Tunneling to the Center of the Earth received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews on February 15, saying, “A Southern writer with a bent sense of humor offers a fine debut collection of stories, some unlike anything you’ve read before. Wilson displays a marvelous sense of narrative ingenuity…Weird and wonderful stories from a writer who has that most elusive of gifts: new ideas.”
My story, “No Joke This is Going To Be Painful,” is in the current issue of Tin House. It is the featured story on their website, so you can read the entire story here.
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth will be released by Ecco/Harper Perennial on March 31, 2009. It is available for pre-order.
Publishers Weekly reviewed Tunneling to the Center of the Earth on 12/1/08, saying, “Kevin Wilson’s captivating debut collection paints an everyday world filled with characters obsessed by weird impulses…Wilson creates a lively landscape with rich and twisted storytelling…” To see the full review, click here (2nd review).