A collection of short stories from author John Abbott.  REVIEWS  "Easy to forget all around us are worlds in motion with lives larger or smaller than our own involved in most of the similar intricacies it takes to survive, to live, to struggle, to love, suffer, procreate, laugh or just stand still. What’s not so easy is the ability to take all these individual identities and have them stand out in their worlds of activity where normally they might not. John Abbott’s ability to allow his characters and their situations to stand out on the page is something one gets in the exchange that takes place between he and his reader. Theft: And Other Tales of Loss and the Working Class masterfully accomplishes the deepest part of this relationship and offers the reader something unique, something apart from the expected, and from the commonplace in the name of a reality running parallel to our own and right before our eyes." — Paul B. Roth, editor & publisher The Bitter   "John Abbott’s stories remind me of those writers like Chekhov and de Maupassant. They have the same control of language, the same wry affection for their characters, the same understanding of, as Faulkner put, “the human heart in conflict with itself.” Every moment of emotion in these stories is earned, and the stories’ mastery literally jumps off the page when I read them. The work here is serious without being self-serious, funny without being easy, and always engaging." — Steven Carter, author of I Was Howard Hughes and Famous Writers School  "This is a dazzling story collection about ordinary people in extraordinary moments, and Abbott give us these moments, beautifully, in lucid prose." — J.D. Dolan, author of Phoenix: A Brother's Life

Theft: And Other Tales of Loss and the Working Class

Literature & Fiction

Abbott, John

Short Stories & Anthologies

Underground Voices

"Amendt's beautiful and incisive prose illuminates how we remember the past, both the good moments and the bad. Liquidating Perry is a captivating read that pulls the reader into an intimate family and doesn't let go." -- Christopher Connor, 2014 AWP Intro Journal Project Winner  ABOUT ZACHARY AMENDT Zachary Amendt’s short fiction has appeared in anthologies alongside George Saunders, James Brown and Jonathan Ames. He is the author of the story collection STAY (Montag Press Collective, 2014).

Liquidating Perry

Parenting & Relationships

Amendt, Zachary

Family Relationships

One of the most widely studied texts of ancient philosophy and politics, Plato's Laws is his last and most substantial dialogue, debating crucial questions on the subject of law-giving and education. This two-volume edition of 1921 was prepared by the classicist Edwin Bourdieu England (1847&#x2013;1936), who describes the dialogue as 'the treasury of pregnant truths which Plato in extreme old age left &#x2026; as his last legacy to humanity'. Generally held to have been written after Plato's failed attempt to influence Syracusan politics, it concerns the just city and its constitution, including discussions of divine revelation, the role of intelligence in the creation of laws, and natural law itself. This edition comprises a short introduction, England's helpful analyses, the Greek text of the dialogue, and extensive notes. Volume 2 is devoted to Books 7&#x2013;12. It also includes indexes of subjects and Greek words.

Last Train to Noir City

Contemporary

On the Verge

Humor & Entertainment

Owino, Peres

Humor

Short stories and poetry from Underground Voices Magazine. FICTION CONTRIBUTORS Zachary Amendt, D.G. Bracey, Andrew Cusick, Jason Price Everett, Iman Carol Fears, Steven Loton, Eric Victor Neagu, Stephen Raburn, Christian Riley, Garrett Socol, Jasmine Swaney, Declan Tan, Tom Vick, H.V. Whitehead, Patrick Witherell POETRY CONTRIBUTORS Cody Badaracca, Cortney Davis, John Dorsey, James H. Duncan, Robert Laughlin, Cynthia Ruth Lewis Dennis Mahagin, Douglas Polk, Geoff Kagan Trenchard

Hotel Oblivion

From the UV Files

Poetry

RC Edringtons gritty, urban poems. Without shame, without apology.

Scarred Canvas

Edrington, R. C.

Guskind was a former Washington Post reporter whose life unraveled after years of heavy drug use. He sustained his drug habit on a string of minimum wage jobs and petty crime. Eventually, he returned to reporting after cleaning himself up. Over a period of two years, Guskind sent Underground Voices "test pages" that he hoped would become his memoir covering the drug years. His memoir never came to fruition but Underground Voices has gathered his "unfinished memoir," hoping it comes close to what he would have wanted.

King of the Baja

Biographies & Memoirs

Guskind, Robert

Memoirs

Contributors: Patti Abbott, Zachary Amendt, James Babbs, Cody Badaracca, Ronan Barbour, Timothy Bearly, James Brown, Kristen Falso-Capaldi, Jamez Chang, Mark Daponte, Jose Hernandez Diaz, R.C. Edrington, Zdravka Evtimova, JeanPaul Ferro, Simon Friel, Mitchell Grabois, Khanh Ha, Rodger Jacobs, Ted Jean, Meg Johnson, Thomas Kearnes, Michael C. Keith, Dennis Kennedy, Mary Krienke, Steven Loton, David Luntz, Jenean McBrearty, Jim Meirose, B.Z. Niditch, Olyn Ozbick, Marc Pietrzykowski, Frederick Pollack, Ken Poyner, D.H. Schleicher, Carter Schwonke, Noel Sloboda, Conor Powers-Smith, Stephanie Smith, George Sparling, Evan W. Stoner, David Synder, Luke Tennis

Red Moon District

A short story collection from Michael C. Keith, master of the near normal and bizarre.  “Michael C. Keith's ferocious imagination has been in overdrive, as usual, and the result is his latest book, The Collector of Tears. Each story is like being the  passenger in a speeding car driven by a brilliant mad man; an elegant ride, but you don't know where he's taking you!” – Boston Literary Magazine  About the Author:  Michael C. Keith is the author of more than 20 books on electronic media, among them Talking Radio, Voices in the Purple Haze, Radio Cultures, Signals in the Air, and the classic textbook The Radio Station (now Keith’s Radio Station). The recipient of numerous awards in the academic field, he is also the author of dozens of articles and short stories and has served in a variety of editorial positions. In addition, he is the author of an acclaimed memoir––The Next Better Place (screenplay co-written with Cetywa Powell), a young adult novel––Life is Falling Sideways, and six story collections––Of Night and Light, Everything is Epic, Sad Boy, And Through the Trembling Air, Hoag’s Object, and The Collector of Tears. He has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and a PEN/O.Henry Award and was a finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award for short fiction anthology and a finalist for the 2013 International Book Award in the “Fiction Visionary” category.  www.michaelckeith.com

The Collector of Tears

Keith, Michael C.

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