The Prince Of The World

In these six stories, Chris Howard reasserts his talent for evoking the gritty and the apocalyptic with poetic grace.
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Intelligent People Speaking Reasonably "follows two Iraq vets adrift in the civilian life of the Pacific Northwest.
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Space is Kindness "witnesses the unexpected death of Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan from the perspective of a local reporter and a photographer rushing to the crash-site in 2000.
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Darkstar "takes place in Dublin and follows a young outcast named Sailor through grimy, pre Apocalyptic streets as he tries to find the soulmate he hasn't seen since childhood.
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Son of Man "tells the story of the Manson family from the perspective of one of its members.
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How to Make Millions in the Oil Market "contemplates the absurdity of war from the point of view of a Blackwater contractor first in the chaos of Iraq and later in the relative peace of the US.
The epictitle story "Prince of the World "follows a mixed-race orphan named Labelle as he wanders north along the Mississippi, ultimately caught in the infamous Starved Rock Massacre in Howard's home-state of Illinois.