Sometimes I Write Tiny Stories / Hart, Pauly

     You're twelve again. You're curled up in your favorite nook with your big soft blanket that just came out of the dryer. Mom just brought some hot cocoa and some chocolate chip cookies, still steaming with heavenly aroma. The frost on the glass and the blizzard outside are but memories. The book in your hand, bright yellow with a fist holding a pen - promising excitement and intrigue; still smells like the old downtown library. You open it and start reading about yourself as a twelve year old. You slam the book - a little freaked out. You open it again and it's you again. Reading about yourself reading a book, except this isn't The Never-ending Story... This is real life.

     Pauly Hart's first short story compilation is a little like that. It has elements of reality bending, elements of time travel and dimension bending, and elements of vast and unchecked craziness. One story is about dragons, sailboats and ice cream and the very next one is about space pirates. Zany, fun, and non-stop... It's like Shel Silverstein for adults.

     It's got a little bit of everything for the kid inside of every adult. Humor, Thrills, Sci-Fi, Fantasy. Inside you'll find 31 short stories and 3 novellas, and an upcoming snippet from a new novel at the end.

     With a bright, bold cover, it's a great collection for any bookshelf or coffee-table. And with most stories able to be read under five minutes, it will be sure to spark conversation wherever it is seen. 

     Buy one for yourself, but most importantly, buy one for your best friend.