Over Exposure

by James W. Hall

Characters stripped of their pretenses, revealed, exposed. We see through cracks in the walls into their dark, erotic hidden lives. Men and women full of passion and obsession. Echoes of Daniel Woodrell, James Lee Burke.

Genres: Fiction

105 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 17, 2011

About the author

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James W. Hall is an Edgar and Shamus Award-winning author whose books have been translated into a dozen languages. He has written twenty-one novels, four books of poetry, two collections of short stories, and two works of non-fiction. He also won a John D. MacDonald Award for Excellence in Florida Fiction, presented by the JDM Bibliophile.

He has a master’s degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University and a doctorate in literature from the University of Utah. He was a professor of literature and creative writing at Florida International University for 40 years where he taught such writers as Vicky Hendricks, Christine Kling, Barbara Parker and Dennis Lehane.

Reviews

[Bob · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like that authors and publishers are using the Kindle as a resource to collect shorter works by popular writers like James W. Hall, creator of the long running and well-crafted Thorn series. Each of the stories in this collection previously appeared in other crime collections, such as Miami Noir, Florida being Hall's usual setting. In this collection, only the last, the title story, falls short of the mark. The opener, The Crack, is a distrubing tale of voyeurism, and all that follow are equally dark, entertaining and twisty, as well as representative of Hall's style.

[pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

this one took my by surprise - i was absolutely blown away and finished this off in just one night. this collection of short stories, my first readings of james w. hall, will certainly not be my last. twisted, violent, vulgar and blackly ironic these disturbing stories of south florida are most certainly my cup of tea.

[Joan · Rating 1 out of 5]

James W. Hall is not one of those writers that always produces good work. There was not an interesting story among the seven in this book.