George Singleton

About the Author

George Singleton's stories, long published in the best literary magazines, now appear nationally in Playboy, Zoetrope, the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, and Book magazine. He received an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and currently teaches writing at the South show more Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities. He lives in Dacusville, South Carolina. show less

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Works by George Singleton

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The Half-Mammals of Dixie (2002) — Author — 157 copies, 6 reviews

These People Are Us: Stories (2001) — Author — 107 copies, 3 reviews

Novel (2005) — Author — 95 copies, 3 reviews

Why Dogs Chase Cars: Tales of a Beleaguered Boyhood (Shannon Ravenel Books) (2004) — Author — 72 copies, 3 reviews

Drowning in Gruel (2006) — Author — 54 copies, 2 reviews

Work Shirts for Madmen (2007) — Author — 50 copies, 5 reviews

Pep Talks, Warnings, And Screeds: Indispensable Wisdom And Cautionary Advice For Writers (2008) — Author — 32 copies, 1 review

Between Wrecks (2014) — Author — 27 copies, 3 reviews

Calloustown (2015) — Author — 23 copies, 3 reviews

Stray Decorum (2012) — Author — 20 copies, 1 review

You Want More: Selected Stories of George Singleton (2020) — Author — 18 copies, 1 review

Staff Picks: Stories (Yellow Shoe Fiction) (2019) — Author — 11 copies, 3 reviews

The Curious Lives of Nonprofit Martyrs (2023) 8 copies

Man Oh Man - It's Manna Man — Author — 2 copies

Perfect Attendance (an Atlantic Fiction for Kindle Short Story) (2010) — Author — 1 copy

Staff Picks {story} — Author — 1 copy

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Associated Works

Who Can Save Us Now? Brand-New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories (2008) — Contributor — 157 copies, 7 reviews

Best Food Writing 2005 (Best Food Writing) (2005) — Contributor — 99 copies, 1 review

Stories from the Blue Moon Café (2003) — Contributor — 68 copies

New Stories from the South 2006: The Year's Best (2006) — Contributor — 58 copies, 2 reviews

New Stories from the South 2007: The Year's Best (2007) — Contributor — 56 copies, 1 review

New Stories from the South 2001: The Year's Best (2001) — Contributor — 47 copies

Don't Quit Your Day Job: Acclaimed Authors and the Day Jobs They Quit (2010) — Contributor — 41 copies

New Stories from the South 2010: The Year's Best (2010) — Contributor — 40 copies

New Stories from the South 2009: The Year's Best (2009) — Contributor — 40 copies

New Stories from the South 1998: The Year's Best (1998) — Contributor — 39 copies

New Stories from the South 1999: The Year's Best (1999) — Contributor — 38 copies

New Stories from the South 2004: The Year's Best (2004) — Contributor — 34 copies

New Stories from the South 2002: The Year's Best (2002) — Contributor — 32 copies

Stories from the Blue Moon Café II (2003) — Contributor — 31 copies

Super Stories of Heroes & Villains (2013) — Contributor — 24 copies, 1 review

You Must Be This Tall to Ride: Contemporary Writers Take You Inside The Story (2009) — Contributor — 21 copies

New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1994 (1994) — Contributor — 19 copies

A Manner of Being: Writers on Their Mentors (2015) — Contributor — 13 copies

Surreal South (2007) — Contributor — 12 copies

Oxford American: The Southern Magazine of Good Writing. No. 57 (2007): Best of the South (2007) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Education: Furman University (BA|Philosophy|1980)
University of North Carolina, Greensboro (MFA)
Occupations: teacher
Organizations: South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities
Awards and honors: Hillsdale Award for Fiction (2011)

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Calloustown by George Singleton

Another great collection of short stories from the master short story writer, George Singleton. The population of Calloustown did seem to be a little more down beat, than some of the other fictitious towns Singleton has created.

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bjkelley | 2 other reviews | Mar 5, 2024 |

Between Wrecks by George Singleton

I've said it before and will say it again, George Singleton is a genius. With an ear for people's conversation and the ability to bring characters to life, he's one hell of a writer. All that aside, each of his short story collections seem to have one story that's more like what would be fit into a creative writing class. "Between Wrecks" has one of these and it was 80 pages taking up the last part of the book. Since this was my re-read of these stories, I skipped it this time.

½

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bjkelley | 2 other reviews | Feb 15, 2024 |

Why Dogs Chase Cars: Tales of a Beleaguered Boyhood by George Singleton

Singleton is a F*ucking Genius

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bjkelley | 2 other reviews | Dec 9, 2023 |

The Half-Mammals of Dixie by George Singleton

Still re-reading George Singleton. Great group of stories with the exception of the last one, which really appears to be a add on and has little to do with the other stories (most revolve one way or another around the flea market)

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bjkelley | 5 other reviews | Nov 5, 2023 |

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