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Winner of the Other Voices Short
Fiction Collection Award
From the author of the acclaimed novel
Living Dead Girl, a finalist for the Los Angeles
Times Book Prize, come twelve haunting stories about people
caught somewhere between love and madness. Simplify
mines the often surreal terrain of people on the margins of
life: from the man with a photo of Elvis bleeding on his wall
in “Comeback Special,” to the profoundly troubled
boy genius of the title story “Simplify,” to the
family that must traverse “The Distance Between Us”
to finally get to the truth about their son the murderer,
each story hums with sharp drama, mystery, wonder, and startling
humor. Simplify, the first collection of short fiction
by Tod Goldberg, portrays a world where redemption, hope,
and violence are never too far apart. It is the inaugural
volume in the Other Voices Book Series.
TOD GOLDBERG is the author of the
novels Living Dead Girl and Fake Liar Cheat.
His short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and
journals, including Other Voices, The Sun, and
Santa Monica Review, twice earning a Special Mention
for the Pushcart Prize. He teaches creative writing at the
UCLA Extension Writers’ Program.
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