Short Stories
In Exile and Other Stories
2008·132 pages
A collection of six short stories exploring isolation and resilience in harsh Old West mining towns.
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A collection of six short stories exploring isolation and resilience in harsh Old West mining towns.
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"[...] He seated himself, with a little sigh, and opened the napkin on the ground before him. Miss Newell stood leaning against a rock on the opposite side of the brook, regarding the young man with a shy and smiling curiosity. "Meals," he continued, "are a reckless tribute to the weakness of the flesh we all engage in three times a day at the boarding-house; a man must eat, you know, if he expects to live. Have you ever tried any of Mrs. Bondy's fare, Miss Newell?" "I'm sure Mrs. Bondy tries to...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Minor references to romantic relationships; no explicit content depicted.
Violence & gore
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Brief mentions of harsh conditions; no graphic violence described.
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Minor Quaker background influences in character values.
Magic & witchcraft
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No occult or magical themes present.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Moderate focus on class division and women's issues of the era.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Moderate depiction of systemic hardship and isolation in frontier life.
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