Hear Betsy Phillips Read From <i>Jesus Crawdad Death</i> in a Brief Vid

JESUS CRAWDAD DEATH by Betsy Phillips is AVAILABLE NOW from thirdmanbooks.com and Third Man Records storefronts. Don't miss this chapbook of imaginative short stories that will mix tears of laughter with tears of sorrow. The title is limited edition and available only as long as supplies lasts.

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Betsy Phillips's short fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Apex Magazine. She is the author of A City of Ghosts and The Wolf's Bane. Her writing about history and politics has appeared in the Nashville Scene and, occasionally, in the Washington Post. Her newest short collection is Jesus Crawdad Death (Third Man Books, 2018). She is currently working on an afghan.

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Design by Caitlin Parker

Animation by Tristan McNatt

Copyright 2018 Third Man Books

Longtime Scene readers probably know Betsy Phillips’ sharp political acumen and deep knowledge of Tennessee history from her contributions to our news and politics blog Pith in the Wind (or perhaps from a little pub called The Washington Post). But if you haven’t read her books A City of Ghosts and The Wolf’s Bane, you might not know of Aunt B’s skills with fiction. 

Jesus Crawdad Death is a chapbook of her short stories recently published by Third Man Books, the publishing arm of Jack White’s Third Man Records. In its pages, Phillips pulls off a trick that the late William Gay (whose ghost appears in one of the pieces) also did extremely well. She makes exploring the sublime and fantastic seem as natural and typical as tying your shoes.

Above, check out a short animated trailer for the book, in which Phillips reads a couple of short passages from each of the three stories in the limited edition book. Pick up a copy from the TMR storefront or via the website.

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