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Camera Lake
Fleeing her family, a woman finds unexpected solace in an empty hotel. Following a shattering professional failure, a therapist becomes convinced someone is watching his every move. A coach’s disciplinary tactic doesn’t so much backfire as it implodes his players’ lives. Inhabiting a (mostly) midwestern landscape, Alex Pickett’s characters specialize in breaking rules. Believing themselves to be good people, they try to bend their situations to fit their needs or fulfill their desires. The results are rarely completely disastrous or successful, but are tinged with a humor that rides comfortably alongside embarrassment, regret, and longing—and in the process remind us that it is achingly hard to live up to expectations.
199 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 16, 2024
About the author
Alex Pickett
2 books4 followersAlex Pickett grew up in small towns in Wisconsin and now lives with his partner in London. He received his MFA from the University of Florida.
He has supervised a warehouse in Fairbanks, worked at two cemeteries, four factories, has been a movie extra, a book researcher, a copywriter, a comedy writer, a winter caretaker at Denali State Park, taught creative writing to undocumented refugees and asylum seekers, managed a homeless hostel, and inspected restaurants and hot dog carts in New York City.
He currently teaches creative writing at City Lit in London and is a doctoral researcher at the University of Westminster.
His novel, The Restaurant Inspector, was published in 2021. Camera Lake, a short story collection, came out in July 2024.
He has supervised a warehouse in Fairbanks, worked at two cemeteries, four factories, has been a movie extra, a book researcher, a copywriter, a comedy writer, a winter caretaker at Denali State Park, taught creative writing to undocumented refugees and asylum seekers, managed a homeless hostel, and inspected restaurants and hot dog carts in New York City.
He currently teaches creative writing at City Lit in London and is a doctoral researcher at the University of Westminster.
His novel, The Restaurant Inspector, was published in 2021. Camera Lake, a short story collection, came out in July 2024.
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Fleeing her family, a woman finds unexpected solace in an empty hotel. Following a shattering professional failure, a therapist becomes convinced someone is watching his every move. A coach’s disciplinary tactic doesn’t so much backfire as it implodes his players’ lives. Inhabiting a (mostly) Midwestern landscape, Alex Pickett’s characters specialize in breaking rules. Believing themselves to be good people, they try to bend their situations to fit their needs or fulfill their desires. The results are rarely completely disastrous or successful but are tinged with a humor that rides comfortably alongside embarrassment, regret, and longing — and in the process remind us that it is achingly hard to live up to expectations.
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From the author:
Fleeing her family, a woman finds unexpected solace in an empty hotel. Following a shattering professional failure, a therapist becomes convinced someone is watching his every move. A coach’s disciplinary tactic doesn’t so much backfire as it implodes his players’ lives. Inhabiting a (mostly) Midwestern landscape, Alex Pickett’s characters specialize in breaking rules. Believing themselves to be good people, they try to bend their situations to fit their needs or fulfill their desires. The results are rarely completely disastrous or successful but are tinged with a humor that rides comfortably alongside embarrassment, regret, and longing — and in the process remind us that it is achingly hard to live up to expectations.
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