On A Darkling Plain

These ten stories are all either set in the Great Depression or provide a retrospect on the same. “My Sister Callie” [herein published as “Callie”] was chosen by Martha Foley for her then annual anthology of Best American Short Stories, and it garnered praise from no less than William Carlos Williams, who called that story “brilliant.” All these stories, whether their mood is dark as befit the Depression, or light, could certainly fit in that same category. This is not only an artful collection; it is an historical document.