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George Singleton

George Singleton has published five collections of stories, two novels, and a book of writing advice. His next collection of stories, Between Wrecks, will be available on May 13, 2014. He holds the John C. Cobb Endowed Chair in the Humanities at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

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Summer 2005

Lickers

By George Singleton

The man said he found his dog on the front porch one November, right before Thanksgiving. He said it was the truth, and that if he wanted to tell lies […]

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Summer 2012

Humans Being

By George Singleton

The woman probably thought I hoarded things, I thought—like those sad, demented, obsessed, focused people on recent cable shows. She came to my door in search of a wild, lost, […]

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Fall 2008

The First to Look Away

By George Singleton

Our house’s value, I understand now, never increased after my father completed the moat. My mother never warned him against such a project—at least not outwardly—but thinking back on this […]

George Singleton

George Singleton has published four collections of stories, two novels, and a book of nonfiction. His stories have appeared in Georgia Review, Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, Zoetrope, and elsewhere. He teaches […]