Overview

A bad cop in New Hampshire deals with the consequences of shooting an intruder; a drifter wakes up next to her dead companion in Atlantic City; a veteran flees to South Jersey after an impulsive crime. Jamey Gallagher's stories, steeped in desperation and told in tough but tender voices, are about the effects of-and the compulsion to-violence. Bodies in Bags, with its flex and fever, is so visceral you can smell it.

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""With a deeply empathetic eye and a natural-born writer's ear, Jamey Gallagher fearlessly enters the morally ambivalent and deeply subjective realm of his characters."" -Andre Dubus III, National Book Award Finalist ""Steel=hinged and hard-won. The best kind of fiction."" -Benjamin Drevlow, author of Honky ""Jamey Gallagher works in the realms of fear and violence as well as he does tenderness and nostalgia."" -Tom Coyne, New York Times Bestselling Author ""Dark, tender, and masterful."" -Anna Vangala Jones, author of Turmeric & Sugar: Stories ""This you can bank on: Stephen King said you like it darker; Leonard Cohen said, no, you want it darker. Jamey Gallagher, with Bodies in Bags, paints it black."" -Jeff Esterholm, author of The Effects of Urban Renewal on Mid-Century America and Other Crime Stories ""Raw and real . . . Gallagher makes plots with all the tenderness of a switchblade."" -Toby LeBlanc, author of Soaked

Author Information

Jamey Gallagher is the author of American Animism (Cornerstone Press 2024). His stories have been published widely in over seventy venues. He lives in Baltimore and teaches at the Community College of Baltimore County.

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