From a writer with a cult following, a new book after a long silence constitutes an important event. These stories build upon P-town Stories, once again displaying a variety of incidents and voices: aging artists and writers warily eyeing the next generation, locals rubbed wrong by the summer influx of urbane strangers, a Portuguese native extolling a recipe for hot dog stew, a feisty mother bemused by the p.c. wars, inveterate hedonists of every stripe, diehard fishermen, mavericks, jacks-of-all-trades exiled by high rents, the overarching catastrophe of AIDS.

Where the Time Goes (Hardscrabble Books)

Literature & Fiction

Skillings, R.D.

United States

Univ Pr of New England

Alternative lives: A book of stories

distributed by Serendipity Books

P-town stories, or, The meatrack

Apple-wood Press

Four washashore drifters fulfil every tourist's fantasy when they luck into an idyllic, book-lined, hideaway off Provincetown's lush Back Street - rent free - as the lost war in Vietnam distantly flickers. Their cosy refuge is ruled by the great black cat, Obsidian, uncanny icon of the strange days and nights ahead.

Obsidian: An Epic Tale of Provincetown

Contemporary

Arts End Books

Product Description Provincetown in the '60's and '70's: the realities of the Vietnam War bear down even on those who've tried to escape, arriving with a few possessions and the vague hope of an artist's life on this narrow stretch of sand. Joints and lovers are passed from hand to hand and the dancing at Piggy's reaches a frenzied pitch. . .as the nation holds its breath, fearing a worldwide catastrophe, watching a Presidency unravel. About the Author R. D. Skillings has been a unique and compelling chronicler of Provincetown and its people for more than fifty years. He moved to Provincetown in 1967, became one of the first Fine Arts Work Center Fellows (1969 - 1971), then joined the Writing Committee, where he was instrumental for many years. His works include: Alternative Lives, stories, Ithaca House, 1974; P-town Stories (or The Meat-rack) 1980; Apple-wood Books, stories; In a Murderous Time, 1984, stories, Apple-wood Books; Where the Time Goes, stories, University Press of New England, 1999; How Many Die, novel, University Press of New England; Obsidian, novella, Arts End Books, 2001; Memory for Marisa Rose, Arts End Books, poems 2003; Summer's End, Provincetown Arts Press, stories 2016. Author Jhumpa Lahiri said of Skillings, "For forty-five years this town has been Skilling's muse, his mooring, the setting and subject of much of his fiction. He is a character for whom place is character and vice versa."

The Washashores: Provincetown Stories

Short Stories & Anthologies

HomePort Press

A sixteen-year-old gay painter, Julian Esmeralda arrives in Provincetown to seek success while the AIDS epidemic is in full swing and devastating the local art community. A first novel.

How Many Die (Hardscrabble Books)

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