A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest

"A pulsing novel filled with so much love and tenderness."

--MORGAN TALTY, national bestselling author of Night of the Living Rez

In 1980's Oregon, Smokey is figuring out how to survive childhood with a young mom who is increasingly desperate in her search for love. As their mother's boyfriends come and go, Smokey aches for the comfort and safety their mother can never quite provide. When a dangerous new man moves into the house, Smokey seeks refuge in the nearby forests--finding comfort as they give themselves over to the strength and beauty of the natural world.

Author: Charlie J. Stephens
Publisher: Torrey House Press
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 181
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9781948814980


Review Citation(s):
Foreword 02/13/2024
Shelf Awareness 04/05/2024

About the Author
Charlie J. Stephens is a queer, non-binary, mixed-race writer from the Pacific Northwest. Born and raised in Salem, Oregon, and currently living in Port Orford on the southern Oregon coast, they are the owner of Sea Wolf Books & Community Writing Center. Charlie's short fiction has appeared in Electric Literature, Best Small Fictions 2020, New World Writing, and Original Plumbing (Feminist Press).