Fiction. Winner of the 3-Day Novel Contest 2013. Joshua Chapman Green is searching...searching for answers. He is combing through boxes in the attic of his recently deceased mother's home and uncovering childhood memories, mysterious letters, and perplexing photos of people he does not know. They appear to be circus performers, members of a travelling freak show, or Victorian-era sideshow performers. Then he finds a crumbling copy of emMoss-Haired Girl Confessions of a Circus Performer by Zara Zalinziem...the clasp falls away, and the pages open revealing a family story that may or may not be true. In this ambitious novella, R.H. Slansky weaves a complex narrative about the very nature of narrative it is an annotated re-issue of a fictional autobiography that casts a questioning eye on the reliability of family lore.br br MOSS- HAIRED GIRL is wonderful stuff, punchy and clever and engaging. emSan Francisco Book Reviewembr br Ever wonder if the mad-dash products of speed-writing con