Wounds That Bind

Wounds great and small, recent and ancient. Healed wounds, festering wounds. Hurts that bring forth loud lamentation, hurts suffered in long silence. Wounds disguised with humor or confidence or desperation. Caused pain inflicted with red intent. Shared pain lessened by sweet nurture. Wounds that test the fiber of body and soul. Wounds that challenge and strengthen. Universal wounds witnessed in any county or continent, any day or age.

All are long remembered, all connect. They are the wounds that bind.

“The stories in Wounds That Bind are sometimes subtle, sometimes dramatic, sometimes gentle, sometimes violent, but always told with insight and compassion, and presented in language that is as tightly wound as a tourniquet, heightening their tensions. Jimmy Carl Harris also knows what to leave unsaid in his stories, which only deepens their impact, exposing the most hidden of wounds.” 

Marlin Barton, author of A Broken Thing, The Dry Well, and Dancing by the River

“Wounds That Bind is simply wonderful. Few writers can forge such unforgettable characters and vivid scenes as Jimmy Carl Harris.  His short stories will stay with you a lifetime.”

Hans Watford, author of Mortal Strain and Lethal Risk

Stories in Wounds That Bind

I Come to the Garden Alone Significant Others Smoking at the Savoy Keeper of the Vessel Colores de Mayo Dying to See the Giraffe Going on Ninety Midnight Romance

The Principles of War The Contender The Wandalynne Flash A Prayer for Jody Across the Street from Sugarbee’s Small Reward Philly, No Loose Ends The Baobab Tree

Several of these stories have appeared, often in a slightly different form or under a different title, in Appalachian Heritage, The Birmingham Arts Journal, Serpentine, Beginnings, WordWrights, Electric Acorn, Winter Warmers, or Tea Time Tales. Many of these stories have been successful in contests, receiving honors bestowed by the Southeastern Writers Association, Alabama Writers Conclave, Tennessee Mountain Writers, Green River Writers, WriteSpot, ByLine Magazine, and New Millennium.