Walking on Ice Author:Susan Hubbard AWP Award Winner in Short Fiction — Walking on Ice depicts a world in which human relationships grow ever more fragile and trust is tentative at best. In these stories men and women confront the unexpected risks of ordinary life in Boston, Norhern Ireland, Connecticut, the Scottish Highlands, and upstate New York. With subtlety and wit, Su... more »san Hubbard explores the tensions of our times.
"The nine stories in this aptly titled collection depict ordinary people -- but at extraordinary moments.... In the Gothic tour de force 'The Sitter,' for example, what actually happens is less important than the hydra of possibilities Ms. Hubbard conjures. Measure her art by its perfectly keyed portrait of the baby sitter.... Walking on Ice is minimalism O. Henrified."
--The New York Times Book Review
"She masterfully crafts a subtle tension that ripples the surface of relationships between characters."
-- Stars Magazine
"All of these stories are outstanding for their richness in brevity, their immediate sketch of characters by plunging into the scene of the moment.... Hubbard's stories are filled with tensions all will recognize, uneasinesses of this modern world where self-confidence, self-worth, self-esteem are so fragile, so easily misplaced, lost. Yet wit and humor pervade the conversational style.... Surely Susan Hubbard is engendering another brilliant collection of short fiction. I will pull close her future work first, no matter whose new work is piled about. I will reach for a master storyteller."