Not Dark Yet: Stories, By James Alan Gill
This is not a Norman Rockwell portrait of small-town life. The scenes are not saccharin and sentimental. The protagonists aren’t damsels and heroes. They’re working people, facing the threat of layoffs, failing health, and the prospect of another day without many choices other than to just keep going. In a world obsessed with influencers, billionaires, and clickbait politics, their stories deserve to be told.
Set in the years between 1992-2002, James Alan Gill brings the fictional Matin County to life with stark, lyrical prose and a misfit cast of characters trying to find solace, hope, and redemption in the bars, bedrooms, and blacktops of Southern Illinois.
$17.00 US
“James Alan Gill’s writing unfurls like a fantastic roll of film, capturing hidden pockets of wonder.”
— Whitney Otto, New York Times Bestselling Author of How to Make an American Quilt and Eight Girls Taking Pictures.
“Gill writes with grace and humor and pain. Poignant and powerful.”
— Benjamin Percy, author of The Ninth Metal, Red Moon, and Thrill Me.
“James Alan Gill is a master at creating a world and inviting the reader to live in it for a while, a gifted storyteller who shines a loving light on an oft-overlooked part of the country—the Midwest—and in doing so reveals its landscape of narrative riches. I have been a fan of his fiction for years.”
— Stephanie G’Schwind, Editor-In-Chief, Colorado Review
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