Destroy All Monsters, and Other Stories (The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction)

Included in __Library Journal's__ Top Ten Short Story Collections of 2011Winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, Greg Hrbek’s __Destroy All Monsters, and Other Stories__ is a collection that explores what it means to be human—and inhuman. These ten stories have won an array of honors—and whether set in the historical past or in a speculative future, each is wildly imaginative and shockingly real.In “Sagittarius,” selected for __The Best American Short Stories__, a mother and father search a dark forest for their missing newborn, who is either a child with profound birth defects or a miraculous creature. In “False Positive,” a ghostly girl visits her biological father ten years after being aborted in utero. In “Bereavement,” a marriage is falling apart following a child’s accidental death, but a combination of myth and technology provides hope for a second life. Fantastic, horrific, painfully familiar, these stories are the work of a consummate storyteller. Included in Library Journal's Top Ten Short Story Collections of 2011 Winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, Greg Hrbek’s Destroy All Monsters, and Other Stories is a collection that explores what it means to be human—and inhuman. These ten stories have won an array of honors—and whether set in the historical past or in a speculative future, each is wildly imaginative and shockingly real. In “Sagittarius,” selected for The Best American Short Stories , a mother and father search a dark forest for their missing newborn, who is either a child with profound birth defects or a miraculous creature. In “False Positive,” a ghostly girl visits her biological father ten years after being aborted in utero. In “Bereavement,” a marriage is falling apart following a child’s accidental death, but a combination of myth and technology provides hope for a second life. Fantastic, horrific, painfully familiar, these stories are the work of a consummate storyteller. Winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, Greg Hrbek's Destroy All Monsters, and Other Stories is a collection that explores what it means to be human - and inhuman. These ten stories have won an array of honors - and whether set in the historical past or in a speculative future, each is wildly imaginative and shockingly real. Contains Ten Short Fiction Stories In Which Greg Hrbek Explores What It Means To Be Human And Inhuman. Sagittarius -- Tomorrow People -- False Positive -- Green World -- Destroy All Monsters -- Sleeper Wave -- The Cliffs At Marpi -- Frannycam.net/diary -- General Grant (2004- ) -- Bereavement. Greg Hrbek.