This uncompromising collection of stories comes from the widely acclaimed and award winning master of the short story, Bob Thurber. Here he weaves his tales around such facets of the human condition as Fathers and Fools, Women and Children, Marriage and Divorce, and Art and Artifice. Typically unsettling and revelatory, Thurber knows how to cast a story that depicts the coarse reality of life, and his skills are displayed here with both passion and sentiment. Thurber gives the reader a chance, not to peek, but to plunge head first into the deep, dark mystery of simple existence. Accompanied by photographs by the equally intrepid wordsmith and image maker Vincent Louis Carrella.

Nothing But Trouble

Literature & Fiction

Thurber, Bob

Short Stories & Anthologies

Shanti Arts LLC

An eclectic collection of micro fictions, each exactly 50 words, from the masterful Bob Thurber

In Fifty Words!: Micro Fictions

Literary

Independently published

Over the years Thurber has proved himself to be a master of very short stories. It's been said "Nobody works better in a small space." This unique collection is packed with rewarding reads, and numerous prizewinning gems worth studying for their voice, their impact, their tickle and their ache; there's a healthy mix of emotional precision, subtle insight and ambiguous dark humor. What you discover in these hard-hitting, unapologetic prose pieces is how challenging it is to craft and refine impactful small fictions and just how good Thurber is at creating them. * What you get: 50 short, concise selections from Bob Thurber, award winning writer, acclaimed master of the short form, and the author of the mesmerizing "Paperboy: A Dysfunctional Novel." Many of these brief selections were written during Thurber's 20 year apprenticeship when he made not attempt to publish; several selections have been utilized as teaching tools in schools and colleges throughout the world. If you enjoy small 'bite-size' stories, or are a fan of micro-fiction and flash fiction, you'll appreciate these sharply written, miniature creations from a "masterful wordsmith."

Nickel Fictions: 50 Exceedingly Brief Stories

United States

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

For those conditioned to divide their fiction into categories, TTM2 has true crime, fantasy, dramedy, sci-fi, spec-lit, Brit-lit, chick-lit, not to mention lit-lit, as well as the exciting new genre of robot book review. But tqr is not about marketing ploys designed to sell you some contrived concept of hyphenated lit. Its only aim has ever been to publish anything that stirs the wild thing deep inside you. In tqr-speak, it's summed up in the question, "But does it touch the monkey?' Well...slap my ass and call me Sally!, not only does TTM2 touch it, it agitates the poor beast to the point of its confronting you with a smoldering gaze that seems to say, 'Oh how I wish I could bust out of this cage and rip your bloody lungs out!' The only thing you have to wonder is, 'How strong are those iron bars?'

Touching the Monkey 2: best of tqrstories

Leckie, Ann

Miller, Chris

Owens, John

Rapacz, Mark

Rorschalk, Theo

Kwan, Shirley

Evans, Luke

Andreoni, Michael

Slavens, J.

An unsettling story of two young teens, a brother and sister, left on their own. One beautiful. One clever. Both desperate. One fed up. One determined. Both angry. You know this story. You knew these people. After reading Paperboy, you'll understand why these children never looked you in the eye and pleaded for help, for mercy, for anything. PAPERBOY is a display of endurance, and a document of an era. Once you've met Jack and Kelly, you'll not soon forget them. Their story is a psychodrama that will leave you breathless! With bitesize chapters that are short stories in themselves, you'll find yourself turning the pages for one more bite. At times, despite the intensely serious subject matter, the novel is darkly humorous. An insightful portrayal of a brother and sister during the final summer of 1969 when the entire nation is waiting for the United States to win the space race and land a man on the moon. Meanwhile, fourteen-year-old Jack Fisher--malnourished and battered, abandoned by his father, neglected by his mother, manipulated by his older sister, harangued by his boss, and shortchanged by customers--is delivering newspapers in downtown Pawtucket and trying to keep his family from self-destructing completely. As the whole world holds its breath to see what will become of the Apollo 11 astronauts, Jack clings to his daily mantra, "Things will get better." But in this poignant novel by award-winning short story writer Bob Thurber, things do not get better; they get drastically worse, at space-age speed.

Paperboy: A Dysfunctional Novel

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