"Conner creates odd couplings and unusual situations that recall the menageries in the books of Kristen Arnett or Karen Russell…This eerie collection should especially interest institutions in the Southeast and fans of Southern gothic stories." —Library Journal

"Does Katherine Conner’s wonderful collection of stories, The Hanged Man, draw from the tropes of Southern Gothic? It does indeed. Arrestingly. But she does it her way, making sure that we are just as deeply engaged with the longing for connectedness, for self, that is the hallmark of literature of all traditions. This is a splendid debut from a remarkable new writer."—Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

"Haunting, heart-rending and distinctly southern, Katherine Conner’s The Hanged Man explores memory and myth through the lens of three Maronite sisters and the specter of their missing mother . . .  Conner is a modern-day Faulkner, but a Faulkner who channels a parallel universe, and in The Hanged Man, she offers a tour de force revealed through apparitions. Uncannily brilliant!"—Jacob M. Appel, author of Scouting for the Reaper

"Katherine Conner is a spellbinding storyteller. The Hanged Man is a stunning collection of interconnected tales populated by soothsayers and liars and apparitions. Conner conjures magic and mystery as deftly as she conjures the buzz of crickets in the Louisiana heat. This collection is riveting, unsettling, and unforgettable."—Rebecca Turkewitz, author of Here in the Night