"The thirteen stories in Maryse Meijer's Heartbreaker are defiant to their type and bold within their bounds. "Home" leads the collection and holds the reader like the man behind the wheel holds the girl in the passenger seat: with a casual sense of control, and a subtle, lurking malice. The girl calls herself Ophelia and cajoles beer out of wary bartenders, levelling her predatory observation on an older man who takes her home despite his better judgment. The man plays a strange role. He is an understudy for a villain, seeming uncertain of his own aims and how she caught his attention, or how he caught hers. In this story, even sizing someone up is a gendered act, and in this particular story it's the girl who takes measure of the man. " - Amelia Gray
About the Author: Maryse Meijer's work has appeared in Meridian, The Saint Ann's Review, Reunion: The Dallas Review, Portland Review, and actual paper. She lives in Chicago.
About the Guest Editor: Amelia Gray grew up in Tucson, Arizona. She is the author of four books: AM/PM, Museum of the Weird (winner of the Ronald Sukenick/American Book Review Innovative Fiction Prize), THREATS (a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction), and Gutshot (winner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award). She lives in Los Angeles, where she is at work on a novel.
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 Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction. Stay connected with us through our eNewsletter, Facebook, and Twitter, and find previous Electric Literature picks in the Recommended Reading archives.
Genre: Romance
About the Author: Maryse Meijer's work has appeared in Meridian, The Saint Ann's Review, Reunion: The Dallas Review, Portland Review, and actual paper. She lives in Chicago.
About the Guest Editor: Amelia Gray grew up in Tucson, Arizona. She is the author of four books: AM/PM, Museum of the Weird (winner of the Ronald Sukenick/American Book Review Innovative Fiction Prize), THREATS (a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction), and Gutshot (winner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award). She lives in Los Angeles, where she is at work on a novel.
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. Stay connected with us through our eNewsletter, Facebook, and Twitter, and find previous Electric Literature picks in the Recommended Reading archives.
Genre: Romance
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