{"product_id":"rorys-not-that-guy-and-other-tales-from-middle-america-paperback","title":"Rory's Not That Guy: And Other Tales from Middle America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam E. Burleson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRory's Not That Guy: And Other Tales from Middle America\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a tour of \" flyover country,\" from struggling small towns to honky-tonks to the parts of cities that don't make it onto postcards. It's 19 short stories, many humorous, many not, include coming of age in a hopeless small town (\" Art\" ), what if you could go back in time and go to high school again (\" No Returns\" ), and what happens when your carefully arranged world is disrupted by civil unrest (\" Willie Wallace\" ). Fifteen of the nineteen stories have been published in a variety of literary magazines and anthologies, including The New Guard, Evening Street Press \u0026amp; Review, and American Fiction. What links these stories-- beyond geography-- is the shared humanity of its characters. Each are struggling with a world which for some is hostile, and for all confusing and beyond their control. Some are lost, some are still trying, and some have given up, but all are sympathetic and believable. In the end, the reader will find that rather than something to fly over, these stories reflect if not the postcards vision of Middle America, but for so many, the reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam E Burleson is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eAhnwee Days\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwater Press 2024). His short stories have appeared in over two dozen literary journals and anthologies to date, including the Evening Street Press \u0026amp; Review, The New Guard, and American Fiction, and he is the winner of the TulipTree Publishing contest for humor. Burleson also has published extensively in non-fiction, most notably his book, \u003ci\u003eBi America\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2005), as well as for the Hennepin History Magazine and numerous other publications. Burleson is also the founder of and executive editor for Flexible Press, Minneapolis, publisher of a wide range of award-winning literary fiction. www.williamburleson.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 7.81 x 5.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53503652135219,"sku":"9781963614268","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ESaYWI7LuL9781963614268.webp?v=1781662520","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/rorys-not-that-guy-and-other-tales-from-middle-america-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}