Author: Gary Fincke
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820345016
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In these twelve intelligent tales, seasoned poet and story writer Gary Fincke reconciles lost hope and quiet despair with small blessings and ultimate redemption. In his world, as easily as one man becomes a hero, another is riddled with failure. Fincke weaves together the large and small tragedies of daily life to create an inescapable, yet at times oddly comforting, reality. His characters inhabit a world of strip malls and fast-food joints, low-down jobs and physical ailments, lottery tickets and cheap beer. Here, everyone and everything is suspicious, and only the luck of the draw determines who, if anyone, will survive. In the title story, Ben, a fifty-year-old bookstore clerk facing the possibility of prostate cancer, feels his life spiraling out of control as he endures his female doctor's examinations with childlike embarrassment on the one hand and struggles to conceal his age from his teenybopper coworkers on the other. Ben's only consolation is that "every day he heard about something a hundred times worse." In "Gatsby, Tender, Paradise," Bridgeford encounters a group of lightning strike and electrocution victims and feels lucky to have survived several light-switch shocks—the same type of shocks that have permanently disabled one man in the group. Such are the small but important blessings that ultimately rescue Fincke's characters from despair. Here at last is someone who can articulate both our constant, mortal desire to transcend ordinary experience and our simultaneous comfort in the unremarkable and familiar.
Sorry I Worried You
Author: Gary Fincke
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820345016
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In these twelve intelligent tales, seasoned poet and story writer Gary Fincke reconciles lost hope and quiet despair with small blessings and ultimate redemption. In his world, as easily as one man becomes a hero, another is riddled with failure. Fincke weaves together the large and small tragedies of daily life to create an inescapable, yet at times oddly comforting, reality. His characters inhabit a world of strip malls and fast-food joints, low-down jobs and physical ailments, lottery tickets and cheap beer. Here, everyone and everything is suspicious, and only the luck of the draw determines who, if anyone, will survive. In the title story, Ben, a fifty-year-old bookstore clerk facing the possibility of prostate cancer, feels his life spiraling out of control as he endures his female doctor's examinations with childlike embarrassment on the one hand and struggles to conceal his age from his teenybopper coworkers on the other. Ben's only consolation is that "every day he heard about something a hundred times worse." In "Gatsby, Tender, Paradise," Bridgeford encounters a group of lightning strike and electrocution victims and feels lucky to have survived several light-switch shocks—the same type of shocks that have permanently disabled one man in the group. Such are the small but important blessings that ultimately rescue Fincke's characters from despair. Here at last is someone who can articulate both our constant, mortal desire to transcend ordinary experience and our simultaneous comfort in the unremarkable and familiar.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820345016
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In these twelve intelligent tales, seasoned poet and story writer Gary Fincke reconciles lost hope and quiet despair with small blessings and ultimate redemption. In his world, as easily as one man becomes a hero, another is riddled with failure. Fincke weaves together the large and small tragedies of daily life to create an inescapable, yet at times oddly comforting, reality. His characters inhabit a world of strip malls and fast-food joints, low-down jobs and physical ailments, lottery tickets and cheap beer. Here, everyone and everything is suspicious, and only the luck of the draw determines who, if anyone, will survive. In the title story, Ben, a fifty-year-old bookstore clerk facing the possibility of prostate cancer, feels his life spiraling out of control as he endures his female doctor's examinations with childlike embarrassment on the one hand and struggles to conceal his age from his teenybopper coworkers on the other. Ben's only consolation is that "every day he heard about something a hundred times worse." In "Gatsby, Tender, Paradise," Bridgeford encounters a group of lightning strike and electrocution victims and feels lucky to have survived several light-switch shocks—the same type of shocks that have permanently disabled one man in the group. Such are the small but important blessings that ultimately rescue Fincke's characters from despair. Here at last is someone who can articulate both our constant, mortal desire to transcend ordinary experience and our simultaneous comfort in the unremarkable and familiar.
I'm Worried
Author: Michael Ian Black
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534415874
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
A girl, a flamingo, and a worried potato star in the third book in New York Times bestselling author Michael Ian Black and celebrated illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi’s series about feelings—and why they’re good, even when they feel bad. Potato is worried. About everything. Because anything might happen. When he tells his friends, he expects them to comfort him by saying that everything will be okay. Except they don’t. Because it might not be, and that’s okay too. Still, there’s one thing they can promise for sure: no matter what happens…they will always be by his side.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534415874
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
A girl, a flamingo, and a worried potato star in the third book in New York Times bestselling author Michael Ian Black and celebrated illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi’s series about feelings—and why they’re good, even when they feel bad. Potato is worried. About everything. Because anything might happen. When he tells his friends, he expects them to comfort him by saying that everything will be okay. Except they don’t. Because it might not be, and that’s okay too. Still, there’s one thing they can promise for sure: no matter what happens…they will always be by his side.
His Little Women
Author: Judith Rossner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476774765
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Mr. Goodbar— the epic family saga of four very different sisters and their Hollywood producer father. A spellbinding saga of the four daughters of larger-than-life Hollywood producer, Sam Pearlstein, and the fallout that occurs when one sister writes a bestselling novel and a man she swears she’s never known brings a libel suit against her. Through these four women, Rossner brilliantly explores what it means to be a sister and a daughter.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476774765
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Mr. Goodbar— the epic family saga of four very different sisters and their Hollywood producer father. A spellbinding saga of the four daughters of larger-than-life Hollywood producer, Sam Pearlstein, and the fallout that occurs when one sister writes a bestselling novel and a man she swears she’s never known brings a libel suit against her. Through these four women, Rossner brilliantly explores what it means to be a sister and a daughter.
I’m Wrong, You’Re Right, I’m Sorry...
Author: Pulkit
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 1543709044
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Girl meets boy. Girl falls in love. They separate. Years later, from halfway across the world, boy comes back in girl’s life. They text. They talk. They are in love. They are very happy. Then one day ... he stops texting. This may sound like your story, but it isn't. It will leave you gasping for breath
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 1543709044
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Girl meets boy. Girl falls in love. They separate. Years later, from halfway across the world, boy comes back in girl’s life. They text. They talk. They are in love. They are very happy. Then one day ... he stops texting. This may sound like your story, but it isn't. It will leave you gasping for breath
The Parlor Provocateur, Or, From Salon to Soap-box
Author: Kate Crane-Gartz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Are You Okay With a Slightly Older Girlfriend? Volume 5
Author: Kota Nozomi
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718319142
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
In a shocking development for Momota and Orihara-san, it turned out that the woman Momotaâs father is dating is actually Orihara-sanâs older sister, Kisaki! Whatâs more, she now knows about Momotaâs real age and that theyâve been lying to her! She tells them to break up immediately, saying itâs for their sake. However, rather than fall apart, the bond between Momota and Orihara-san grows stronger than ever, and they refuse her. Now what lies in store for their relationship? Will Momotaâs family have his back? Whatâs the bombshell that Kisaki-san drops on them? And why did Orihara-san invite Momota to a hotel to be alone together?! Find out all this and more in the fifth volume of this sugary sweet romcom about a couple with a slight age gap!
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718319142
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
In a shocking development for Momota and Orihara-san, it turned out that the woman Momotaâs father is dating is actually Orihara-sanâs older sister, Kisaki! Whatâs more, she now knows about Momotaâs real age and that theyâve been lying to her! She tells them to break up immediately, saying itâs for their sake. However, rather than fall apart, the bond between Momota and Orihara-san grows stronger than ever, and they refuse her. Now what lies in store for their relationship? Will Momotaâs family have his back? Whatâs the bombshell that Kisaki-san drops on them? And why did Orihara-san invite Momota to a hotel to be alone together?! Find out all this and more in the fifth volume of this sugary sweet romcom about a couple with a slight age gap!
Fiction or Prophecy
Author: Angelo Thomas Crapanzano
Publisher: Book Venture Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1946735329
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The idea for Fiction or Prophecy was born through a casual discussion with a neighbor in the author’s family room. The discussion was based on the news that one of the terrorists claimed that they were secretly developing a backpack nuclear bomb and planned on bombing ten of our largest city. Our officials wrote it off as an idle threat, and that they could never get ten nuclear backpacks into the country. The neighbor questioned how they could say that, when a million Mexicans cross our borders daily, with backpacks of drugs, weapons, and personal items. Having been in the scientific field and seeing how electronic technology had exploded during his life time, the author had no doubt that it was a matter of time and that terrorist would not hesitate to use it. He wonder what would happen if the terrorist was telling the truth. This enticed the author to write a novel on this threat. Is this novel purely fiction or is it a prediction of what was to come. In the novel Mike met Sarah on the road to Chicago. She was having auto trouble. He stopped to help her. Since he couldn’t fix it he took her to an auto shop in next town. Since her car couldn’t be fixed in an acceptable time, Mike offered to give her a ride to Chicago. This delay saved their lives but also put them on the road of deadly danger.
Publisher: Book Venture Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1946735329
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The idea for Fiction or Prophecy was born through a casual discussion with a neighbor in the author’s family room. The discussion was based on the news that one of the terrorists claimed that they were secretly developing a backpack nuclear bomb and planned on bombing ten of our largest city. Our officials wrote it off as an idle threat, and that they could never get ten nuclear backpacks into the country. The neighbor questioned how they could say that, when a million Mexicans cross our borders daily, with backpacks of drugs, weapons, and personal items. Having been in the scientific field and seeing how electronic technology had exploded during his life time, the author had no doubt that it was a matter of time and that terrorist would not hesitate to use it. He wonder what would happen if the terrorist was telling the truth. This enticed the author to write a novel on this threat. Is this novel purely fiction or is it a prediction of what was to come. In the novel Mike met Sarah on the road to Chicago. She was having auto trouble. He stopped to help her. Since he couldn’t fix it he took her to an auto shop in next town. Since her car couldn’t be fixed in an acceptable time, Mike offered to give her a ride to Chicago. This delay saved their lives but also put them on the road of deadly danger.
The Proposal Plot
Author: Kathleen Fuller
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0840713118
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A headstrong young businesswoman. An unlucky-in-love bachelor. And the chaperoning assignment that keeps pushing them together. For someone so strong-willed and certain, Ella Yoder has never been more unsure of her life. It's been a year since she convinced her father to move with her and her younger sister Junia to Marigold, Ohio, to open E and J Grocery. Ella's got a keen eye for running a business and has big dreams to expand. But her plans are stalled because Junia refuses to lift a finger at the store--or listen to her about anything. Nelson Bontranger knows one thing for sure: creating his own artisan deli meats is his passion. Well, maybe one other thing: he's sworn off women forever. After two bouts of heartbreak, he's not willing to open up himself to a third. When he eyes his own butcher shop next to E and J Grocery in Marigold, he's surprised to learn that Ella has had her eye on the property for some time. He doesn't trust this stubborn, pushy young woman--and for her, the feeling is mutual. Against their wishes, Ella and Nelson's paths continue to cross when Nelson's nephew Malachi falls head over heels for Junia. Nelson and Ella are brought together to keep the lovebirds in check, but somewhere along the line, their frustration turns to something altogether more pleasant. But they will both need to come to terms with past pain before they can find their future happiness.
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0840713118
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A headstrong young businesswoman. An unlucky-in-love bachelor. And the chaperoning assignment that keeps pushing them together. For someone so strong-willed and certain, Ella Yoder has never been more unsure of her life. It's been a year since she convinced her father to move with her and her younger sister Junia to Marigold, Ohio, to open E and J Grocery. Ella's got a keen eye for running a business and has big dreams to expand. But her plans are stalled because Junia refuses to lift a finger at the store--or listen to her about anything. Nelson Bontranger knows one thing for sure: creating his own artisan deli meats is his passion. Well, maybe one other thing: he's sworn off women forever. After two bouts of heartbreak, he's not willing to open up himself to a third. When he eyes his own butcher shop next to E and J Grocery in Marigold, he's surprised to learn that Ella has had her eye on the property for some time. He doesn't trust this stubborn, pushy young woman--and for her, the feeling is mutual. Against their wishes, Ella and Nelson's paths continue to cross when Nelson's nephew Malachi falls head over heels for Junia. Nelson and Ella are brought together to keep the lovebirds in check, but somewhere along the line, their frustration turns to something altogether more pleasant. But they will both need to come to terms with past pain before they can find their future happiness.
Sorry
Author: Zoran Drvenkar
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0307475166
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Imagine a man who does the most unspeakable things. Imagine the forgiveness he needs. Imgine the pain he gives. Imagine forgiving him. You will. Kris, Tamara, Frauke, and Wolf are four friends who are drifting through their twenties, underemployed and unfulfilled. Sick of being treated badly at work, they decide to start a business of their own: Sorry, an agency that brings the human touch back to corporate life by offering to apologize to those who’ve been unjustly accused, unfairly dismissed and otherwise mistreated. The corporate clients are more than happy to let someone else handle their emotional dirty work, making Sorry an instant success. But one client hides a darker agenda. Expecting an ordinary apology job, Wolf is dispatched to the scene of a crime. In an abandoned apartment, there is a dead woman nailed to the wall. Then his phone rings and the nightmare begins: The client wants to make sure his apology is properly delivered.
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0307475166
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Imagine a man who does the most unspeakable things. Imagine the forgiveness he needs. Imgine the pain he gives. Imagine forgiving him. You will. Kris, Tamara, Frauke, and Wolf are four friends who are drifting through their twenties, underemployed and unfulfilled. Sick of being treated badly at work, they decide to start a business of their own: Sorry, an agency that brings the human touch back to corporate life by offering to apologize to those who’ve been unjustly accused, unfairly dismissed and otherwise mistreated. The corporate clients are more than happy to let someone else handle their emotional dirty work, making Sorry an instant success. But one client hides a darker agenda. Expecting an ordinary apology job, Wolf is dispatched to the scene of a crime. In an abandoned apartment, there is a dead woman nailed to the wall. Then his phone rings and the nightmare begins: The client wants to make sure his apology is properly delivered.
Cassell's Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 868
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