Without Expiration: A Personal Anthology

William R. Hincy

Mei 2020 · Whiskey-Winged Lit · Kimesimuliwa na Darren Eliker

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“Are we bad people who sometimes do good things, or good people who do bad things?”

As society struggles to reconcile the uncovering of past wrongs with simple human frailty, punishment and personal redemption, the stories in Without Expiration challenge us to consider the humanity of characters who are flawed and heartbroken and who do and suffer terrible things. Works from Without Expiration have been published in some of America’s best short fiction journals. From the tale of a devastated father hunting his daughter’s killer to that of a couple forced to confront the disintegration of their marriage anew each time the wife awakes from a persistent vegetative state, the short fictions in this anthology seek to obliterate any sense of righteous indignation and to question how any of us can make it unscathed through a life where our every mistake is without expiration.

Named one of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2020 and a finalist for the 2020 Eric Hoffer Award.

“Flawed, despondent characters show a surprising wit and humanity [...] Hincy’s taut prose makes the entire collection a quick read but still fills the stories with indelible passages. [...] The book strikes a chord with characters whose defects make them simultaneously believable and with descriptions of moments involving a loved one’s death, either its prolonged aftermath or its inevitability. [...] Cynicism and cheekiness abound in brief but memorable stories.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Deft, poignant, and unflinching, this collection takes the short story form and turns it inside-out like yesterday's lost sock. Not to be missed.” — Charles Hood, winner of the Kenneth Patchen Prize for Experimental Fiction

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"Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs." William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to connect with readers on an emotional level while disrupting the precepts that great writing is inaccessible and there is only a market for stock plots, reboots and generic formulas. Widely published, Hincy's work is driven by characters who are both protagonist and antagonist, and who no longer create messes but have the mess. He now lives outside of Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and spiced rum. William R. Hincy's work has been featured by many of America's finest literary publishers, including Short Story America, Watershed, the Avalon Literary Review, Ellipsis, Oracle, Passages North, and Black Mountain Press.

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