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The Plainness of My Fall

New Short Stories Collection, Book 1

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The Plainness of My Fall

By: Janice Garden Macdonald
Narrated by: Arielle Joria
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The Plainness of My Fall: Award-Winning Short Fiction

by J.G. Macdonald

Winner of the Zoetrope All-Story Prize, chosen by Joyce Carol Oates

In these six unforgettable tales, ordinary lives twist toward the extraordinary.

A girl in the Arctic discovers a dangerous way to silence the stone figure haunting her home.

A snowbound woman realizes too late the stranger upstairs is not who she believed.

A lakeside summer friendship becomes a lifelong reckoning in the award-winning title story, The Plainness of My Fall.

From magical realism to stark reality, J.G. Macdonald crafts worlds where the smallest choices lead to the largest consequences — and where endings are never quite what you expect.

For fans of Alice Munro, Margaret Atwood, and readers who crave fiction that lingers long after the final tick.

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Critic reviews

"Poignant, affecting, and beautifully crafted… every story is an award winner. Macdonald has a gift for evoking deep emotion and building vivid scenes. Highly recommended." — Readers’ Favorite
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