by Brian Morton
First published 2014
A vessel disappears without explanation, leaving behind only questions and the lives it touched. Elsewhere, climbers face the brutal reality of altitude and ambition as they attempt to conquer an unforgiving peak. An angler casts his line into waters that hold more than fish. Morton moves between worlds in this collection, shifting from the speculative to the historical to the deeply personal. One story might examine the psychology of loss, while another reconstructs a moment from the past with the precision of a documentarian. A fishing expedition becomes a meditation on solitude. The missing ship haunts those left behind. The mountain tests every assumption about human endurance. Each story operates by its own logic, yet all share Morton's eye for the moments when ordinary experience cracks open to reveal something unexpected underneath.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, adventure, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
46 pages · Paperback · Createspace Independent Publishing Platform