Five short stories of turning points in people's lives. Kings of 772: A group of buddies gather for beer and poker, and by the end of the night one of them comes to realize his best friend might not really be his best friend. Cadillac Dreams: She saw him on the side of the road and had to pick him up. It's an instant attraction between two young people running away from their pasts. Just Like Fourth of July: A mother and young daughter are planning to move in with a friend temporarily, but their day will end in a way they could have never imagined. Steven Spielberg and The Magic Box: A young writer meets a famed movie director, and a gift from him changes her future. Lesson of the Samurai: A soldier returns home from war
Five short stories of turning points in people's lives. Kings of 772: A group of buddies gather for beer and poker, and by the end of the night one of them comes to realize his best friend might not really be his best friend. Cadillac Dreams: She saw him on the side of the road and had to pick him up. It's an instant attraction between two young people running away from their pasts. Just Like Fourth of July: A mother and young daughter are planning to move in with a friend temporarily, but their day will end in a way they could have never imagined. Steven Spielberg and The Magic Box: A young writer meets a famed movie director, and a gift from him changes her future. Lesson of the Samurai: A soldier returns home from war only to find home no longer seems the same place to him.
I enjoyed this collection very much. There are five stories here, which are, for the most part, literary and mainstream rather than genre. The title of the whole collection is very much an organizing principle for all the stories. They are about people reaching a "crossroads" in their life, when new opportunities open up, or old ones close down. But you know in each one that a change is coming.
Product Details
BN ID: 2940011805219
Publisher: Logical Misanthropy
Publication date: 10/3/2010
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 786,610
File size: 30 KB
Meet the Author
Ty Johnston was born in Kentucky. After earning a degree in journalism, he spent the next two decades as a newspaper editor. During that time he wrote numerous short stories, nearly all of which have been published in print or digital formats. In his forties, now a former journalist, he decided it was time to get serious about his fiction writing. He is the author of The Kobalos Trilogy of epic fantasy novels, City of Rogues, Road to Wrath and Dark King of the North.
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Five short stories of turning points in people's lives. Kings of 772: A group of buddies gather for beer and poker, and by the end of the night one of them comes to realize his best friend might not really be his best friend. Cadillac Dreams: She saw him on the side of the road and had to pick him up. It's an instant attraction between two young people running away from their pasts. Just Like Fourth of July: A mother and young daughter are planning to move in with a friend temporarily, but their day will end in a way they could have never imagined. Steven Spielberg and The Magic Box: A young writer meets a famed movie director, and a gift from him changes her future. Lesson of the Samurai: A soldier returns home from war