Available February 16, 2027 from Cornerstone Press, Gutshots and Second Thoughts--a collection of eighteen stories following characters "at their most desperate edges, pushed there by both apocalyptic extremes and everyday cruelties" (Holly Wendt, author of Heading North). Preorders begin soon for this "assortment of freaks and outsiders...[hurtling] toward their abject, grisly, or absurd destinies" (Sarah Seltzer, author of The Singer Sisters).

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Advance Praise for Gutshots and Second Thoughts

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"Dazzlingly inventive and exquisitely rendered. The stories in Gutshots and Second Thoughts contain universes both familiar and strange, and each one is a gem. Memorable characters abound, from unlikely time travelers and arsonous booksellers, to lonely paleontologists and recovering insomniacs, as they search for meaning, belonging, and connection. This is a collection to savor." ~Gina Chung, author of Sea Change and Green Frog

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"In Gutshots and Second Thoughts, Jeremy Broyles’s stories often spotlight characters at their most desperate edges, pushed there by both apocalyptic extremes and everyday cruelties. In lean, unsentimental prose, Broyles reveals the wounds left by the knives of extreme circumstance, loneliness, failed relationships. Flush with striking, embodied action and the haunting echoes of what is said—or more devastatingly left unsaid—these stories linger long in the reader’s imagination." ~Holly Wendt, author of Heading North

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"Gutshots and Second Thoughts doesn’t explain the world’s absurdities—it clocks them, deadpan, and moves on. Broyles writes like someone who trusts his readers to keep up: flawless dialogue, unsettling turns, stories that bring us somewhere wholly unexpected. Here’s fiction for the curious and the unfazed." ~Leslie Pietrzyk, author of Admit This to No One

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"Occasionally terrifying, always darkly hilarious and shot through with precise and expressive language, the short stories that make up Gutshots and Second Thoughts are delectable treats—with a bite. Broyles embraces an assortment of freaks and outsiders with tenderness, even as they hurtle toward their abject, grisly, or absurd destinies. A genuine and refreshing delight in human folly is at the heart of this winning collection." ~Sarah Seltzer, author of The Singer Sisters

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"Balancing a tightrope between the hilarious and the horrifying, Jeremy Broyles’ Gutshots and Second Thoughts is weird, wicked, and wonderful. This is a daring collection of short fiction with no shortage of twists spun by a very, very formidable storyteller." ~Jinwoo Chong, author of Flux and I Leave It Up to You

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