The Loon Counters

Roger Sheffer

ISBN 10: 0815612001 / ISBN 13: 9780815612001

Published by Syracuse University Press, US, 2026

About this Item

In the fictional Adirondack towns of Silver Lake and Lost River, a colorful cast of residents coexist, sometimes unharmoniously, with seasonal visitors, travelers, and vacationers. Their stories are told in The Loon Counters, which sees the residents and visitors of the community encounter Olympic torchbearers, a mysteriously unseen-but-often-heard violinist, pushy hikers, brooding art museum security guards. The characters recur across stories, seasons, and locations, finely illustrating the subtle shifts in the life of a rural, isolated Adirondack enclave. Across sixteen interconnected stories, Roger Sheffer explores the lives and world of this community of outsiders who call this unique region home. Sheffer crafts stories that speak to the complex charm of the region, the isolation and the community, the nostalgia, and the conservation, all the while finding the small places people carve for themselves in nature.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Loon Counters
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press, US
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815612001
• ISBN 13: 9780815612001
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

In the fictional Adirondack towns of Silver Lake and Lost River, a colorful cast of residents coexist, sometimes unharmoniously, with seasonal visitors, travelers, hikers, and hermits. With vivid descriptions, Roger Sheffer chronicles both the ordinary and the odd events in this rural community. Olympic torch bearers, a mysteriously unseen-but-often-heard violinist, pushy hikers, and brooding art museum security guards dapple the lives of the wealthy Silver Lake and working-class Lost River folk. Familiar characters recur across stories, seasons, and locations, finely illustrating the subtle shifts in the life of an isolated Adirondack enclave. In these sixteen brilliantly crafted stories, Sheffer reveals the complex charm of the region, the sublime beauty found in quotidian details of everyday life, and the potent lure of the small places people carve for themselves in nature.

About the Author

<b>Roger Sheffer</b> has published three collections of fiction and has won several national short story contests. His stories have appeared in many magazines, including <i>Blueline, The Missouri Review, Third Coast, Arts and Letters,</i> and <i>Adirondack Life.</i> He taught writing and literature at Minnesota State University, Mankato.