My latest review for the Colorado Review centers on Robert Garner McBrearty’s new collection of short stories, The Problem You Have. Here’s a glimpse of what I wrote:
“In this highly engaging collection of short stories, award-winning author Robert Garner McBrearty captivates readers with tales of inner struggle and pivotal moments in life. McBrearty, whose acclaimed narratives have appeared in the prestigious Pushcart Prize anthology and have been widely published in literary journals like the North American Review, StoryQuarterly, and the Missouri Review, has previously authored four story collections and a novella titled The Western Lonesome Society. His latest work features fifteen stories, some of which are previously unpublished, presenting a diverse array of characters who find themselves at significant crossroads in their lives.”
I’ve had the pleasure of exploring a significant portion of McBrearty’s fiction, and he is a writer whose work I always seek out. Over the years, he has written some wild and hilarious stories, including the brilliant “After Zombies” from issue #24 of the Lowestoft Chronicle. You can learn more about his short stories and books by checking out my in-depth interview with him from 2015, titled “A Conversation with Robert Garner McBrearty.” For my full review of The Problem You Have, you can visit this link on the Colorado Review website: https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/reviews/the-problem-you-have/.