“A rare talent with a gloriously expansive view.”

“Every time I open this book to any page at all, I find another resonant wonder.”

“As soon as I began to read, I knew I was in the hands of a master of narrative.”

“Well written and well researched... highly recommended.”

“Provocative, probing work.”

“A fabulous book.”

“The language is always exact... with the intensity of a high powered lens.”

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New England Review 46.2 Cover

New England Review

In “Gravity,” a physicist who investigates dark matter finds a dead man in his driveway. Enter the mystery in NER 46.2 (Summer 2025).
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Out Of Season

 

Winner of the Elixir Fiction Prize

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“I am a long-time fan of Kirk Wilson's darkly funny, slyly philosophical, and wonderfully surprising stories, each of which finds its own precise, fresh language to orbit a mystery. Emily Dickinson rises again from a box labeled ‘Inflatable Immortals,’ a hard-drinking nun hears confessions, Shirley Temple routes her sparkling undead voice through cemetery light, a God-haunted couple flees the apocalypse for Dallas, and a goat's uncanny eye reveals how much exists ‘outside the little circus ring of things you can perceive.’ Really, that just scratches the surface of what Wilson can make live with his perfectly tuned sentences. Out of Season is pure pleasure from a uniquely gifted writer.”

“Who else writes with such twisted light? Kirk Wilson’s Out of Season reminds us that the supernatural is in our marrow, in stories that are at once unruly, intelligent, funny, consecrated, doomed, and rich with plants and animals. They feel a lot like the world right now, and they’re exquisite.”

“Each of these wildly creative stories of loss and redemption opens new windows onto the human soul. Readers will find tales both haunting and complex, eerie and deeply imagined, reminiscent in ways of the inventive, agile fictions of David Means and Lauren Groff. Kirk Wilson hits for the literary fences with this stellar collection. I can’t wait to read more from him.”

Story

Story

In “Tapioca,” an eccentric botanist stands in the way of a massive luxury development project. Is he an endangered species? Find out in Story.

Conjunctions

Conjunctions

Kirk’s hybrid work “Scenarium” is an online exclusive at Conjunctions.com.

New England Review

New England Review

In “Banquo’s Ghost,” a literary critic finds herself living in a story written by the fabulist who is the subject of her studies. Editor Carolyn Kuebler calls “Banquo” “an astonishing piece of writing.” You can find it in NER 41.3.

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The Idaho Review

The Idaho Review

In “The Apocalypse, with Breath Mints” an inventor of insecticides encounters God in a convenience store. What could go wrong? Find out in The Idaho Review.

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This Side of the Divide

This Side of the Divide

This anthology includes Kirk’s story “The Goat’s Eye,” along with work by Tobias Wolff, Chanelle Benz, Nona Caspers, and an introduction by Claire Vaye Watkins.

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Florida Review

Florida Review

Kirk’s essay “Skin the Bunny” is the winner of the Florida Review Editors’ Award for Nonfiction

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