Edited by Joan Leggitt, with introducation by Dorothy Allison
ISBN #978-1-940189-16-1
Paperback - 256 pages
Take a look at the world through the eyes of those who live outside the mainstream; people who do not fit. Some give the outward appearance of social acceptability while others drift through shadow worlds. These stories come from all over the country and represent a wide range of styles and themes, but all share a strong gothic sensibility.
Stories in the Southern Gothic tradition by: Sean Carswell, Vickie Weaver, Sally Bellerose, Dawn Davies, Rhett DeVane, Linda Dunlap, Jane Edwards, Emily Franklin, Peggy Kassees, Gale Massey, Dorothy Place, David James Poissant, Daryl Scoggins, Pat Spears, Jane St. Clair, Shane Stricker, Sheila Stuewe, and Judith Turner-Yamamoto
Walking the Edge: A Southern Gothic Anthology
From the Introduction by Dorothy Allison
“These stories will take you places you may never have imagined before, but in every case the wonder of the narratives will allow you to see over the walls of ignorance and indifference to the heart’s core.
Here you will find the exceptional, a bit of the absurd, and a lot of the unique, but all in all people who are bluntly making their way in a difficult world as stubbornly as anyone you might meet in a truck stop on the highway headed south.”