How Long to Read Coal Black

How Long Does it Take to Read Coal Black?

It takes the average reader to read Coal Black by Chris McGinley

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Description

Coal Black is unfiltered mountain crime. Set in the hills of eastern Kentucky, these tales lay bare the dark realities of the region. Sometimes the backdrop is the opioid epidemic and all the human detritus and bloodshed that comes with it. Other times it's poachers or petty thieves who take center stage, people whose wild desperation invite danger everywhere they go. High in the hills the action takes place, alongside the rarely seen animals who hunt up there, and sometimes alongside the "haints" and spirits of popular folklore. The stories are full of action, twists and turns, and characters on both sides of the law who navigate the treacherous, often violent terrain that spares so few. Coal Black is a collection of gritty crime stories-cleverly drawn tales with sometimes savage surprise endings. Praise for COAL BLACK: "Chris McGinley's aptly named Coal Black grabs the reader by the shirt collar and doesn't turn loose. These stories are as dark as the coal that is no longer in the mountains McGinley writes about, channeling the haints of Donald Ray Pollock and Frank Bill while speaking in a hard-edged voice that is undoubtedly the author's own. These are tough tales about tough people and I can't imagine someone picking up this book and not being impressed. I know I was." -Charles Dodd White, author of In the House of Wilderness "Mesmerizing and intense, the stories in Coal Black are a treat to read, every honed sentence reminding us that we're in excellent hands as we travel into the darkness of haunting crime and equally haunted countryside. This collection rocks." -Rusty Barnes, author of The Ridgerunner and The Last Danger "Brutal yet beautiful, sparse but with moments of lush emotional resonance, Chris McGinley's debut collection of short fiction, Coal Black, heralds a new and necessary voice in crime fiction. The prose is so sharp that it begs to be read slowly, to linger with the reader, as McGinley's stories explore the effects of a lost industry and the devastation of opioids in rural Appalachia. Rarely have I come across a debut so assured. This is a book that deserves an audience, and stories that deserve to be remembered." -E.A. Aymar, author of Unrepentant "These stories offer some of the best rural noir you'll ever read. They are a pitch-black journey into the heart of America." -Nick Kolakowski, author of Maxine Unleashes Doomsday "Oh. My. God. Have y'all read Chris McGinley's Coal Black: Stories? If not, hasten to them. This shit is brilliant, this shit is real. It launches with 'Hellbenders' and doesn't slow down. Lord, this is great story telling. It's Appalachians trying to survive, trying to get past the mines. If that means drugs, so be it. As McGinley writes in 'These Hills, ' 'All this shit around us. Drugs, poverty, sickness. The forest is the only good thing left around here.' Beautifully written stories; this is a stunning collection." -Rob Peirce, author of Tommy Shakes "Artfully crafted crime and horror set in Appalachia's mountains-with prose that hits like Thor. McGinley mines the veins of early American bedrock writers like Irving, Poe and Hawthorne. His tales burn hot and dark." -Jesse "Heels" Rawlins, crime writer and editor at The Flash Fiction Offensive

How long is Coal Black?

Coal Black by Chris McGinley is 0 pages long, and a total of 0 words.

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How Long Does it Take to Read Coal Black Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes to read Coal Black aloud.

What Reading Level is Coal Black?

Coal Black is suitable for students ages 2 and up.

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