Number 12 Rue Sainte-Catherine

and Other Stories

Running Wild Press
Roberta Hartling Gates
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This collection of nine wide-ranging and skillfully written stories shows Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie as a vulnerable young boy, a preening young man on the make, and, finally, an enfeebled old man forced to confront his crimes.

Contributor Bio

Roberta Hartling Gates has been published in Confrontation, Fourth Genre, the Beloit Fiction Journal and elsewhere. She was awarded the Dogwood Literary Prize in Fiction in 2021 and has an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in a suburb of Chicago with her husband and is currently at work on a novel set in Vichy France.