Scott Gould: Beneath a Fallen Sky - in Conversation with George Singleton

They'll be discussing Scott's new book Beneath the Fallen Sky. After their conversation and an author Q&A, Scott will be signing copies of his books.

About the Book

May 1910. As Halley’ s Comet hurtles toward Earth, panic grips the mountains of northeast Alabama. Experts predict the end of all life, and in Fort Payne, four townsfolk face their final days.Charlie McCracken continues his mail route up Sand Mountain, caring for an elderly Cherokee woman who escaped the Trail of Tears. His aunt Zona baptizes terrified townsfolk for a quarter each, preaching her improvised scripture. Sheriff Tyus Wetley struggles to hold his anxious town— and his marriage— together, while brothel madam Elva Shugart seeks redemption as the heavens prepare to fall.Over four harrowing days, their paths collide in unexpected and sometimes violent ways. Beneath a Fallen Sky is a sweeping, unforgettable portrait of fear, faith, and the resilience of hope when the world seems poised to end.

About the Author

Scott Gould is the author of seven books, including Beneath a Fallen Sky (forthcoming from Regal House), Peace Like a River, The Hammerhead Chronicles, winner of the Eric Hoffer Award for Fiction, and Things That Crash, Things That Fly, which won a 2022 Memoir Prize for Books. His other honors include a Next Generation Indie Book Award, an IPPY Award for Fiction, the Larry Brown Short Story Award and the S.C. Arts Commission Artist Fellowship in Prose. His work has appeared in several publications, including Kenyon Review, Crazyhorse, Pithead Chapel, Garden & Gun, and New Stories from the South, among others. He lives in Sans Souci, South Carolina.

About the Conversation Partner

George Singleton has published eleven collections of stories, two novels, a book of writing advice, and a collection of essays. His stories have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Playboy, the Georgia Review, Story, One Story, the Southern Review, Agni, Zoetrope, Epoch, Oxford American, Subtropics, and elsewhere. His non-fiction has appeared in Garden and Gun, Oxford American, Bark, Best American Food Writing, and elsewhere. He's received a Guggenheim, the Corrington Award,and a Pushcart Prize. He's a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Singleton lives in Spartanburg SC.