The Keepers

by Mike Maggio

The Keepers has a tone of folktale, fantasy and waking dream. Even if the situation is present day, it feels like a tale that's being spun for us. The stories are a force of writing with the consequence of characters guided by the author's imaginings. Although there's an emotional argument in each, kindness--more than not--defines the narrative; and our senses come alive with language, simple and true. The short story is said to be a courtship with the reader. If this is so, the reader will say, "Yes."
--Grace Cavalieri, Producer/Host of The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress Note to fans of Mike Maggio's arresting political On the surface it may seem the stories in The Keepers employ a comparatively conventional bag of tricks, but don't think for a minute you won't get caught in their grip. Mike Maggio the storyteller leans back in his comfy, authoritative omniscience and narrates in a voice that is familiar and charming. Of course a reader is immediately taken in, only later to recall that it is from the familiar that the surprise jumps out--and also, sometimes, the delicious terror.
--Madeleine Mysko, author of the novel Bringing Vincent Home Mike Maggio's fiction straddles the line between the lyrical and the caustic. It captures something essential about these strange days. With the deft touch of a poet, Maggio's imaginative fiction pulls you in and won't let go. These stories offer a rich landscape for those just now discovering his work.
--Nathan Leslie, author of Night Sweat and Drivers

118 pages, Perfect Paperback

Published December 19, 2011

About the author

Mike Maggio is the author of nine books and has been published both nationally and internationally. His recent novella, The Appointment, was called "quirky and intriguing" as well as "atmospheric and surreal." His forthcoming collection of short stories, "Letters from Inside" is a compilation that spans 30 years is being called "a treasure chest" with "an ironic moral bite."

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