First Law of Holes: New and Selected Stories

"The people in these stories need Meg Pokrass. Their lives are tough but her imagination is the fire-lasso that can save them, save us." -Bob Hicok, author of Elegy Owed and Sex & Love

A sixteen-year-old transplanted Pennsylvanian navigates sunburn and heartbreak in equal measure while falling in love with a very tan ghost. A girl with drunk scribbles on her shoes searches for fragments of an old flame inside the boy at the mall food court. And a female circus contortionist, daughter of a failed clown, comes to terms with the first law of romantic relationships: Once in a hole, stop digging.

In First Law of Holes, award-winning author Meg Pokrass delivers a stunning selection of stories from the past fourteen years of her flash fiction career, tackling themes of belonging, obsession, messy love and loneliness with her trademark, unconventional storytelling.


Author: Meg Pokrass
Publisher: Dzanc Books
Published: 09/10/2024
Pages: 251
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781950539987
ISBN10: 1950539989
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Family Life | General
- Fiction | Women