Encounters With Old Coyote
by Laura Koerber

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GENRE: Magical Realism

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BOOK BLURB:

"One thing about people—they need to tell stories. They can't stop themselves. Stories all the time. That's how they understand things." So said Coyote to Andrea, shortly after she died. Andrea had never believed in any kind of afterlife or gods, so she was surprised to find herself still somewhat alive, floating in the form of a ghost in the soft, dry desert air of Nevada. She was even more surprised to meet a supernatural being with a coyote's face, antlers, and the supplies for making coffee.

"I don't understand why I'm a ghost," Andrea said.

Coyote set his coffee cup down on the dirt beside his rock. He glanced at Andrea, grimaced, and said, “Okay, I'll try to explain. Since you humans like stories, I'll try to explain that way. I'll tell you some stories.”

So come along with Coyote and Andrea as they share stories about life and death, spiders in the bathroom and how Andrea lost her bra at a truck stop, enemy gods and pottery shards, adventures in vomit, what scientists say about dark matter and the fifth force, and other topics both sublime and ridiculous.

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EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT:

Coyote sat back, set his cup down and said, “Now it's your turn. You tell a story.”

“Hmm,” Andrea murmured. Coyote had got her thinking about her own spirituality, such as it was. She rummaged around in her mind. “Well, I guess I have a story.” She glanced up. Coyote's oddly human face was smiling, but not friendly or unfriendly. Distant, like he was more interested in his coffee than her. She felt intimidated. What story could she tell that would be entertaining to this ancient spirit? “I lost my bra at a truck stop near the Arctic Circle.”

“Good beginning.” He grinned. “Let's hear it.”

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AUTHOR BIO:

I live on a island in the Puget Sound with my husband and my dogs. I am a retired teacher, presently doing in -home care for disabled people while volunteering at a cat rescue.

My degree is in art, and I am a painter, graphic artist, and ceramic sculptor. The writing started about five years ago, a surprise to me and everyone who knows me, since I had never written anything before. To my immense gratitude, my first book received outstanding reviews and made the Kirkus Review list of one hundred best indy books of 2015.

Since then, I have written ten books. People seem to like them; I get lots of four and five star reviews. My books are a bit unconventional; I mix magical realism with dystopia in many of them. My stories tend to be character-driven and include ghosts and spirits.

I think I learned to write by reading. I am a voracious omnivore of books.

Kirkus Review:

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jill-kearney/dog-thief-kearney

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