![]() The language is evocative yet terse, a single sentence never outstaying its welcome. Set against the backdrop of their sister Sunny and her mysterious illness (Sunny, who will grow up to be the woman from the “Origin” story), it is this second type of story which takes on the bulk of the collection and it is where Heath is able to show off her talents as a writer. Take “Favorite,” for example, which follows the intrigue of two children, Marco and Sam, who are convinced that their brother Henry is the favorite in the family. They give us the backbone of the larger narrative. These are longer, much more traditional stories, which introduce many of the characters we will see throughout Heath’s book. This is where the second type of stories come in. But while they might seem strange or even confusing at first, they gradually begin to make sense in the context of the larger collection. These stories are unbound by any single time or location, and a single sentence might propel us through an adolescence or a life-long feud with a family member. ![]() The first of these are the dream-like narratives of stories like “The Bluff,” where a woman named Mattie recalls the ghostly visage of a young girl and her terrier on the edge of a grassy cliff, or “Origin,” where a woman brushes her boss’ daughter’s hair only to find a small owl living it. ![]() Published by Awst Press, the stories in Marcelle Heath’s new short story collection Is That All There Is? come in three distinct flavors.
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