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Whether on a resort island, on a bus burrowing through the darkness,
disoriented in European cities and villages, fearful at a lakeside table
or on a mountain climb, bewildered in the crypt of the Vatican or
in rooms and landscapes suddenly strange, the people in these sixteen
stories don’t know where they are or who they are. They struggle to
locate themselves in their lives.
Praise
Cummins' focus and balance from story to story constitute a fine high-
wire act reminiscent of Raymond Carver in his later tales. . . . Cummins
is as masterful as Carver in the sparse fullness of his language. . . . Here
is a virtuoso writer who has something to say about the human condition
and knows how to say it in an earthy way. No frills, but plenty of
penetration.
—Duff Brenna, author of Murdering the Mom
Cummins captures the myriad troubles that plague ordinary humans in
this world, their sometimes constrained choices, and the outcomes that
follow. In capturing their ordinary struggles so well, and their now and
then victories, this work is certainly a masterwork of classic American
realism.
—Jack Smith, author of VHog to Hog
The Lost Ones captures the beautiful strangeness in ordinary lives. These
masterful stories are so memorable—Walter Cummins writes about loss
and lost-ness with a sharpness and poignancy unique to him.
—Rene Steinke, author of Holy Skirts
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