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Title: The Stone Child: Stories by Gary Fincke ISBN: 0-8262-1492-4 Publisher: Univ of Missouri Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: Fincke's strongest work to date
Comment: Gary Fincke has unfortunately remained one of those best-kept secrets in literature. However, along Fincke's new collection of poetry, Writing Letters for the Blind, and this collection of stories, it's apparent that his work has never been stronger.

The title story is macabre and painful, a brutally honest examination of a pregnancy gone terribly awry that ends with a haunting and chilling image that's impossible to shake. Yet, don't let that scare you away. The next story, "The Wrath of God" is an amusing though at times equally as moving a story as "The Stone Child." "God" centers on a down-and-out writer who has taken to promoting an escape artist. What is so fascinating about this story, and with much of this collection, is Fincke's uncanny ability to pull in everything around him and use it in the story. Whether it be history lessons or pop culture references, not one of them is wasted in this collection. "You Asked For It," a title taken from a television show, also shows Fincke's keen eye for detail, painting fully rounded characters out of their actions. And "Zombies" shows Fincke's brilliance in creating a fully realized world - high school - simply by the details and fresh characterizations.

For anyone that's a fan of the hard, tense plots Flannery O'Connor mixed with a little Jill McCorkle and Tom Pettotta humor topped off with the keen eye for emotion like Charles Baxter, I strongly recommend these stories.

And there's only more to look forward to: in the next few months another story collection and nonfiction book are due. Hopefully Fincke will finally earn some much-deserved attention with a larger audience and not just with the numerous awards that he's won.