{"product_id":"bodock-stories-paperback","title":"Bodock: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Busby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1994, the real Mid-South Ice Storm strikes the fictitious town of Bodock in Claygardner County, Mississippi. \u003c\/strong\u003eIn the wake of the storm, what is left unbroken, and what broken things can be rebuilt? Hailed by Maurice Carlos Ruffin as \"leaving no feeling untouched,\" Robert Busby's debut balances grit with heart, violence with depth, and tragedy with humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo siblings survey the damage to their family's orchard after the storm while their rich nephew circles in the hopes of buying up the property. A slacker divorcee drives his ex-father-in-law to his lung transplant surgery. A cop tries to piece his broken family back together in the wake of the loss of his son. In 1816, a farmer's wife plots with an enslaved woman to stop her husband from committing a terrible act. And in a town that is not quite Bodock, a population of ghosts reckon with their unsettled pasts.In the spirit of Brad Watson's \u003cem\u003eLast Days of the Dog-Men, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBodock\u003c\/em\u003e traverses time and dimensions to surface the struggles of the everyday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBodock: Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is the winner of the 2024 C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Busby \u003c\/strong\u003egrew up in the hill country of North Mississippi and has worked as a bandsaw operator, bookseller, copywriter, driving school instructor, powder coater, prep cook, produce clerk, teacher, and satellite television technician. A graduate of the University of Mississippi, he got his MFA in Fiction from Florida International University, and his stories have appeared in \u003cem\u003eArkansas Review, Cold Mountain Review, Footnote, Mississippi Noir, PANK, Pleiades, Sou'wester, Surreal South, \u003c\/em\u003e and others. Currently, he writes, runs, and raises two humans with his wife in Memphis, TN.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43478425206919,"sku":"9798885740517","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/V7TfwDySPy9798885740517.webp?v=1763243549","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/bodock-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}