Atlanta Stories: Fables of the New South (ISBN: 978-0-9848913-6-8) is now available in its second edition. Eight stories featuring people who have come to Atlanta, Georgia to reinvent themselves. Portions of these stories appeared on this blog between 2014-2017. Stories include:
Mockingbird
Journey From Night
A Debt to Pay
Dead Man’s Hat
Remains
Bare-Assed Messiah
Atomic Punk
Phoenix
Selected Reviews, Amazon and Goodreads
“Intriguing, whimsical realism featuring a compelling cast of characters, woven together into a constellation of complex connections…”
“Wonderfully brilliant stories…a rich fabric of Southern culture, with a large city vibe.”
“An author to be on the radar.”
“Lupo is a masterful story writer. “
“Well written and thoughtful.”
Available in print at online booksellers and Kindle from Amazon.
G. M. Lupo (ISNI: 0000 0005 0315 9196) is a native of Atlanta, Georgia where he has always had a dysfunctional relationship with his hometown. His most recent published work is the story collection Reconstruction (2020), part of his series of Atlanta Stories, which includes Fables of the New South (2017). Along with his novel, Rebecca, Too (2018), and his full-length play Another Mother, these constitute his Expanded Universe of Fictional Atlanta. He has also released a collection of essays, poetry, and stories entitled Words Words Words (2020).
He was the winner of the 2017 Essential Theatre Play Writing Award for Another Mother which had its world premiere in his home neighborhood of West End in August 2017, in the building that once housed the library where he learned to read as a child.
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