The Farther Shore

by Rob Davidson

The eight stories and prize-winning novella of The Farther Shore are vibrantly alive on the page."The surface glitters and seduces, while the author takes you by the hand to a thorny psychological realm where simple answers you've held dear may have to be relinquished." -- Patricia Henley"[Davidson's characters] become, for all their occasional quirkiness, as real as the folks next door." -- Steve Yarbrough"Rob Davidson writes with humor and compassion about the things that matter most: the inevitable missteps of the heart, and our endless quest to set things right again." -- Clint McCown

First published March 1, 2012

About the author

My most recent book is "What Some Would Call Lies" (Five Oaks, 2018), a collection of two literary novellas meditating on life, art, and the vicissitudes of memory.

Previous books include "Spectators: Flash Fictions" (Five Oaks, 2017), praised by Kirkus as "A small but mighty collection of textual snapshots... flash fiction at its best that's definitely worth a look."

My fiction, essays and interviews have appeared in ZYZZYVA, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Indiana Review, The Normal School, New Delta Review, and elsewhere. I was the recipient of a 2015-2016 Fulbright U.S. Senior Scholar award to lecture on creative writing and American literature in Taiwan. I teach creative writing and American literature at California State University, Chico.