Write Club: Crafting Short Stories

Aug 4: Crafting Plot and Structure
• Learn about the role of the inciting incident, climax, and resolution.
• Outline your story!

Bobby Mathews' novels and short stories explore the dark and desperate underpinnings of the modern South. His novels include Living the Gimmick and Magic City Blues. His latest book is a collection of short stories called Negative Tilt. His story, "The Funeral Suit" was selected for the 2024 edition of Best American Mystery & Suspense, while his story "Negative Tilt" won the Derringer Award for best mystery story. He lives in Hoover, where he helps coach baseball and procrastinates on a near-professional basis.

You may also like the following events from Hoover Public Library, Hoover, Alabama:

• Next Tuesday, 29th July, 06:00 pm, Eat the Rainbow in Hoover
• Next month, 5th August, 04:00 pm, The Empowered Caregiver in Hoover
• Next month, 9th August, 01:00 pm, Purl on the Plaza in Hoover