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The Moose Lottery is a novella written in a style of hardscrabble New England gothic. It follows logger and father Carl Riendeau as he struggles to maintain a grip on his life through a series of bad choices and disasters. After winning a coveted place in the state's seasonal moose hunt, Carl's luck turns for the worse: his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his son sustains serious injuries in a car accident and faces federal charges for drug trafficking; as Carl tries to raise the money for her legal fees, fight her parents for custody of his son, and help his friend deal with layoffs and a coming recession, he determines to bring eight-year-old Luca moose hunting with him no matter the consequences.

The character-driven narrative turns on questions of trust and miscommunication in an unforgiving rural environment, exploring violence and tenderness toward both human and nonhuman life.

Kelly E. Sullivan is the author of the novella Winter Bayou (Lilliput Press, Dublin) and two poetry chapbooks, Fell Year (Green Bottle) and Toledo Blade (Dancing Girl Press).