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by Tam May (Author)
In this collection of five short stories, strange and sometimes spooky events have a profound effect on characters' lives. A newly divorced woman goes back to school to begin a new chapter of her life only to find herself circling back to where she started. A woman and her friends spend a day at the circus but the innocent fun mingles childhood nostalgia with brutal fear. A woman ventures out of her isolated apartment one quiet Saturday afternoon to an art exhibit that leaves an eerie imprint on her psyche. A middle-aged violinist reveals the mystery behind his declining artistic powers to a stranger on a train. And the title story weaves journal entries and first-person narrative to paint a picture of the complicated bond between an orphaned brother and sister. These stories leave an impression of the present and future in the shadow of the past.
Author Biography
Tam May was born in Israel but grew up in the United States. She earned her college degree in English Literature and Linguistics in Israel before returning to the States, where she currently resides. She started writing when she was 14 and writing became her voice. She writes psychological fiction that explores emotional realities informed by personal and collective past experience, dreams, emotions, fantasies, nightmares, imagination, and self-analysis.
