The Bitter Kind, Tara Lynn Masih
The Bitter Kind, Tara Lynn Masih
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The Bitter Kind
A Flash Novelette

Author: Tara Lynn Masih, James Claffey

Narrator: Siiri Scott

Unabridged: 1 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/13/2020

Synopsis

In this spare novelette, acclaimed flash fiction writers James Claffey and Tara Lynn Masih collaboratively create an original tale of loss and love, as The Bitter Kind deftly alternates between Stela, the daughter of a ship’s captain, burdened by her family secrets, and Brandy, a Chippewa orphan, haunted by ghost wolves and spirits. The authors cross genres and borders between historical and contemporary, speculative and realistic, presenting two unforgettable characters on a journey toward their inevitable, fateful destination.

About Tara Lynn Masih

Tara Lynn Masih is author of the critically acclaimed short-story collection Where the Dog Star Never Glows and founding series editor of The Best Small Fictions. She is a National Jewish Book Awards finalist and received a Florida Book Award and a Julia Ward Howe Award for My Real Name Is Hanna, her debut novel.

About Siiri Scott

Siiri Scott is the head of acting and directing at the University of Notre Dame. She received her MFA in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University and now teaches advanced acting, voice, dialects, and movement. An actor/director/educator, Siiri is an artistic associate with the Irish Theatre of Chicago and a Theatre Nohgaku company member. Based in Chicago, Siiri narrates audiobooks and voices commercials, industrials, and museum installations.

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“The Bitter Kind functions as a lightning rod for catharsis.” Bookend Reviews

“The supernatural is ingrained in the realism of the landscape, and Masih and Claffey somehow make the ghosts feel as natural as the Montana mountains or the Alabama waterways.” SmokeLong Quarterly

“Masih and Claffey blend their styles so seamlessly that, aside from a very few turns of phrase, it’s nearly impossible to tell the difference between their voices…A novelette with the scope and sense of fulfillment one would expect of a much longer work.” Tupelo Quarterly

“The Bitter Kind is an alchemy, a duet, a gorgeous melding of two of our most treasured literary voices.” Kathy Fish, author of Wild Life

“A story, human and soulful, of place, mysticism, and the hard-won ground we all struggle toward.” Robert Scotellaro, author of Nothing Is Ever One Thing

“Touching in its examination of broken things and masterful in its prose.” Kimberly Lojewski, author of Worm Fiddling Nocturne in the Key of a Broken Heart

“With beautiful imagery and a seamless voice, Masih and Claffey move us through decades as two parallel lives seek solace and healthy human connection.” Mel Bosworth, author of Freight

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