First Law of Holes: New and Selected Stories

By Meg Pokrass

"The people in these stories need Meg Pokrass. Their lives are tough but her imagination is the fire-lasso that can save them, save us." -Bob Hicok, author of Elegy Owed and Sex & Love

A sixteen-year-old transplanted Pennsylvanian navigates sunburn and heartbreak in equal measure while falling in love with a very tan ghost. A girl with drunk scribbles on her shoes searches for fragments of an old flame inside the boy at the mall food court. And a female circus contortionist, daughter of a failed clown, comes to terms with the first law of romantic relationships: Once in a hole, stop digging.

In First Law of Holes, award-winning author Meg Pokrass delivers a stunning selection of stories from the past fourteen years of her flash fiction career, tackling themes of belonging, obsession, messy love and loneliness with her trademark, unconventional storytelling.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1950539989
• ISBN13: 9781950539987
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Dzanc Books
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"