything in between, told in precise, poetic language that leaves a permanent impression. Finalist for the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

Scattered Lights: Stories

Literature & Fiction

Wiegenstein, Steve

United States

Cornerpost Press

The inhabitants of Daybreak, a quiet 19th-century utopian community, are courted by a powerful lumber and mining trust and must search their souls as the lure of sudden wealth tests ideals that to some now seem antique. And the courtship isn't just financial. Love, lust, deception, ambition, violence, repentance, and reconciliation abound as the citizens of Daybreak try to live out oft-scorned values in a world that is changing around them with terrifying speed. Winner of the Walter Williams Major Work Award from the Missouri Writers Guild.

The Language of Trees (Volume 3) (The Daybreak Series)

Amphorae Publishing Group, LLC

A bestselling book, an exhibit featuring the Hill-Billies of Heaven Holler, and a brutal murder turn the excitement of 1904 World' s Fair into a nightmare for the people of Daybreak.Country and city collide when Charlotte Turner' s son Adam turns their sleepy Ozarks village of Daybreak into a tourist attraction with his bestselling novel The Hill-Billies of Heaven Holler. But his idea of setting up a hillbilly exhibit at the 1904 World' s Fair has unforeseen consequences in all directions as Charlotte, her granddaughter Petey, and the rest of Daybreak are caught up in the exoticism, greed, and danger that surround the event. Adventure leads to violence at home and at the Fair, and Charlotte must make life-of-death choices to keep Petey safeand preserve her beloved community.

Land of Joys (Daybreak)

Literary

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Wiegenstein, Steve. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Wiegenstein, Steve

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Wiegenstein, Steve. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Scattered Lights: Stories

The Language of Trees (Volume 3) (The Daybreak Series)

Land of Joys (Daybreak)