The stories in Just a Howl weave together like naked wires conducting shocks of betrayal, loss, mulish craving, dumb love. Will Richter's narratives are mordant and mischievous, fables for an age in need of fables, deeply humane and thrillingly combustive. Be ready for sparks.
Robert McGill, author of Simple Creatures
Just a Howl is peopled with vividly drawn dreamers, doers, losers, lovers, and posers who seek meaning and connection in an era that offers little. The collection is indeed a howl—of pain, loss, hilarity, injustice, and bewilderment. Will Richter's candour and empathy know no bounds, and his kinetic prose took my breath away. A startlingly original collection from an exceptional new writer.
Frances Peck, author of The Broken Places and Uncontrolled Flight
Will Richter, coast of BC, master of dialogue, thirteen morbidly funny stories fused into a single remarkable unit by pace, high energy, twenty-first century regret, compassion.
Nicholas Ruddock, author of Planet Earth and Last Hummingbird West of Chile
The stories in Just a Howl weave together like naked wires conducting shocks of betrayal, loss, mulish craving, dumb love. Will Richter's narratives are mordant and mischievous, fables for an age in need of fables, deeply humane and thrillingly combustive. Be ready for sparks.
Robert McGill, author of Simple Creatures
Just a Howl is peopled with vividly drawn dreamers, doers, losers, lovers, and posers who seek meaning and connection in an era that offers little. The collection is indeed a howl — of pain, loss, hilarity, injustice, and bewilderment. Will Richter's candour and empathy know no bounds, and his kinetic prose took my breath away. A startlingly original collection from an exceptional new writer.
Frances Peck, author of Uncontrolled Flight
Will Richter's thirteen morbidly funny stories fuse into a single remarkable unit: with pace, high energy, twenty-first century regret, and compassion.
Nicholas Ruddock, author of Planet Earth: Stories