When William Gay died suddenly in 2012, he left behind a considerable amount of unpublished work that has been slowly making its way into print. The final posthumous release, due in July, is Stories from the Attic, a collection of short stories, essays, and fragments from works-in-progress.

Chris Offutt’s latest novel, Shifty’s Boys, returns to rural eastern Kentucky and sets protagonist Mick Hardin on the trail of a killer.