After the Locks Are Changed

After the Locks are Changed showcases Gary Fincke’s ability to not only write in multiple points of view, but to also locate and ground stories in places as varied as Los Angeles, small-town Pennsylvania, rural Appalachia and New York City. From straight-forward narratives to ones that are braided, associative, and multi-voiced, this veteran writer continues to write unflinching stories about American life.

After the Locks are Changed is GARY FINCKE’s twelfth collection of short stories, books that include Sorry I Worried You, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Prize and The Killer’s Dog, winner of the Elixir Press Fiction Prize. A recent essay ＂After the Three-Moon Era＂ was reprinted in Best American Essays 2020, and he has won the Bess Hokin Prize from Poetry Magazine as well as multiple Pushcart Prizes for his work in three genres.