"Far more than a historical romance, Killer of Crying Deer is an unflinching look at the naked human creature, a rousing tale that asks moral and existential questions that are urgent and contemporary.... Mix A.S. Byatt, David Mitchell, and Umberto Eco together, add a dash of Hilary Mantel, and you have something like the storytelling genius of William Orem. Bravo!"   —Richard Hoffman, Chair of PEN New England. Half the House; Interference and Other Stories

"...Readers will not soon forget Henry, shipwrecked, reborn and spiritually awakened on the shore of a brave new world, nor Speaking Owl—the Native American girl who touched and changed him. Killer of Crying Deer is an extraordinary book that captures the felt change of consciousness, the recognition and estrangement of a time when two worlds met and mingled but did not fuse."   —Verlyn Flieger, Professor, Department of English, University of Maryland. Pig Tale; Splintered Light; Interrupted Music; A Question of Time; Tolkien Studies editor

 

In Florida Gothic Stories, Vicki Hendricks has crafted some near-perfect gems of noir—taking noir’s twisty characters and plots and twisting them even further in imaginative and surprising ways. ...The word gothic also describes these stories—surreal, grotesque tales of violence, decay, and desperation, in the tradition of Southern writers such as Faulkner and O’Connor.

By the end of Florida Gothic Stories, readers might wonder about Hendricks herself. Where does she get these stories? Does she know the characters? Has she had these feelings and experiences?

And by evoking such feelings, Hendricks demonstrates the dark power of her stories—enough so to make readers excited at the thought of moving on to her acclaimed noir novels.

Reviewer Michael Lipkin is a Senior Editor for a major publishing house and the writer and editor for Noir Journal.