Opposable Thumbs

by Suzanne Hudson

Fiction. In this premier collection of stories, OPPOSABLE THUMBS, Suzanne Hudson reignites literary interest in her work that has laid dormant for years since she turned her back to the literary world after winning the Hackney Literary Awards competition as well as being published in Penthouse magazine and New Writers magazine. In this collection of shorts, "integrations, incest, white trash, and God...it's all here, in a bitter-sweet meringue. Suzanne Hudson's hilarious and moving stories tackle some of the South's major themes without flinching"-Tom Franklin. "Hudson writes like a fallen angel. Her characters may have one foot in heaven, and the other in hell, but she touches them with an ironic humor and a fiery grace"--William Gay.

164 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2001

About the author

Suzanne Hudson is the author of two literary novels, In a Temple of Trees and In the Dark of the Moon. Her short fiction has been anthologized in almost a dozen books, including Stories from the Blue Moon Café and The Shoe Burnin’: Stories of Southern Soul. Her short story collection Opposable Thumbs was a finalist for a John Gardner Fiction Book Award. Her latest work of short stories, All the Way to Memphis, brings characters from the South to life in a way any reader will know and love. She lives with her husband, author Joe Formichella, near Fairhope, Alabama.