What other writers have said about Ticket to a Lonely Town

“Bruce Henricksen’s Ticket to a Lonely Town is full of haunting stories redolent of twentieth-century angst. Those of us who have admired Henricksen in the literary magazines are delighted to have his excellent stories collected in a book.” Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain.

“This wonderful collection . . . reminds me of how memory and imagination sometimes carry us to exquisitely lonely places, the place of childhood, of lost loves. I am delighted to have gone traveling there with Bruce Henricksen. He knows the loneliness of New Orleans. He knows the lonely highway out of there—to rural Iowa, to northern Minnesota, and on to North Dakota. Ticket to a Lonely Town is good both ways, north and south, so pack your bags and see if you aren’t wiser for having taken the journey.” Anthony Bukoski, author of Time Between Trains.

“I love poetic prose, and that’s what Bruce Henricksen dishes out. What’s more, he can be very funny. In Ticket to a Lonely Town I found the best depiction of off-the-wall bedside manner that I’ve ever seen—be on the alert for it! A richly evocative collection, this book is one you’ll want to keep handy and revisit. It’s finely crafted language is always fresh.” Judy Conner, author of Southern Fried Divorce and Southern Fried Secrets.

“The wounded characters in Ticket to a Lonely Town are riddled with regrets, bitterness, and sorrows; it is fascinating to watch their search for peace of mind, which they find, most often, in the comedy and passing happiness of everyday life. Bruce Henricksen is a brilliant stylist, a Nabokov with street smarts, and his command of the language in these stories is a constant pleasure.” Barton Sutter, author of Farewell to the Starlight in Whiskey.