The Bottomless Pit
(2015)(A book in the Electric Literature's Recommended Reading series)
A Novella by Sharma Shields
You might wonder, at first, how the brilliant, nimble Sharma Shields has terrified and transfixed you so, because there aren't any of the cheap tricks of childhood movies here - there's no blood or guts, there is no man with a chainsaw chasing a girl. It's just a boy and his dog and the father who cares for them. Reading "The Bottomless Pit," it's the subtler, unknowable dangers and mysteries and unanswered questions of the world that nibble at the corners of your mind. - Caroline Zancan, Associate Editor, Henry Holt
About the Author: Sharma Shields holds a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Washington and an M.F.A. from the University of Montana. She is the author of the short story collection Favorite Monster and the winner of the 2011 Autumn House Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared widely in such literary journals as The Kenyon Review and The Iowa Review and has garnered numerous awards, including the Tim McGinnis Award for Humor and a grant from Artist Trust. Shields has worked in independent bookstores and public libraries throughout Washington State and now lives in Spokane with her husband and children.
About the Guest Editor: Founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt, Henry Holt and Company is one of the oldest trade publishers in the United States. The company publishes many acclaimed and best-selling authors, including Bill O'Reilly, the two-time Man Booker Prize-winner Hilary Mantel, Nobel Prize-winner Herta Muller, Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Atkinson, Paul Auster, John Banville as Benjamin Black, Philip Caputo, Andy Cohen, Billy Crystal, Sheila Heti, Tony Horwitz, Erica Jong, and Del Quentin Wilber, as well as scores of other authors in the fields of literary fiction, history, biography, politics, current events, science, psychology, and mysteries and thrillers. In its century-and-a-half history, it has published books by writers whose work endures through the ages, from the poetry of Robert Frost and classic novels by Robert Louis Stevenson, to bestsellers by Erich Fromm and Norman Mailer. Henry Holt publishes books under the imprints Henry Holt, Metropolitan Books, Times Books, and Holt Paperbacks.
About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature's weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction.
Genre: General Fiction
About the Author: Sharma Shields holds a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Washington and an M.F.A. from the University of Montana. She is the author of the short story collection Favorite Monster and the winner of the 2011 Autumn House Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared widely in such literary journals as The Kenyon Review and The Iowa Review and has garnered numerous awards, including the Tim McGinnis Award for Humor and a grant from Artist Trust. Shields has worked in independent bookstores and public libraries throughout Washington State and now lives in Spokane with her husband and children.
About the Guest Editor: Founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt, Henry Holt and Company is one of the oldest trade publishers in the United States. The company publishes many acclaimed and best-selling authors, including Bill O'Reilly, the two-time Man Booker Prize-winner Hilary Mantel, Nobel Prize-winner Herta Muller, Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Atkinson, Paul Auster, John Banville as Benjamin Black, Philip Caputo, Andy Cohen, Billy Crystal, Sheila Heti, Tony Horwitz, Erica Jong, and Del Quentin Wilber, as well as scores of other authors in the fields of literary fiction, history, biography, politics, current events, science, psychology, and mysteries and thrillers. In its century-and-a-half history, it has published books by writers whose work endures through the ages, from the poetry of Robert Frost and classic novels by Robert Louis Stevenson, to bestsellers by Erich Fromm and Norman Mailer. Henry Holt publishes books under the imprints Henry Holt, Metropolitan Books, Times Books, and Holt Paperbacks.
About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature's weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction.
Genre: General Fiction
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