Gutshot (15 page)
Authors: Amelia Gray
Tags: #Fiction, #Short Stories (Single Author), #Literary, #Psychological
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Amelia Gray
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Contents
ON A PLEASANT AFTERNOON, EVERY BATTLE IS RECALLED
Some of these stories previously appeared, in slightly different form, as follows: “In the Moment” was published in
Apology
. “House Heart” was published in
Tin House
. “The Lark” was published as “On the Illness” in
VICE
and in translation as “En La Enfermedad” in
VICE España
. “People of the Bay” was published as “Santiago de Castro, Chile” in print in
The Yonder Project
and as audio fiction in
The Breakroom Stories
. “On a Pleasant Afternoon, Every Battle Is Recalled” was published by Melville House. “Monument” was published in
Unstuck
. “Western Passage” was published as “On the Predator” in
Five Chapters
. “The Death of James” was published in
52 Stories
. “Fifty Ways to Eat Your Lover” was published in
McSweeney’s
. “The Moment of Conception” was published as “On the Moment of Conception” in
The American Reader
. “Journey’s End” was published as “After” in
Spork
. “These Are the Fables” was published in
Hobart
and republished by
Electric Literature
. “Gutshot” was published in
Gigantic
. “How He Felt” was published in
Wigleaf
. “Labyrinth” was published in
The New Yorker
. “Device” was published in
Dear Navigator
. “The Swan as Metaphor for Love” was published in
Joyland
. “The Heart” was published in
The Rattling Wall
. “A Contest” was published in
Unstuck
. “Go for It and Raise Hell” was published in
Knee-Jerk Magazine
. “Christmas House” was published in
Everyday Genius
. “Viscera” was published in
The New Inquiry
and collected in
Exercises in Style—65th Anniversary Edition
. “Date Night” was published in
BOMB
. “Curses” was published as “The Death of Mother” in
52 Stories
. “Precious Katherine” was published in
Ninth Letter
. “On the Teat” was published in
Wag’s Revue
. “Flight Log, Chicago/Toledo” was published in
NAP
. “Loop” was published in
Everyday Genius
. “Thank You” was published in
Another Chicago Magazine
. “Legacy” was published as “Our Shared Legacy” by
McSweeney’s
.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gray, Amelia, 1982–
[Short stories. Selections]
Gutshot: stories / Amelia Gray. — First edition.
pages; cm
ISBN 978-0-374-17544-3 (softcover) — ISBN 978-0-374-71257-0 (ebook)
I. Title.
PS3607 .R387A6 2015
813'.6—dc23
2014031210
