The Streets Of Greenfield
The Streets of Greenfield, by Eric Grate, is a collection of seventeen linked short stories set in the small Appalachian town of Greenfield, OH, between 1946 and 2023. The stories cut against the grain in an edgy, often humorous, style that the author calls “hardscrabble fiction.” Experience life on Greenfield’s tough streets where losers sometimes win, winners often lose, and anti-heroes carry the day. Meet a man who makes a promise to himself and then waits seventy years to keep it. Ride with a dubious duo of step-brothers who come face to face with foes they have no business fighting, let alone beating. Tag along with a woman who has lost it all as she helps a deserving man feel her immense pain. There’s no limit to what goes down on the streets of Greenfield.
"Eric Grate takes you on a wild ride through the mean streets of Greenfield, Ohio,
and introduces you to a cast of characters that are all too real to anyone who grew
up there." - Somerset Burnside
Reader Review
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5.0 out of 5 stars "Grate" book!
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2025
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The Streets of Greenfield by Eric Grate (no relation to my book, Beyond the Grate) is a collection of short stories that take place in Greenfield, Ohio or involve people that once lived there. The stories are gritty with bits of humor inserted in the right places. The characters are believable, down-to-earth types. Nothing fancy. Just people you might know from the neighborhood. The stories are entertaining. It’s a great book to read in short sittings when you get a few moments to read or to read from cover to cover. I’m looking forward to reading Grate’s latest release.