'On The Show' by Wells Tower

Galley Beggar Press asked me to say a few words about my favourite short story.

On The Show by Wells Tower

Reading-wise I have tendency to immerse myself in certain genres or eras or nationalities for two or three months at a time – London noir crime novels for example, or post-war pursuit thrillers or The Russians – and recently found myself only reading contemporary American short story writers. Donald Ray Pollock, Ron Rash, and Frank Bill were three great new discoveries but the best of the...