Redgunk Tales: Apocalypse and Kudzu from Redgunk, Mississippi

By William R. Eakin

Set in the town of Redgunk, Mississippi -- with a population of 400 people, a dog with black, smelly lips, and a mummy -- these interwoven stories owe as much to Sophocles as they do to Flannery O'Connor, exploring the human condition against a background of swamp gas and lawnmower fumes. Redgunk is a place where Otis Zebrowsky, cable repairman, can suddenly be sucked into a mythic world older than ancient Greece; and where intelligent women like Mina Thorton can find absolute happiness in the guise of a made-to-order alien mate. In these stories of ghosts, alien abductions, and genetic experiments gone awry, immersed in a setting singing with cicadas, crawling with kudzu, and as redneck as any in the South, characters live and breathe with genuine hearts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967968348
• ISBN13: 9780967968346
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Invisible Cities Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great stories!

Redgunk Tales is quickly becoming one of my favorite short story collections. The stories combine the best of fantasy and horror writing with a humorous, philosophical style. I've only had the book for two weeks but I'm already enjoying some of the stories a second time.