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Coyote Tales

By: Jim Bihyeh
Narrated by: Cayenne Chris Conroy
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Coyote - the trickster, thief, warrior, wizard, coward, clown, and savior - has come to call in these 10 stories set in the modern Navajo Nation.

"Reservation Monsters": Coyote teaches a young boy with a monster under his bed that most monsters are far worse than the ones that go bump in the night.

"The Dreaming Way": After Coyote reveals her hidden powers, a teenager must decide whether she will use them for good or evil.

"Love Like Thunder": After a school shooting, a strange creature sets up camp by the local cemetery, where he visits the dead so that he may live a few days longer.

"The Speed of Lightning": Shaun Sallabye, a famous high school runner, gets a talent boost from Coyote that will push him to his limits - if it doesn’t break him first.

"The Shooting Way": Jesse Benally doesn’t believe in witchcraft. When his aunt contracts a strange sickness, he meets with a medicine man who teaches him that native witches don’t care what he believes.

"Black Body": Fernando Gishi waits for his father to get out of prison, but when he finds the body of a dead girl in the desert, he must rely on his friends as a dark force reaches out to make a deal he can’t refuse.

"Changing Woman": Nellie Begay, a former combat nurse, is missing her daughter. When a supernatural force might know where she is, Nellie must find the strength to heal herself and talk to Changing Woman.

"The Darkest Roots Run Deep": Ronnie Long, a struggling maintenance worker, must look to his girlfriend and their unborn child in order to forgive the biggest mistake of his life - before it kills him.

"Remember by Your Scars": Jane Lewis is a white nurse who fled the East coast and abusive relationships. When her latest ends, a new man walks into her life and reopens all the scars she’s tried to hide.

"The Bathroom People": LeCaine Keeyahani hates working fast food but he hates the idea of leaving the Reservation even more. When his dying grandfather asks for help ending his life with dignity, only the Bathroom People hold the answer to LeCaine’s future.

©2012 Jim Kristofic (P)2012 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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“With Coyote Tales, Jim Bihyeh spins a powerful series of tales filled with magic and mystery. Highly recommended!” (Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best-selling author)
“These stories are incredibly rich in mythic imagery and detail, placing ancient spirit world narratives and magical combat into very contemporary settings.” ( South Dakota Magazine)
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This is just a phenomenal collection. Jim Bihyeh's writing is immaculate, with some of the most nuanced and thoughtful character writing I've seen in a collection. Cayenne Chris Conroy's narration is just perfect, playful where it needs to be, eerie where it's called for, devastating in other places. I'm a huge fan of collections or novels that focus on small towns or communities and intertwining stories, and Coyote Tales just nails this approach in the most satisfying ways. By the end of the collection I felt like I'd both been taken on a journey, but also very much come to feel familiar with a place where very little usually changes. There's not a weak story among the bunch, and this is the first time I've finished an audiobook and already planned to listen to it again real soon, as these are tales very much designed to be appreciated in the retelling too, as is tradition. A wonderful collection of fiction, and a wonderful cultural artifact that serves as a wider commentary on the nature and importance of storytelling. A book I'd recommend to absolutely everyone.

One of the best audiobooks I've heard.

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