02447cam a2200313 4500 2778893871 TxAuBib 20250609120000.0 260609s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781504099448 1504099443 a249m989 CloudLibrary MnSpTMCL eng MnSpTMCL TxAuBib Jones, Stephen Graham. States of Grace [CloudLibrary] : Stories / Jones, Stephen Graham. [S.l. : Open Road Media, 2025. 1 online resource. 204 p. Electronic book. The bestselling author "offers up lean, deftly composed short-shorts that seem effortless but inflict a surprising amount of mayhem considering their size" (Brian Evenson, O. Henry Award–winning author).Like a gut punch, like a lightning strike, nearly seventy pieces of flash fiction in this expanded edition—featuring twenty previously uncollected tales, including ten original stories—from Stephen Graham Jones showcase the visceral bite of his prose and scope of his vision. From bungee jumpers to truck drivers, from childhood memories to orgies, these are vignettes of the extraordinary moments that make up ordinary days.In "Animals I've Known," a golden retriever surrenders to the sensory pleasure of his waterfowl prey. A father ignores years of warning signs leading up to a tragic day at the beach in "Seafood," while a burger joint serves up a heaping portion of nostalgia on a man's lunch hour in "Solemn Burger." A moment of connection opens up a future of terrifyingly endless possibility in "The Sadness of Two People Meeting in a Bar," and in "When I'm Alone I Count Myself," a man has to live by a strict set of rules to keep his fragile world from crumbling around him.States of Grace is "a lightning-fast read, and yet each piece feels as fleshed-out and dense as a novel, with SGJ often spanning decades and a wide range of emotions in no time flat" (LitReactor). Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] Open Road Media 2025 Available via World Wide Web. Format: Adobe EPUB. Requires: CloudLibrary (file size: 3.3 MB.) FICTION|Horror. FICTION|Short Stories (single author.) Electronic books. CloudLibrary. https://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/ereadtexas-document_id-a249m989 CloudLibrary TXGID