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Robert Busby

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Born

in Pontotoc, MS, The United States

Website

https://www.roberthoustonbusby.com

Genre

Southern, Crime, Speculative

Member Since

June 2020

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Robert Busby grew up in the hill country of North Mississippi and has worked as a bandsaw operator, bookseller, copywriter, driving school instructor, prep cook, produce clerk, teacher, and satellite television technician. His debut collection, Bodock: Stories, was awarded the C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize and will be published by Hub City Press in June 2025. A graduate of the University of Mississippi, he got his MFA in Fiction from Florida International University, and his stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Arkansas Review, Cold Mountain Review, Footnote, Mississippi Noir, PANK, Pleiades, Sou’wester, Surreal South, and others. Currently, he writes, runs, and raises two humans with his wife in Memphis, TN.

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Average rating: 3.85 · 400 ratings · 68 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mississippi Noir (Akashic Noir) by Tom Franklin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ace Atkins (Goodreads Author), Michael Farris Smith (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 389 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bodock: Stories 4.67 avg rating — 33 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Footnote 4 by Leah Angstman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Arthur Allen (Goodreads Author), Richard Allen 4.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surreal South '11 by Laura Benedict (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Pinckney Benedict (Editor/Contributor), Rose Bunch 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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