A Woman Walked into the Bar

Linda Heuring brings together a motley crew of characters in this short story collection. Ebenezer has a plane to catch and winds up at a Caribbean resort for the generously-figured. Marva is trapped by a pie safe at the bottom of her basement stairs. Mister Fisher hopes to cash in on his momma’s dog’s pedigree. Henry’s wife goes missing, and Derwin gets blown up by bug foggers. These are just a few of the characters in this 15-story collection who are at home near rivers and bayous that hold secrets or become escape routes into and out of relationships. The characters in these stories worm their way into your psyche. And there they’ll stay.

A Woman Walked into the Bar is available in print from All Nations Press and Amazon. The ebook edition is available from Apple Books and Amazon. Note: After the pandemic, All Nations Press was acquired by higgins and crow, which lists its books on ebay. The new link is:

www.ebay.com/itm/373821249815

The print book is also available from Books on Main in Mc Cormick, SC.

Praise for A Woman Walked into the Bar

American Book Review

Heuring’s book is filled with fascinating characters and a writing style much like many of its characters — strong and resolute, not flashy, but quietly excellent…

The Irish Times

Character creation, vivid scene-setting, humour and authentic dialogue are some of the strengths of this excellent short story collection.

Daniel Handler

A good story is like a surprising vacation — an energizing escape, preferably with a touch of decadence. “Whatever Will Do” offers this both to its characters and to this delighted reader.

David Mitchell

About “Roommates” — tightly written, fine characterization, unformulaic, littered with clues the narrator is too amiably dense to notice, funny and sad for several reasons all at once….Its ending is a bullseye. A class, satisfying, memorable piece of work.

Nancy Takacs

In this amazing debut collection, Heuring deepens our understanding of the shapes of grief, passion, and sacrifice, effortlessly revealing how we connect, how we depend on one another, how our lives are intertwined beyond the cultures that have defined us.

Midwest Review

Showcasing a genuine flair for narrative driven storytelling and the creation of truly memorable characters, author Linda Heuring’s stories are original, unfailingly engaging, thoroughly entertaining, and inherently compelling.

Clem Cairns

This collection of stories is the work of a writer who has mastered the craft. It is a beautiful collection and one I couldn’t put down.

Alison Ruth

In this collection of beautifully crafted stories, readers will not only understand the characters of A Woman Walked into the Bar, but care about them like neighbors of their own. a genuine flair for narrative driven storytelling and the creation of truly memorable characters, author Linda Heuring’s stories are original, unfailingly engaging, thoroughly entertaining, and inherently compelling.