*PREORDER* Belonging: Short Stories from Pangyrus
“Belonging: Short Stories from Pangyrus,” edited by Virginia Pye and Anne Bernays, is a poignant collection exploring the sacrifices we make for acceptance, through narratives that range from heartrending to humorously insightful. Each story examines the deep-seated desire to connect, revealing the complex dance between individuality and belonging.
COMING MARCH 2024
BELONGING
Short Stories from Pangyrus
Edited by Virginia Pye and Anne Bernays
What do we sacrifice when we strive to belong? A woman gets thin to make her family notice her. A teenage girl shoplifts with a friend for love and affirmation. Whether it’s an unflinching look at a soldier’s return to a land seared in his memory or a tale of a woman wandering the nighttime streets she’s forgotten, the tender and funny stories of Belonging explore our own hope of ever finding the connections we so desperately want.
CONTRIBUTORS:
Erin Almond, The Unbearable Weight of My Heart
Susan Buttenwieser, Unaccompanied Minors
Paul Curtis, Karaoke in the Lounge of the Gods
Catherine Elcik, We Own the Jetty
Khanh Ha, Ask the Sea
Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Manifest Your Dreams
E.C. Osondu, Conversations with a Stranger
Pamela Painter, Feelings and Kissy
Ann Russell, Art Thieves
Joshua Shapiro, Signs


