Tag: Penobscot author

January 25, 2023

Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty

“Mom had no money, and I knew better than to look. What money she ever came into she blew. Money—it was everywhere but nowhere.” Over the last few years, I have developed a certain fondness for collections of interlinked short stories, especially when they focus on the same character or various members of the same…
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