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Short Street
A teenage junkie who gets a second chance--if she'll take it. A coffee shop uprising. A grieving father who will go to any lengths to catch a man who brutally murdered his only daughter. Come travel down Short Street, an anthology of 28 stories, where junkies, drunks and losers live next door to unsung heroes and stubborn survivors. Timothy Gager explores the bright rooms and the dark corners of human existence, where the one who next steps around the corner could be YOU...
264 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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About the author
Timothy Gager
25 books87 followersBestselling Author, Timothy Gager has published 20 books of fiction and poetry, which includes his fourth novel, Shadows of the Seen, and his most recent book of poetry, Almost Bluing for X-Tra Whiteness. He hosted the successful Dire Literary Series in Cambridge, MA from 2001 to 2018, and started a weekly virtual series in 2020. He has had over 1000 works of fiction and poetry published, 19 nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His work also has been nominated for a Massachusetts Book Award, The Best of the Web, The Best Small Fictions Anthology and has been read on National Public Radio.
In 2023, Big Table Publishing published an anthology of twenty years of his selected work, with 175 pages of new material: The Best of Timothy Gager.
Timothy is the former Fiction Editor of The Wilderness House Literary Review, and the founding co-editor of The Heat City Literary Review. He also co-hosts the podcast, "the 2 deans: Dating, Dread and Disasters." A graduate of the University of Delaware, Timothy lives in Dedham, Massachusetts,and is employed as a social worker.
In 2023, Big Table Publishing published an anthology of twenty years of his selected work, with 175 pages of new material: The Best of Timothy Gager.
Timothy is the former Fiction Editor of The Wilderness House Literary Review, and the founding co-editor of The Heat City Literary Review. A graduate of the University of Delaware, Timothy lives in Dedham, Massachusetts,and is employed as a social worker.
In 2023, Big Table Publishing published an anthology of twenty years of his selected work, with 175 pages of new material: The Best of Timothy Gager.
Timothy is the former Fiction Editor of The Wilderness House Literary Review, and the founding co-editor of The Heat City Literary Review. He also co-hosts the podcast, "the 2 deans: Dating, Dread and Disasters." A graduate of the University of Delaware, Timothy lives in Dedham, Massachusetts,and is employed as a social worker.
In 2023, Big Table Publishing published an anthology of twenty years of his selected work, with 175 pages of new material: The Best of Timothy Gager.
Timothy is the former Fiction Editor of The Wilderness House Literary Review, and the founding co-editor of The Heat City Literary Review. A graduate of the University of Delaware, Timothy lives in Dedham, Massachusetts,and is employed as a social worker.
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September 3, 2009
A tight collection of short stories as snapshots centered on a variety of problem drinkers, sexual compulsives and people on the make.
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