While You Were Out: Short Stories of Resurrection

by Amy S. Dalrymple (editor), Brad Pauquette (editor)

While You Were Out, complete with fifteen witty, insightful, compelling, sometimes serious tales, presents the work of some of Columbus, Ohio’s most talented writers.

These engaging, inspiring short stories of resurrection will revive your spirit of imagination.

You won’t find any zombies or vampires in the pages of this book. From adventure to romance, comedy to science fiction, and every genre in between, inside you’ll find fictional and non-fictional stories of people, animals, relationships, and even a car, that die and are resurrected.

This anthology includes the work of Deborah Cottle, Doug Devor, Ramona Douglas, Peg Hanna, Tina Higgins, Brenda Layman, Catherine Maynard, Jenny L. Maxey, Bradley Nelson, Ben Orlando, Barbara Perrin, Wayne Rapp, Birney Reed, Nate Roderick, and Cynthia Rosi.

169 pages, Paperback

First published April 7, 2012

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is a saying amongst writers that the first page sells the book, the last page sells the next book. I was happily surprised that so many of the stories were original and good. I've been disappointed lately in some anthologies of short stories because, often, the stories are too much alike. These were pretty good and different from each other. But, the last story's characters were so nasty,and snarky, and murderous that I didn't care for any of them. I wondered why they put that story last since the last story is usually the one readers remember. So, that last story left me with a bad feeling, to the point of almost forgetting that most of the rest of the book was okay.

[Tina Higgins · Rating 5 out of 5]

These are great reads. Each story had its own voice. I really enjoyed each story. I was happy to see the mix of fiction and non-fiction. They were all different, but centered on the theme. Highly recommend.

[D B · Rating 5 out of 5]

This anthology is unique and definitely entertaining. From 'Sprout' by Brenda Layman to 'Rerun' by Birney Reed this collection of short stories was an absolute delight.

The authors in this book are exceptional!

[Maryalice · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book of short stories. Like all books of short stories there were stories I couldn't put down, stories that made me cry, stories that made me think and 1 I couldn't get into, and some that were several of those things. All were well written and i enjoyed the book very much.

[Chris Rayle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some stories better than others, and as much as I am loathe to admit it, a few that hit really hard. A few had interesting ways of playing on the theme of "resurrection".