Greetings from Earth: New and Collected Stories

by Scott Bradfield

In these provocative, inventive fictions, we encounter a man who dreams of himself as an Arctic wolf, a creature that slowly makes its way into the waking world; a hostile housewife who cultivates out-of-body experiences and imagines how her existence might serve as the basis for a movie starring Jessica Lange; and an autistic child for whom the world and words are the same thing, equally solid and equally malleable. Bradfield's stories are psychologically compelling and hilarious, particularly when he mixes the supernatural with the mundane. Each one of these twenty-one stories demonstrates his singularly rich language and imagination.

Genres: Short Stories

296 pages, Paperback

First published February 12, 1993

About the author

Scott Michael Bradfield is an American essayist, critic and fiction writer who resides in London, England.
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Reviews

[Maurean]

These stories were....interesting.
As is with all collections, some were better than others. Mr. Bradfield is certainly an imaginative storyteller.

[Darren]

21 short stories, of which 13 appear in "Dream Of The Wolf", so using this to review just the other 8:
mostly more "standard" human-relationship-y rather than the more off-kilter DOTW stories, all intriguing/involving, with my personal fave being "The Monster" which was the most unusual. 3.5 Stars for the 8 stories, but giving 4 for the whole book itself as the DOTW stories are mostly superb.

[James Marshall]

Brilliantly written short stories set in the lower echelons of American society. It has a mix of grim realism with flights of fancy. Entertaining. (Even better as it was a signed copy).