In each of these accomplished stories an enigmatic deer appears. And in each of these stories we are struck by the craft of Susan Tepper's writing, her embrace of eccentricity, the beauty and the warts, and the seamless intermingling of the lightness and darkness of being. - Doug Holder / Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene

Susan Tepper notices more detail at breakfast than most of us do all day, and her stories brim with surprise thanks to her characters' immersion in what it means to live. - Mark Wisniewski, Confessions of a Polish Used Car Salesman and All Weekend With The Lights On

The stories in DEER are terrific, many remind me of Hemingway's In Our Time: the woods, the war, the indirection... - Robert Viscusi, Astoria (American Book Award Winner)

Nothing is off-limits in Susan Tepper's stories, yet not a single sentence feels gratuitous. Each of the tales that make up DEER exists as its own world, endowed with so potent a presence that one feels one has witnessed a truth unfold in the reading. Gladly our minds stretch wide to catch her fictions and weave them into our new reality. - Eric Darton, Free City

In her debut story collection DEER, Susan Tepper takes us into the forest of her imagination, shining a light on a pack of off-kilter characters caught in unusual and compelling circumstances. Tepper is one of the most original voices in fiction I've heard in quite a while. Reading her loopy-beautiful dark narratives, I was reminded of the first time I read Denis Johnson. Yes, she's that good. This is a writer to watch! - Jamie Cat Callan, The Writer's Toolbox & French Women Don't Sleep Alone