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    The Stars Will Fall from Heaven: and other short fiction
    The Stars Will Fall from Heaven: and other short fiction
    The Stars Will Fall from Heaven: and other short fiction
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    The Stars Will Fall from Heaven: and other short fiction

    By James Crouch

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    A collection of short stories and two novelettes by the author of the Tim Sloan Appalachian series. The title story is set in second century Antioch and features the Gospel of Matthew. The second novelette ("Tommy") is a continuation of the Tim Sloan stories.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames Crouch
    Release dateOct 15, 2016
    ISBN9781370455560
    The Stars Will Fall from Heaven: and other short fiction
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    James Crouch

    Like the protagonist of his novel, James E. Crouch is an outsider living in Appalachia. In a previous lifetime he had an academic career in the field of religious studies, teaching in locations as disparate as Oklahoma and Japan. More recently he has been translating theological works, primarily from German to English. With the publication of Family Values he is beginning a new career.

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