Thursday, January 12, 2012

Ten Tales of Quirky Bent (Ten Tales Series) (Kindle Edition)

Ten Tales of Quirky Bent (Ten Tales Series)
Ten Tales of Quirky Bent (Ten Tales Series) (Kindle Edition)
By Alex Carrick

Review & Description

Ten Tales of Quirky Bent is Volume #8 in a series of short story compilations by Alex Carrick. Sometimes serious but more often light-hearted and almost always insightful, these pieces are sure to entertain and surprise. Skillfully crafted and written to be fun for readers, they can also bring a tear to the eye when the narrative warrants.

Chapter titles are: 1) The Grief Machine; 2) Physician to Precarious Longings; 3) Pretty Sure What Done Him In; 4) A Beatles' Legacy; 5) The Great Wall of America; 6) The Monkey, the Croc and the T-Rex; 7) Bullet Proof; 8) Anheuser-Busch the Budgie; 9) Foil's Forsaken Folio; and 10) Ornament.

Mr. Carrick is a critically-acclaimed author whose story "The Size of the Skip" - found in "Three Scoops" Is A Blast! - was short-listed for the 2010 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Award. In 2011, he received another Honorable Mention in the world-renowned Hemingway competition for "Caboose Follies", which appears in "Four Scoops" Is Over The Top.Ten Tales of Quirky Bent is Volume #8 in a series of short story compilations by Alex Carrick. Sometimes serious but more often light-hearted and almost always insightful, these pieces are sure to entertain and surprise. Skillfully crafted and written to be fun for readers, they can also bring a tear to the eye when the narrative warrants.

Chapter titles are: 1) The Grief Machine; 2) Physician to Precarious Longings; 3) Pretty Sure What Done Him In; 4) A Beatles' Legacy; 5) The Great Wall of America; 6) The Monkey, the Croc and the T-Rex; 7) Bullet Proof; 8) Anheuser-Busch the Budgie; 9) Foil's Forsaken Folio; and 10) Ornament.

Mr. Carrick is a critically-acclaimed author whose story "The Size of the Skip" - found in "Three Scoops" Is A Blast! - was short-listed for the 2010 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Award. In 2011, he received another Honorable Mention in the world-renowned Hemingway competition for "Caboose Follies", which appears in "Four Scoops" Is Over The Top. Read more


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