War by Other Means by DavidCrouse Paperback, 388 Pages, Published 2006 by Iuniverse, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-595-38235-4, ISBN: 0-595-38235-5
"In the Hindu Kush Mountains that divide Afghanistan from Pakistan, a new Islamic prophet plans the destruction of the Great Satan. The prophet Khalid Ibn'abd Al-aziz Assaud reveals that Allah has shown him the path to a new Islamic order. He intends to create a new Islamic world by bringing the wrath of Allah down on the infidels in ways they don't expect. Educated in the United States and tempered in the wars of Afghanistan, Assaud kno ..."
"In her introduction to The Man Back There, Mary Gaitskill writes simply, “I chose these stories because they made me feel. . . .” The reader of David Crouse’s collection is bound to agree, but the reasons are not easily explained. Crouse crawls inside the heads of a dozen male protagonists and tells us how they think. They are not always likeable. They are often losers—their thoughts hurry ahead or dawdle behind, disconnected from what ..."
"Featuring seven stories and a novella, David Crouseâs powerful debut collection depicts people staring down the complicated mysteries of their own identities. Who are you?â a homeless man asks his would-be benefactor in the title story. On the surface itâs a simple question, but one that would stump many of the characters who inhabit these carefully rendered tales.In the edgy novella Clickâ Jonathanâs ongoing photo-documenta ..."
Copy Cats Stories by DavidCrouse Hardcover, 252 Pages, Published 2005 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-2746-4, ISBN: 0-8203-2746-8
"Featuring seven stories and a novella, David Crouse’s powerful debut collection depicts people staring down the complicated mysteries of their own identities. “Who are you?” a homeless man asks his would-be benefactor in the title story. On the surface it’s a simple question, but one that would stump many of the characters who inhabit these carefully rendered tales.In the edgy novella “Click” Jonathan’s ongoing photo-documentary of a pr ..."
"These stories amount to something more than a celebration of the holidays dotting our calendars from month to month. Even though holidays can occasion a return to the familiar, these stories challenge traditional associations. Each story serves to complicate how we observe the human observation of holidays and offers a nuanced understanding of related themes such as family and motherhood, travel, grief and mourning processes, and memory ..."
"These stories offer layered, perceptive takes on what home means to us. The people we meet in these stories are often traveling to and from home―thinking about where they have come from, where they are headed, and how that journey will impact their futures. Although the stories approach homecoming and homesickness through varied moods and styles, they all come around to confronting a shared need: a place to call home."
"Exhibits houses an eclectic group of characters featuring drug addicts, Gods, and fallen rock stars inhabiting the same space. There's bedbugs, S&M, and a shape shifting dinosaur. There's excess and poverty, love and hate, and a well-meaning apocalypse for good measure. Though it's a disparate group of stories, they are all parts of the great human drama we live every day. Their insecurities, guilt and fears are our own magnified by t ..."
Kootenay Justice (Paperback) by DavidCrouse Paperback, 440 Pages, Published 2014 by Friesenpr 01/06/2014 ISBN-13: 978-1-4602-3091-6, ISBN: 1-4602-3091-4
"At the urging of David Thompson, the first white explorer to visit the vast wilderness of the Kootenays, the company risks sending his grandson, Cody McVeigh, and his three friends to accomplish what others could not."
Kootenay Justice by DavidCrouse Hardcover, 440 Pages, Published 2014 by Friesenpress ISBN-13: 978-1-4602-3090-9, ISBN: 1-4602-3090-6
"At the urging of David Thompson, the first white explorer to visit the vast wilderness of the Kootenays, the company risks sending his grandson, Cody McVeigh, and his three friends to accomplish what others could not."
The Mural Writer The unlikely story of an outcast who fulfilled an extraordinary purpose by Lashelle Vanhouten, DavidCrouse, Paula Berinstein Paperback, 396 Pages, Published 2014 by The Writing Show ISBN-13: 978-0-9860304-5-1, ISBN: 0-9860304-5-7
"Some people just can’t catch a break. Born and raised in a chicken coop, brain-damaged by scarlet fever, and blamed for the death of his baby brother, Ed Lantzer became what everyone expected him to be: unworthy of love and unable to give it. Knowing no other way, he made sure he lived up to this label by concealing his feelings for his wife and children, eventually abandoning them and setting off in search of his purpose—a purpose he w ..."
"Stories David Crouse. nized this woman and was now remembering something
awful she had done to him once. He went to ... Kristin's dad said. “Or do you just
want to fuck her?” Kristen thought ofher mother walking hand in hand with her
new ..."
Divorce in Washington The Legal Process, Your Rights, and What to Expect by David J. Crouse Paperback, 255 Pages, Published 2014 by Addicus Books ISBN-13: 978-1-938803-82-6, ISBN: 1-938803-82-5
I'm Here Alaska Stories by Nikki Crouse, David Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2023 by Boreal Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59709-934-9, ISBN: 1-59709-934-1
"David Nikki Crouse's work has always explored the mysteries of identity, and these remarkably rendered stories double-down on that subject by focusing on the self-mythology of people living in Fairbanks, Alaska, merging the hard exterior ..."
"Death, that ending of all endings, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction series.More than seventy volumes, which include approximately eight hundred stories, have won the Flannery O’Connor Award. This stunning trove of always engaging, often groundbreaking short fiction is the common source for this anthology ..."
Trouble Will Save You Three Novellas (The Alaska Literary Series) by Crouse, David Nikki Paperback, 202 Pages, Published 2023 by University Of Alaska Press ISBN-13: 978-1-64642-397-2, ISBN: 1-64642-397-6
Divorce In Divorce in Washington : The Legal Process, Your Rights, and What to Expect by David J. Crouse 255 Pages, Published 2014 by Addicus Books ISBN-13: 978-1-940495-78-1, ISBN: 1-940495-78-4
"If you have selected wage withholding by the state, the Washington Division of
Child Support (DCS) will disburse your child-support money. Disbursement
typically occurs within three to five business days. Contact your DCS caseworker
for ..."
"Work, and the coffee-fueled day-to-day grind, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction series."