Not Dead Yet and Other Stories

by Hadley Moore

Overview

Winner of the Autumn House Press Fiction Prize, Hadley Moore's debut Not Dead Yet studies the uncertainties of loss, turning a gaze toward the often-silenced voices of the infirm, elderly, and adolescent. 

Rich in humor and honesty, Hadley Moore’s debut collection of short stories presents a contemporary set of narratives from a lush cast of characters. We find the protagonists of her stories tenderly revealing their pain after the loss of loved ones and coping with the voids left by the passing of youth, happiness, and fulfillment. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938769412
Publisher:	Autumn House Press
Publication date:	09/15/2019
Series:	Autumn House Press Fiction Prize
Edition description:	1
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Hadley Moore’s fiction has appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Witness, the Alaska Quarterly Review, december, the Indiana Review, Anomaly, Quarter After Eight, Confrontation, The Drum, Midwestern Gothic, and elsewhere. She is an alumna of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and lives near Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Editorial Reviews

"First rate writing." —Rubery Book Award 

"What an astounding collection. The emotional depth and beauty of these stories is a wonder and puts this writer in a category all of her own. In Not Dead Yet, Moore takes readers on an emotional journey, insisting on illuminating our profound human connections and the mysteries of life. Her characters stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page and are penetrating reminders that life is full of endless chances, missed opportunities, and grace. Moore’s insight and compassion are the triumphs of this collection, signaling the arrival of a brilliant writer." —Dana Johnson 

"'There are things everyone knows but no one recalls learning,' writes Hadley Moore in one of the stories in her stellar collection. There are also things not everyone knows, things this marvelously clear-eyed and unsentimental collection can teach us. These are grown-up stories that unsettle as they surprise. They are smart and funny and filled with calamity, consequence, and those slight shifts in awareness that constitute, for those lucky enough to encounter them, growth. I can’t remember when I last read such an engaging and rewarding debut." —Michael Parker 

"This electrifying collection of nine stories stunned me—each story is so differently alive. The whole collection abounds in a love of language, and I felt throughout the total pleasure of watching an attentive, sometimes reckless, big-hearted, intelligent, and masterful storyteller work her way through endlessly interesting territory." —Rebecca Lee

From the Publisher

“What an astounding collection. The emotional depth and beauty of these stories is a wonder and puts this writer in a category all of her own. In Not Dead Yet, Moore takes readers on an emotional journey, insisting on illuminating our profound human connections and the mysteries of life. Her characters stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page and are penetrating reminders that life is full of endless chances, missed opportunities and grace. Moore’s insight and compassion are the triumph of this collection, signaling the arrival of a brilliant writer.

Dana Johnson