Centaur of the North: Stories

Centaur of the North takes on the themes of family, myth, and memory as Wendell Mayo explores how narrative can tie people to a place and to one another and how disrupting such discourse can throw folks into confusion about who they are and where they come from. Mostly set on the Gulf Coast in Corpus Christi, Texas, the stories in this collection delve into family legends and questions of veracity. Mayo's writing is assured and evocative, painting a picture of hot places where the vapors of memory and language answer burning questions of "Who am I?" only with bits of family lore and uncertain memory.