Book description
In the dazzling flash fictions of Beneath the Moon and Long Dead Stars, lives are altered in what appear to be minor moments: an unlatched lock, an old photo, a light left on too long. But in the care of acclaimed novelist Daniel Wallace, those details constellate into something mysterious…
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A wonderful collection of short shorts (twenty-three stories in one slim, shimmering volume). Wallace packs each story with humor and pathos, love, longing and human yearning. There's a lot of wisdom in these shorts, a cast of memorable characters and loads of beautiful writing. An innovative and memorable collection from a master of the form.
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