The beauty and barrenness of the southwestern landscape naturallylends itself to the art of storytellers. It is a land of heat and dryness, aland of spirits, a land that is misunderstood by those living along thecoasts.New
"New Stories from the Southwest" presents nineteen short stories that appeared
in North American periodicals between January and December 2006.
Selected by editor D. Seth Horton, the former fiction editor for the "Sonora Review,"
from a wide cross-section of journals and magazines, and with a foreword
by noted writer Ray Gonzalez, "New Stories from the Southwest "presents a
generous sampling of the best of contemporary fiction situated in this often
overlooked area of the country. Swallow Press is particularly pleased to publish
this wide-ranging collection of stories from both new and established writers.
