Prepare to be transported to the edge of the world in Bradley Sides \' affecting and haunting debut collection of magical realism short stories, Those Fantastic Lives and Other Strange Stories.
He lives in Florence, Alabama, with his wife..
He holds an MA in English from the University of North Alabama and is an MFA student at Queens University of Charlotte.
His Stories are about young people searching for meaning and understanding in Fantastic worlds, often tenderly exploring masculinity, home and belonging.
He is a literary writer with a speculative bent and a penchant for magic realism.
About author(s): Bradley Sides \' writing appears in the Chicago Review of Books, Electric Literature, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Millions, The Rumpus, and dozens of Other illustrious publications.
Bradley Sides is an exciting new voice in fiction, and Those Fantastic Lives, which glows with the light of hope and possibility amidst dark uncertainties, will ignite imaginations.
Brimming with our deepest fears and desires, Sides\' dazzling Stories examine the complexities of masculinity, home, transformation, and loss.
In Sides\' tender, brilliantly-imagined collection, a young boy dreams of being a psychic like his grandmother, a desperate man turns to paper for a miracle, a swarm of fireflies attempts the impossible, scarecrows and ghosts collide, a mOther and child navigate a forest plagued by light-craving monsters, a boy\'s talking dolls aid him in conquering a burning world, and a father and mOther deal with the sudden emergence of wings on their son\'s back.
Prepare to be transported to the edge of the world in Bradley Sides \' affecting and haunting debut collection of magical realism short stories, Those Fantastic Lives and Other Strange Stories
