‘In This Light,’ Melanie Rae Thon (short story collection)

In This Light

Melanie Rae Thon (short story collection)

A long dead slave who haunts an old nun. Didi Kincaid and her tribe of homeless children. Nobody’s Daughters, picking up men in the rain at truck stops or Raymond Good Bird. Scarred war veteran with “a face to love” because without love there was no way to look at him. In this extraordinary 2011 collection outsiders, runaways, downtrodden and heartbroken people are all turned inside out, made beautiful and strange. In Melanie Rae Thon’s capable hands “Ten words could fill a day” but “a hundred might describe a lifetime.”

Blog 9:34 pm , 27th September 2015

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Jo Ely

Described as "an intelligent, creative, imaginative, original writer" by Guardian Book of the Year author Trevor Byrne, Jo Ely has been Shortlisted for the Fish International Short Story Prize and has had a short story selected for an anthology edited by New York Times Notable Book of the Year author Sandra Tyler (Woven Tale Press, US ed. 2016). Jo has published short stories, children's books and written interviews with writers for the Woven Tale Press. She also reviews for the world's first online Empathy Library. 'Stone Seeds' is Jo's first novel, published by Urbane Publications (Amazon.co.uk).

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Stone Seeds

"Ely's fictional voice resonates with raw emotion, and her writing is as tactile as the damp walls and the crack in the ceiling of Antek's cell. The simplest description can be imbued with a complexity of feeling and meaning. Her characters seem rendered with great tenderness, a tenderness that can only inspire in the reader empathy and affection."

New York Times Notable Author, Sandra Tyler

"An intelligent, creative, imaginative, original writer."

Guardian Book of the Year Author, Trevor Byrne

"Jo Ely's superb debut novel combines the vision of Russell Hoban and Ursula Le Guin with her own unique talents as a powerful and poetic storyteller."

Oprah endorsed writer Roman Krznaric, bestselling author of Empathy and The Wonderbox

"Very talented"

British Science Fiction Association Best Book of the Year nominee, CM Taylor

"The cinematic effect is remarkable ... a wild emotional ride through a maze of plot twists and jaw dropping landscapes. A truly enjoyable read."

Independent Publishers Book Awards USA Gold Medal Award Winner, Andrew Smith (Edith's War)

"There are images and scenes in this novel that will probably stay with me always, much as if I had dreamt them ... The writing is starkly poetic, haunting, skilfully fractured. Jo Ely certainly knows how to manifest a sense of the uncanny ..."

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