In Pieces of Bones and Rags, Keith brings to the reader a singular collection of idiosyncratic and laconic narratives designed to amuse and enlighten. In the tradition of Lydia Davis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Joy Williams, Keith mines the full range of human behavior and experience for all its varied and distinct manifestations and consequences. Powerfully imagined, the epigrammatic tales between these covers provide a sometimes numinous often harrowing sojourn across landscapes both familiar and exotic. Here you have a writer at the apex of his creativity and virtuosity. Pieces of Bones and Rags is compelling, vivid, and hysterically funny between deep gasping shudders. Order from Amazon.com
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“Pieces of Bones and Rags is just genius. Michael C. Keith does it again with his micro-fictions. Some of them were so funny. One of my favorites, “Later He Wondered If He’d Committed a Mortal Sin ” had me roaring. Michael can take everyday situations and have you look at them differently. This is a brilliant collection. Michael definitely is the master of micro-fiction. Buy this collection! You will love it!” –Gloria Mindock, editor of Cervena Barva Press
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“I never miss a collection from Michael Keith, and I am never disappointed. Pieces of Bones and Rags is one of his best. His micro-fiction invariably makes me laugh, cry, sigh or nod my head in agreement at the human condition. He is one of the only authors that I have to force myself to read slowly, so I can fully enjoy and appreciably each page.” –Alan Rosenspan
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“More one page, one paragraph, or one sentence stories from a master satirist. who scans our contradictory relationships, language, and lives (as well as his own) for their follies. Addictive and mind twisting, sad, and funny.” –Dewitt P. Henry
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“His name isn’t O. Henry, but Michael Keith invokes the brilliance of short and shorter stories that keep your mind moving and your emotions on edge. If your introduction to Keith is Pieces of Bones and Rags, you’ll find a dozen more of his books you’ll want to read.” –R. L. Hilliard