Yet Another NASTYbook: MiniNasties

by Barry Yourgrau, Neil Swaab (Illustrator)

Since the NASTYest things come in tiny packages, this delightfully twisted collection features super short stories, poems, dialogues, and one-sentence tales guaranteed to make readers laugh, shiver, and shudder.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2007

About the author

Writer-performer Barry Yourgrau is author of "A Man Jumps Out of an Airplane: Stories" (new edition, May '17). His other books of surreal brief tales include "Wearing Dad's Head," "Haunted Traveller," and "The Sadness of Sex," in whose movie version he starred.

Audio of story, "Honky-Tonk,"" from "A Man Jumps Out of an Airplane" is on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKPPj...

Barry is also the author of a memoir, "Mess." He has appeared on MTV and NPR, and workshopped at Sundance Theatre Lab.

Born in South Africa, he lives in New York and Istanbul and travels widely.

Reviews

[Jennie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Barry Yourgrau describes a series of “nasty” events which incorporate realistic scenarios. Seemingly innocuous circumstances become alarming with the introduction of grotesque elements such as; goblins, witches, and evil clowns.

Immensely enjoyable: surprising, clever, ridiculous, and absurd. A non traditional approach to reading both in form and content. Reminiscent of Modern Absurdist playwrights – Albee and Stoppard.