A Matter of Blood: A Novel-in-Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781516893638)

Kermit Turner has published fiction in various journals, including ROANOKE REVIEW, GREENSBORO REVIEW, PHYLON, PEMBROKE MAGAZINE, NC CROSSROADS, THOMAS WOLFE REVIEW and CHANGES. For his short stories he has received the Winthrop College Writers' Conference Chapbook Award and the Linda Flowers Literary Award from the North Carolina Humanities Council. His story "Masks," published in PHYLON, was listed in BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES as one of the "Distinguished Stories" of the year, and his story "Pool" was runner-up for the 2012 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize. He also has published a novel, REBEL POWERS, and a collection of narrative poems, SANDY RIDGE: Portrait of a Depression Family. A native North Carolinian and a retired English professor, Kermit Turner lives in Hickory, NC. His interests and activities include tennis, running, and the arts.