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Hello, sweetheart : stories / by Elaine McCluskey.

by McCluskey, Elaine, 1955-

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Enfield & Wizenty, c2014.

9781926531991 (trade pbk.)

198 p. ; 22 cm.

Something pretty, something nice -- Giddy up -- Siegfried -- Keno Man -- I saw a pirate last night -- Employee of the month -- Two truths and a lie -- Mugsy -- Chez Hélène -- Jaw breakers -- Feed apples, worms, and rabbit wire -- Rating Dr. Chestnut -- Doctor Zira -- The wedding -- Deaf white cats -- Ten things about me -- Today, you are a loser -- We are a polite people -- Pollock Press wants your stories -- XOXO -- Hello, sweetheart.

Hello, Sweetheart is darkly humorous, gritty, and touching. McCluskey's unassuming Canadian towns are populated by dreamers and disappointment, killers and collaborators, VLT junkies, sinister drug-testers, and a dangerous stay-at-home dad named Mugsy. It exposes the frailties of people-marginalized people, forgotten people, and grieving people-but never loses sight of their humanity. Edgy and at times disturbing, this collection of short stories will take you places you don't expect to go.

Short stories, Canadian.

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