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Praise forUnderstories:

“This collection stand[s] out. There’s plenty of imagination [in Understories]  but it’s rooted in recognizable and occasionally irrational emotions, a human quality that makes these stories endure. . . . Below the striking imagery, there’s abundant emotional depth to be found.” —Vol. 1 Brooklyn

“Horvath seems to be channeling, all at once, Borges and Calvino and Kevin Brockmeier. And it all works.” —REBECCA MAKKAI, author of The Borrower

“Tim Horvath is a fluid, inventive writer who deftly interweaves the palpably real and the pyrotechnically fantastic. At once playful, deeply moving, and sharply funny, Understories satisfies the mind, the heart, and the gut.” —KATE CHRISTENSEN, author of The Astral and The Great Man

“Remarkable writing and remarkably rewarding reading: stories equally saturated in contemporary fact and transfactual acids. An atlas of canny and uncanny maps, mainly cityscapes, of the branching imagination and convoluted heart. Move over, Mercator and Google Earth: make way for Horvath’s haunting projections.” —BRIAN BOYD, author of Stalking Nabokov

“Understories is fueled by a wonderfully inventive mind, but ultimately, it is a mind in service to the heart. Horvath’s attention is always squarely on us: who we are, who we have been, and how a great story can transform us. “ —MATT BELL, author of Cataclysm Baby

“‘The Understory’ is a terrific reach through history from the pre- and post- Nazi era in Germany up to the present. . . . This is a wonderful story, a first-rate creation by a fine writer.” —BILL HENDERSON, president and editor of Pushcart Press, in his judge’s statement for the Raymond Carver Short Story Award

“Horvath manages to pack a handful of great potential stories into one text . . . Perfect for an afternoon of quick rumination.” —Review of Contemporary Fiction

“Horvath uses his fiction to expose the tension between reality and fantasy in modern life.” —New Pages