Vanishing Animals and Other Stories

by Mary Morris

Morris's stories range over vast territories, both emotional and geographical, from a summer romance by the swimming pool to reconciliations in a New York walk-up, from expeditions in the Rockies to encounters in the suburbs

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

I was born in Chicago and, though I have lived in New York for many years, my roots are still in the Midwest and many of my stories are set there. As a writer my closest influences are Willa Cather and F. Scott Fitzgerald. I travel as much as I can and travel fuels everything I do. When I travel, I keep extensive journals which are handwritten and include watercolors, collage as well as text. All my writing begins in these journals. I tend to move between fiction and nonfiction. I spent seventeen years working on my last novel, The Jazz Palace. I think I learned a lot writing that book because the next one only took three years., Gateway to the Moon. Gateway which will be out in March 2018 is historical fiction about the secret Jews of New Mexico. I am also working on my fifth travel memoir about my travels alone. This one is about looking for tigers.

Reviews

[Polly Kertis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perfectly inspiring and challenging and beautiful and true. There are some wonderful lists in this collection...

[Cat. · Rating 4 out of 5]

True confessions: I didn't read all of these stories--some were just too off-the-wall.

However, she's a very good writer, especially about place.