Distant Flickers: Stories of Identity & Loss

8 Accomplished Authors 10 Memorable Stories Compelling Characters at a Crossroads What Choices Will They Make? The emotive stories in this anthology take readers to the streets of New York and San Francisco, to warm east coast beaches, rural Idaho, and Italy, from the early 1900s, through the 1970s, and into present day. A sinister woman accustomed to getting everything she wants. A down-on-his luck cook who stumbles on goodness. A young mother who hides $10 she received from a stranger. The boy who collects secrets. A young woman stuck between youth and adulthood. Children who can't understand why their mother disappears. The distinct and varied characters in Distant Flickers stand at a juncture. The loss of a spouse, a parent, a child, one's self. Whether they arrived at this place through self-reflection, unexpected change, or new revelations-each one has a choice to make.

About the Author :
Elizabeth Gauffreau writes fiction and poetry with a strong connection to family and place. She holds a BA in English/Writing from Old Dominion University and an MA in English/Fiction Writing from the University of New Hampshire. Recent fiction publications include Woven Tale Press, Dash, Pinyon, Aji, Open: Journal of Arts & Letters, and Evening Street Review. Learn more about her work at https: //lizgauffreau.com. Carol LaHines is an award-winning author whose fiction has appeared in Fence, Hayden's Ferry Review, Denver Quarterly, Cimarron Review, The Literary Review, The Laurel Review, Sycamore Review, Permafrost, redivider, Literal Latte and elsewhere. She is the recipient of the Lamar York Prize for Fiction. Her short stories and novellas have also been finalists for the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction from Sarabande Books, the David Nathan Meyerson fiction prize, the New Letters short story award, and the Disquiet Literary Prize, among others.

Review :
"Dark, brooding, enlightening, and emotionally compelling, Distant Flickers sports the rare countenance of an anthology that comes together on different platforms of experience and realizations to create a powerful literary anthology of life inspection." "Libraries strong in short stories cemented by emotional ties will find Distant Flickers a powerful collection and a solid acquisition. But its primary draw will be to book reading groups interested in stories of pivot points of choice and the consequences stemming from these moments in time. The wealth of discussion opportunities offered by Distant Flickers is endless." Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review