Jim Tomlinson's Books
Oct.01.2006
The stories of Things Kept, Things Left Behind are set in and around the fictional town of Spivey, Kentucky. They explore the ambiguities of kept secrets, the tangle of abandoned pasts and uneasy accommodations. In each story, characters strive to reclaim dreams left behind, along with something of the dreamer who was lost. Starkly rendered, these characters truly inhabit a...
About Jim
Jim Tomlinson’s debut short story collection, Things Kept, Things Left Behind, won the 2006 Iowa Short Fiction Award. His work has appeared in Five Points, Potomac Review, Shenandoah, Bellevue Literary Review, The Pinch and elsewhere. His awards include a...