Hi Everyone,
I’m so excited to share this story with you!
Brad Felver’s “Orphans” was first published in Subtropics. Thanks so much to them for providing a free PDF (see below.) If you enjoy this story, please consider subscribing to Subtropics here and/or purchasing The Best Short Stories 2024, O’Henry Prize Winners.
I am hosting a free Zoom discussion of “Orphans” on Friday, October 25th, from 1 to 2 p.m. If you are interested, please message me for the Zoom link.
Cheers!
Kelly
Brad Felver is a fiction writer, essayist, and teacher of writing. His honors include two O. Henry Prizes, the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, the Zone 3 Fiction Prize, and a Fellowship to the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference among others.
His debut collection of stories, The Dogs of Detroit, was a finalist for the Ohioana Book Award and was named one of the Best Books of 2018 by Library Journal and the Washington Independent Review of Books. His fiction and essays have appeared widely in magazines such as One Story, New England Review, Colorado Review, Story, Subtropics, and many others.
He lives in Ohio with his wife and two sons.
The Dogs of Detroit by Brad Felver