Short Works:"The Gingerbread Girl"


"The Gingerbread Girl"
Fiction




"The Gingerbread Girl" follows the story of Em, who after suffering a devastating loss, starts running. Soon Em runs from her husband and her home all the way to the airport. Looking for solace, Em's running takes her to the Florida Gulf where she settles into the loneliest stretch of Vermillion Key. Once there Em keeps up her running until one day she makes the mistake of looking into the driveway of a man named Pickering. Pickering also enjoys the privacy of Vermillion Key, but the young women he brings there suffer the consequences. Will Em be next?



First Appearance:

Esquire: Volume 148, Number 1
July 2007
Hearst Communications, Inc.
Magazine

Subsequent Appearances:


Just After Sunset
US First Edition
November 11, 2008
Scribner
Hardcover





Just After Sunset
US Collector's Edition
November 11, 2008
Scribner
Hardcover





Just After Sunset
UK First Edition
November 2008
Hodder & Stoughton
Hardcover





Just After Sunset
UK Collector's Edition
2008
Hodder & Stoughton
Hardcover




Not listed: Lesser Just After Sunset editions.

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