Spotlight Arizona: A Bitter Memory of a Better Time

In this thrilling and diverse anthology, a new voice makes their debut in fiction. Gabe Clough presents a collection of intense and endearing short stories that provoke thought experiments with existentialism, and paralleled-yet-paired purpose.It’s all for attention. When two killers start a serial rampage in the same small town, they are forced to compete for the same front page. In “LOONS BY THE CREEK,” the pretentious Jason and sadistic Adria pile up bodies.The quickest way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. In “CHEF,” a small diner chef finds his life a disappointing slump of what he dreamed; the only thing that takes his mind out of the gutter is a good meal. However, is it worth the true cost?In “ELEVATORS,” a man watches security footage of a stranger narrating his life. The stranger’s life seems more fulfilling than the narrator’s mundane existence as he begins to debate the value of insanity in life.What if no one remembered you? If you were to live your entire life without a single connection beyond the first day? “RINSE, REPEAT” explores a dark turn on the repeating day.Hindsight is a ruthless narrator. It tends to blame when there is no chance to change and hurt where there is no chance to heal. In “SPOTLIGHT: ARIZONA,” Jaden is forced to go back over her life as a rising star in desperate terror of fault for her friend’s unbearable sorrow Read more