Published: Jan. 24, 2011
Words: 184,611 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452499574

Short description

A collection of the best Mormon short fiction written in the past two decades, each of these extraordinary stories represents a potent individual voice, from nationally acclaimed authors Brady Udall and Orson Scott Card, to respected Mormon literature veterans Douglas Thayer and Margaret Blair Young, to talented up-and-coming writers Lisa Madsen Rubilar and Todd Robert Petersen, and many more.

Extended description

This landmark anthology of short fiction includes stories from twenty-eight top Mormon writers, including Orson Scott Card, Brady Udall, Douglas Thayer, Todd Robert Petersen, and many others.

Taken individually, each story is an example of the surprise and power and even joy readers can find in a finely wrought piece of short fiction. Considered collectively, these stories herald a new era of excellence in Mormon literature.

As Margaret Blair Young writes in her introduction, "Angela Hallstrom has assembled twenty-eight gems--each a star in a brilliant constellation. This particular collection is a pinnacle."

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fiction, literature, religious fiction, religion, christianity, short story, mormon, lds

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Review by: Kurt Kammeyer on Aug. 25, 2011 :
While most of these short stories are beautifully written, there were only a few that really grabbed me: "The Garden", "Salvation", "White Shell" and "Quietly" in particular.
"The Weather Here", "Calling and Election" and "Bread for Gunnar" are demented and rather disturbing. "Clothing Esther" is too personal and sacred, in my opinion.
"Hymnal" is a rather strange take on the end of the Universe. All in all, there's just enough good stuff here to make this anthology worth the price.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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