Bob Strother serves up a heaping helping of Southern short stories in a collection which defies easy categories, with vampires, cheerleaders, debutantes, ghostly little girls, hitmen (and women), Ma Barker, a Marine gunnery sergeant with his own unique method of rehab, and my personal favorite—a septuagenarian soviet sniper who takes the theft of her welfare check unkindly.
Well-crafted, with sharply drawn characters, wry wit, and a touch of darkness, they breathe with life and a deep and obvious fondness for the South of his heritage … warts, chittlins’, and all.
— David Weber, best-selling author of the Honor Harrington series
Scattered, Smothered, and Covered by Bob Strother
Originally published by Mint Hill Books (2011), 284 pages, $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-59948-276-7, Fiction
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Scattered, Smothered, and Covered
A Collection of Short Stories by Bob Strother
$14.00
This is a smart collection. Strother is at his best when he choreographs the dance between a man and a woman: from Zelma and Jeff, teenagers teaching each other to kiss in “Baby Don’t Say Don’t” to the burglar, Brody, held at gunpoint by the old woman he’s robbing in “Sniper.” The faces are familiar, but Strother effectively surprises and unnerves. A clever and engaging read.
— Carla Damron, author of Death in Zooville, A Caleb Knowles Mystery