

Instructions for the Drowning
Author: Steven Heighton
Narrator: Amos Crawley
Unabridged: 5 hr 34 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: 05/04/2023
Categories: Fiction, Short Stories, Literary Fiction, Family Life
Author: Steven Heighton
Narrator: Amos Crawley
Unabridged: 5 hr 34 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: 05/04/2023
Categories: Fiction, Short Stories, Literary Fiction, Family Life
Stories as powerful as they are poignant, given the untimely death of such a great writer, sorely missed. On the last two pages, the narrator as “I” appears for the first time, in the midst of prayer flags fluttering down a Nepali mountain: “They were charting the wind’s convoluted patterns… I was w......more
Beautifully written and full of emotion; these detailed stories remind us that deep down what we may not want to face is what makes us truly human.......more
Exceptional. These stories are intimate, tender, and infinitely human. Heighton writes with superb precision and elegance. It’s astonishing what he is able to do in such a short span. Truly masterful.......more
A very uneven story collection. Some good stories, but no perfect ones, near the end, and some pretty bad ones near the beginning. Liked the last story Stages of Gordon J. Whitehead and the plastic surgeon one and the AIDS one.......more
The typical short story collection, with my typical reaction: a default middle rating of 3 stars, based on a range of stories ranging from the razor sharp & compelling (Who Now Lies Sleeping) to the left-a-complete-blank-on-my-consciousness (Expecting). A bit of something for every reader here.......more