DESERT GOTHIC by Don Waters 2007 Iowa Short Fiction Award "Don Waters locates the decency in the undersung. He does a brilliant job of showing the small heroic acts that reverberate in the lives of his characters and in the mind of a reader." —Amy Hempel, author, The Collected Stories "Desert Gothic is a brilliant book." —Ben Fountain, author, Brief Encounters with Che Guevara "Here are ten beautifully rendered worlds, ten opportunities for the reader to be transformed. You'll want to own a first edition of Desert Gothic...He's the real deal." —John McNally, author, The Book of Ralph "The prose in this wonderful collection of stories is as sneaky as the landscape it depicts. It is also as harsh and as beautiful." —Percival Everett

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>> Desert Gothic has been long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.
>> Full list available from The Guardian.