A critically acclaimed collection of short stories about Love,broadly defined. Each of the stories functions as a kind of minor chord in music. Strange. Unusual.At times surprising or upsetting. Some...moreA critically acclaimed collection of short stories about Love,broadly defined. Each of the stories functions as a kind of minor chord in music. Strange. Unusual.At times surprising or upsetting. Sometimes even shocking.The new and the old.The bright and the dark.Fused in such a way as to create a most interesting music. (less)
chapter 1:
"The Widows Tale"( Part two)
(added 2009/04/23
)
A moving account that may remind you of Faulkner's "The Bear."In this selection,Joey has disregarded the advice of his students who have warned him not to seek out the legendary woodsman and...moreA moving account that may remind you of Faulkner's "The Bear."In this selection,Joey has disregarded the advice of his students who have warned him not to seek out the legendary woodsman and ginseng hunter,Luther Carver, who dislikes people and has been known to shoot at strangers.Over time, Joey has somehow gotten Luther to take him into the "deep woods" and instruct him about what lives there.Even more surprising, Luther has taken a liking to him and invited him into his dirt floor cabin.After the most surprising night of his young life,Joey realizes it is time to leave.
"Joey rose from the table and placed a hand gently on Luther's shoulder.He moved to the door and took one last look at the old man who still stared out the window, the only sounds to break the silence the calls of crickets begging to come inside.How many nights would the old saint sit like this he wondered? Alone surrounded by nothing but the four walls which more or less came together,nothing to distract him until the twilight signaled it was time to sleep.Joey thought of him drifting off to sleep, his head against the wall,listening to the rain on the corrugated tin roof working its way down the gutter and into the rain barrell,lulling him to a deep sleep and dreams ,if not of lions like old Santiago, then of expanses of ginseng, gold in the glow of an autumn day.He closed the door quietly and walked to his car."( to be Continued.) (less)
A collection of related short stories that reads like a novel.Patterned after Hemingway's In Our Time, it too traces a young hero(who looks suspiciously like the author) as he progresses from the inno...moreA collection of related short stories that reads like a novel.Patterned after Hemingway's In Our Time, it too traces a young hero(who looks suspiciously like the author) as he progresses from the innocence of childhood to the complicated world of the adult.Two of the included stories were selected as finalists by one of the countries most prestigious contests for the short story, sponsored by Glimmer train. (less)
chapter 1:
"Phineas Rising"
(added 2008/10/08
)
chapter 2:
Currents
(added 2008/10/08
)
chapter 3:
"Mayflies"
(added 2009/01/07
)
Joseph (jazzman)'s Writing (5 stories)
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