Apparition & Late Fictions : A Novella and Stories

from TheTwoDs

Thomas Lynch, until now most famous for his award-winning The Undertaking, a study of the art of the funerary trade, tries his hand at fiction and mostly succeeds. Each of the four short stories and the novella in this collection deal with grief and loss, sometimes due to death, sometimes to the ...

from HippieLunatic

For being about death and loss, this is a vibrant collection by Thomas Lynch. And the moments I shall remember most are the ones I did not see coming...which makes me feel it all the more real and solid exploration of what grief can do. I feel as though it is a weak review to simply say it did no...

from kristykay22

The theme of death runs throughout the novella and four short stories that make up this debut fiction collection from poet and essayist Thomas Lynch. Instead of being emotional or extreme, the stories explore the routine interactions of undertakers and coffin salesmen, and the soft, permeating gr...

from knomad

stories infused with an undertakers skill at reanimating the lost and the forgotten moments of everyday life. the grave hides behind the words and the trembling expectation of the near as breath final curtain blows in the written breeze of these words

from Dogberryjr

As with any collection of stories, some of the pieces in Thomas Lynch's Apparition and Late Fictions are stronger than others, and some are more evocative than others. On the whole, this is a great collection. Lynch writes with care, constructing each character and crafting his scenes with precis...