Sparks: Short Stories
Book Details
Author(s)Victor Henderson
PublisherSharptree Books
ISBN / ASINB00AKYS13O
ISBN-13978B00AKYS132
Sales Rank1,152,499
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Collected in one volume, four short stories (SPLIT, BANGS, WARM UP GUY and STRUCK) from Victor Henderson, author of the novel ZAFRA and the novella VORTEX.
* On a visit home for his father's funeral, a man's conversations with an old friend, and with his dead father, are a catalyst for change.
* A dysfunctional relationship finds its moment as the bad chemistry between a couple both ignites and burns out, beginning as it ends.
* Warming up studio audiences before the taping of a late night talk show each evening, a stand up comedian stops warming up and - carrying the inconvenient memory of his wife's unsolved murder - proceeds to melt down.
* Half an hour, yesterday afternoon, was the launch window for the giant rocket Thomas built in his garage. Today was the day he woke up in hospital.
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Praise for ZAFRA:
"A terrific thriller! The author skillfully guides you through the world and mind of Jim Bocks, a man haunted by his past and trying to understand the present. I really enjoyed this book, especially how the complex interaction between past and present is revealed effortlessly to the reader."
"...the story completely drew me in and intrigued me. The juxtaposition of present and past worked very well, always keeping me wondering what would be revealed next...This is the sort of book you'll want to re-read immediately upon finishing it, to pick up on all the nuances now that you know "the real story." Or do you? The ending leaves just enough possibilities to allow your mind to return again and again to sort it all out."
"I like how the mystery unfolds and stylistically the writer can paint a picture you could touch."
* On a visit home for his father's funeral, a man's conversations with an old friend, and with his dead father, are a catalyst for change.
* A dysfunctional relationship finds its moment as the bad chemistry between a couple both ignites and burns out, beginning as it ends.
* Warming up studio audiences before the taping of a late night talk show each evening, a stand up comedian stops warming up and - carrying the inconvenient memory of his wife's unsolved murder - proceeds to melt down.
* Half an hour, yesterday afternoon, was the launch window for the giant rocket Thomas built in his garage. Today was the day he woke up in hospital.
✠✠✠✠âœ
Praise for ZAFRA:
"A terrific thriller! The author skillfully guides you through the world and mind of Jim Bocks, a man haunted by his past and trying to understand the present. I really enjoyed this book, especially how the complex interaction between past and present is revealed effortlessly to the reader."
"...the story completely drew me in and intrigued me. The juxtaposition of present and past worked very well, always keeping me wondering what would be revealed next...This is the sort of book you'll want to re-read immediately upon finishing it, to pick up on all the nuances now that you know "the real story." Or do you? The ending leaves just enough possibilities to allow your mind to return again and again to sort it all out."
"I like how the mystery unfolds and stylistically the writer can paint a picture you could touch."
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