Angels and You Dogs Author:Kathleen Ann Goonan Short stories are a process of keeping juggled balls or perhaps, fiery torches aloft. They must, like any juggled object, remain constantly in play; one cannot falter when executing a work of short fiction. Timing the adept catch and pass of word, image, nuance is everything; without perfect cadence, the writer's efforts drop out of the sky.... more » Constant motion is imperative, although it can be as subtle as a second's silvery bow of a grassy meadow beneath a whisper of wind. No matter how quiet-seeming the tale, good stories embody concentrated, incandescent energy that may be hidden until the last word reveals the meaning of the just-read work, igniting a fire in the mind, compelling the reader to retrace the points in the story that are now luminescent, infused with allusion that was always there, but not yet discerned just like much of life. Short stories are effervescent, for their life is hardly less fleeting than a round of juggling, gone in a month, flashing in and out of existence with the speed of a subatomic particle. A short story is a remarkable thing indeed.
Contents:
Angels and You Dogs (2003) / novelette by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Solitaire (1996) / short story by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Sunflowers (1995) / novelette by Kathleen Ann Goonan
The Bride of Elvis (1996) / short story by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Susannah's Snowbears (2912) / novelette by Kathleen Ann Goonan (variant of Susannah and the Snowbears 1994)
Klein Time (1996) / novelette by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Dinosaur Songs (2004) / short story by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Wanting to Talk to You (1991) / short story by Kathleen Ann Goonan
The String (1995) / novelette by Kathleen Ann Goonan
The Day the Dam Broke (1995) / novelette by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Sundiver Day (2008) / novelette by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Memory Dog (2008) / novelette by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Electric Rains (2007) / short story by Kathleen Ann Goonan
The Bridge (2007) / novelette by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Story Notes (Angels and You Dogs) • essay by Kathleen Ann Goonan