"Kathy Anderson has such a masterful touch with short stories, and I've long admired her ability to write about the messiness where need and desire touch up against the limitations of our minds and hearts. In these amazing stories, told with such fierce humor and control, characters reckon with the end of things, the fallout, the cleaning up, but Anderson knows how that loss, that untethering, can create a feeling of ascendancy."—Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here

"In Vamoose, Kathy Anderson writes with deep compassion and humor, both dark and quirky, of the loneliness of human beings, of their flaws and their small, but meaningful triumphs, all narrated with Anderson's signature playfulness and flair for the unexpected... Vamoose right out the door to buy this beautiful, sad, funny set of stories."—Lori Ostlund, author of Are You Happy?

"This is not Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia, unless perhaps we're talking about the drag king version on stilts. Put that key on the end of your kite-string, however, because these tender, funny, brave stories are electric: Kathy Anderson's wise and humane writing opens windows into the storm of life-changing moments-read Vamoose and you'll like nothing better than getting soaked in the rain."—Dinah Cox, author of The Paper Anniversary

"Tough or vulnerable, straight or gay, the women in Kathy Anderson's nimbly written collection don't merely ask for the reader's attention, they demand it. Every story in Vamoose is a bright pop of energy: bold, entertaining, and full of wry truth."—Louise Marburg, author of You Have Reached Your Destination and Fancy Meeting You

"Vamoose: Stories is a book of love-love affirmed, abandoned, depleted, rescued, reinvented, mourned... You will laugh out loud-and in the next paragraph find yourself close to sobbing for her vulnerable, complex, ferociously honest characters. I love this book."—Lee Upton, author of The Withers

"Kathy Anderson's award-winning first story collection, Bull, affirmed my initial estimation. Now it's 2026 and here comes Vamoose-a long anticipated follow-up to Bull, equally as compelling, hilarious, sad, heartfelt, smart, thought provoking."—Sara Pritchard, author of Crackpots and Help Wanted: Female

"Vamoose crackles with energy. With characters on the move, changing locations and their lives, these stories delight with quirks and eccentricities. Ultimately, Kathy Anderson reveals her humor and humanity within these pages."—Julie R. Enszer, Editor, Sinister Wisdom

"Vamoose is an exquisite swirl of narrative style, gorgeous writing, and heart. Anderson, a master of the short story, never lets us forget that the stories in a collection, whether they take place in a yoga class, a new relationship, a therapy session, or at the bedside of a hospice patient, must be all yoked together by that "it" factor, the one that leaves you feeling you didn't just read a story, but you had an experience. A brilliant read."—Francine Witte, author of Radio Water

"Kathy Anderson's wonderful new collection explores love, grief, and the impossible but necessary task of saying goodbye. One character discovers that "knowing she could die at any moment made life very dramatic. It was like an excited dog ran by her side the whole time." I loved that, because that's how I felt reading these stories. The characters in Vamoose are so real that I wanted to sit them down and say: Tell me more. Stay a little longer."—Becky Hagenston, author of The Age of Discovery and Other Stories

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