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“If you are willing to risk reading, it will challenge you, capture your attention, and dare you to continue till the very last.”
Fall into Claiming One, this collection of 17 short stories all linked by flight or denial, and witness how perfectly flawed humanity can be.
“You run or you fight. Pick either one, but do something.“
The distinct characters in Claiming One are both incredibly loving and tragically flawed: far from finding what they seek, and an even longer way from peace.
Often, we arrive to their story on the heels of a major change, whether actual or symbolic, and each story offers a glimpse into the characters’ moment of choice. We witness perilous options, discoveries and decisions, all while considering the flawless humanity presented to us.
This powerful collection brings together 17 short stories linked together by flight or denial. Author E.J. Runyon masterfully intertwines a lop-sided trail of hope, found in the hearts of the characters, to thread these tales together.
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Author: E.J. Runyon
Category: Short Stories / Literary
Release Date: January 2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-908600-06-6
Pages: 208
RRP: £9.99 / 12.99€ / $14.99
Format: eBook (MOBI & ePUB)
ISBN: 978-1-908600-07-3
RRP: £3.49 / 3.99€ / $3.99
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Runyon tells her stories with an unashamed truthfulness. The work is edgy, but never gratuitously so, never for the sake of edginess. At the same time, there exists a compelling emotional accessibility. If you are willing to risk reading, it will challenge you, capture your attention, and dare you to continue till the very last.
– Catherine Ryan Hyde, author of Pay it Forward
With this first collection, Runyon is following in the tradition of the great regional American writers. Flannery O’Connor, John Fante, Bret Harte, and Sinclair Lewis. The triumph of their stories was due in part to the writers’ craftsmanship and vision, but also to the honesty of the narrative which grounded the fictive worlds deeply in reality.
E.J. Runyon lives in the US Southwest. Since 2002 she’s found herself moving on to smaller and smaller desert towns, while working to become the author and writing coach she planned to be.
E.J.’s passion is focused on writing fine prose and on getting folks writing, her aim is coaching them in writing well. She participates yearly in National Novel Writing Month – an event she’s been involved in since 2001. Several of the short stories in Claiming One are excerpts from her many in-progress and published novels, written during various NaNoWriMo years.
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