I know Russell Bittner primarily as a skilled poet--so it was that I searched amazon's book section a while ago for anything he'd written, hoping to find a poetry collection. This collection popped up, and I bought it immediately, hoping his fiction was as thoroughly enjoyable as his poetry. When the book arrived, I discovered that my hopes were MORE than met.

This collection is as eclectic as the city it serenades--there are stories of terror beside stories of love and longing, and man More...

Sinister, dark, foreboding. C Minor stories are fictions that strike a dissonant chord and leave the reader unsettled, and quite possibly looking over his shoulder. Or her shoulder, often, as it seems to be the women who are most at risk in Russell Bittner’s world. These stories explore an unpleasant side of New York and New Yorkers, one that appears to represent the pain and anger that many people have felt since 9/11. The stories (five short stories and a novella) often deal with sudden, unexp More...