Swag Tuesday

In Neil Smith’s nine stories, average people find themselves in decidedly unusual situations, as the mundane and the fantastic collide. A woman mourning the loss of her husband finds solace in talking to his ashes, entombed in a curling stone. The title story zeroes in on a girl with Fred Hoyle syndrome, whose age expands and contracts like the universe. The members of a support group for people with benign tumors begin to suspect that their meekness has caused their medical woes. Bang Crunch creates an extraordinary world inhabited by all-too-human characters, and heralds the arrival of a literary talent with an unfailing, exacting concern for the profundities of our lives.Smith will host a reading and signing of Bang Crunch on Friday, Feb.15th at 7:30pm at the West Village Barnes & Noble and on Sunday, Feb.17th at 7pm at KGB bar in the East Village. Enter to win a copy of Bang Crunch by commenting on this post. Please remember to leave your email address. Publicists: if you'd like to take part in Swag Tuesday on JMG, please email me.
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