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EXTRAS!
William Gay's NYTimes Obituary, February 29, 2012
William Gay (1941-2012) A Tribute from Oxford American, March 8, 2012
So Lost: At Home with William Gay
William Gay talks about his life and reads at the Clarksville Writer's Conference, 2010
William Gay reads from Twilight at the Clarksville Writer's Conference, 2011
William Gay
William Gay was an acclaimed American author, best known for his contributions to Southern literature.
He’s soft-spoken with a gorgeous drawl, a born storyteller.
The literary world recognized him for just fifteen years, but he felt no bitterness. You’re finished. Anymore the line between dreams and reality was ambiguous at best. A cup of hot coffee helps. The inspection of other graves yields further proof that Fenton Breece has some peculiar notions for dealing with the dead, male and female alike.
He stares at the blank page, and the blank page stares back—until inspiration strikes in the form of a ghost story that captivated him as a child.
With his pregnant wife and young daughter in tow, he sets out to explore the myth of Virginia Beale, Faery Queen of the Haunted Dell. There he meets retired sheriff, Cap Holder, who made a small fortune after Hollywood produced a movie based on his exploits cleaning up the drug dealers in his rural county.
He kept glancing at the purse, and he couldn’t remember if it had all been paid or not. In addition to previously unpublished short stories, Stories from the Attic includes fragments from two of the unpublished novels that were works in progress at the time of his death.
Breece is the butt of jokes of the town's men. Sutter has no compunction about killing Corrie and Kenneth Tyler.
The vault's gone. He began to be published in his late fifties. Wait. Put him away forever in some crazyhouse. Come join us!
“There’s folks you just don’t need. Hounded at every turn by scams, vigilantes, grievous loss, and unspeakable violence, Edgewater navigates the long road home, searching for a place that may be nothing but memory.
Hailed as “a seemingly effortless storyteller” by the New York Times Book Review and “a writer of striking talent” by the Chicago Tribune, William Gay, with this long-awaited novel, secures his place alongside Faulkner, O’Connor, and McCarthy as one of the greatest novelists in the Southern Gothic tradition.
Fugitives of the Heart, 2021
The fourth and final novel from the Archive.
It was called “I Hate To See That Evening Sun Go Down.” They published him.
After I finally got published in the Georgia Review, I got a call from the editor at The Atlantic.
They don't have social security numbers, don't care for the government, and the government long ago lost interest in them. I plan to write more about him later.
Much thanks to Diana for introducing me to this amazing man.
Written Works
William started writing in his early teens and continued until his death in 2012.