Coming March 2024 from Finishing Line Press

The Calamity of Desire and Other Stories

a debut collection of short fiction by Pushcart-Prize nominated author Judith Dancoff

Spanning the Roman era to the present day, Dancoff's elegant short fictions weave famous works of art with sometimes real, sometimes fictional artists and protagonists, in stories told from the female gaze, and against the backdrop of the life and death conflicts that surround them. Described as "luminous" by Los Angeles Times Festival of Books judge Diane Smith, Dancoff's vivid, lyrical prose explores the intersection of history, ambition, heartbreak, and desire, to illuminate the human heart.

Judith Dancoff's writing has appeared in The Georgia Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Southern Humanities Review, The Shanghai Literary Review, Creative Nonfiction, and elsewhere. Her awards include a 2021 Pushcart nomination and residencies at Hedgebrook, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, where she was the McElwee Family Fellow.

Advance Reader Copies available.

Price: $21.99
Publisher: Finishing Line Press
Format: Original trade paperback fiction
Pages: 166
ISBN: 979-8-88838-377-3
Probable Publication date: 3/29/2024
Distribution: Finishing Line Press
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