In this Book
- The Story Until Now: A Great Big Book of Stories
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Wesleyan University Press
Called "one of our brightest cultural commentators" by Publishers Weekly, Kit Reed draws from life—with a difference. This new collection brings together thirty-four of her strong, original stories, from early classics like "The Wait" and "Winter" to six never-before-collected short stories, including "The Legend of Troop 13" and "Wherein We Enter the Museum." An early favorite, "Automatic Tiger," is the first in a series of Reed's stories about animals. There's a monkey who grinds out bestsellers with the help of a "creative writing" app. Her uncanny black dog can enter a crowded room and sit down at the feet of the next man to die. Her characters confront war in various arenas: mother/daughter battles, the war of the sexes, the struggles of men scarred by war. Kit Reed's self-described "transgenred" fiction is confirmation of an "extraordinary talent" (The Financial Times). The range and complexity of her work speaks for itself in The Story Until Now.
Table of Contents
- The Attack of the Giant Baby
- pp. 13-19
- What Wolves Know
- pp. 20-39
- Automatic Tiger
- pp. 40-51
- Wherein We Enter the Museum
- pp. 52-68
- High Rise High
- pp. 69-100
- Song of the Black Dog
- pp. 114-127
- Weston Walks
- pp. 128-144
- How It Works
- pp. 145-157
- Precautions
- pp. 158-164
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- pp. 165-173
- Family Bed
- pp. 174-184
- The Singing Marine
- pp. 185-196
- In the Squalus
- pp. 197-204
- Pilots of the Purple Twilight
- pp. 215-223
- Sisohpromatem
- pp. 224-228
- On the Penal Colony
- pp. 229-239
- The Food Farm
- pp. 240-247
- In Behalf of the Product
- pp. 248-254
- Songs of War
- pp. 255-287
- The Weremother
- pp. 295-299
- Old Soldiers
- pp. 311-325
- Incursions
- pp. 326-336
- The Bride of Bigfoot
- pp. 337-344
- The Zombie Prince
- pp. 345-257
- Grand Opening
- pp. 358-365
- The Outside Event
- pp. 389-409
- The Legend of Troop 13
- pp. 410-428
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- p. 443