Edgy People: Stories

by Barb Nobel

Overview

The forty stories in this collection will yank the reader from rage to triumph, sorrow to joy, cruelty to compassion. The mundane becomes shocking, the ordinary becomes strange. The characters are your grandmother, your child, your sister, your friend, your adversary. They will make you smile, or frown, or nod in recognition. But none are dull, none are boring, and none are complacent-- they are edgy people.

The stories were written over a period of twenty years, reflecting the writer's life experiences, and those of friends and strangers. Readers of all ages will connect with this collection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781927882344
Publisher:	Blue Denim Press Inc
Publication date:	10/01/2018
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.41(d)

About the Author

Barb Nobel grew up in a very rural part of Ontario and moved to Toronto at the age of eighteen. She is now enjoying retirement after a career as a social worker. Many of her stories grew out of personally experienced or randomly overheard events. Some stories are flights of pure imagination.

Table of Contents

Contents

Tree Hugger 1

The Paper Mache Project 7

Travel Bonus. 12

Tips for DIY’ers. 18

Rescue. 21

The Cliché. 25

Up on the Roof 29

Gumdrop Tree. 33

How I Became a High School Drop-out 35

Unravelling. 40

The Fridge and the Calendar 46

No Fighting. 49

The Strap. 56

Dreaming. 63

Nothing Else to Say. 68

I Was Warned. 73

Party Story. 76

Persevere. 79

Dear Diary. 83

The Writing Workshop. 89

Daddy. 94

The Beginning of the End. 98

Dream Wedding. 102

Conversations from the Rubble. 104

You Can Never Be Too Rich Or Too Thin. 112

Oh, That’s Why. 116

Home Invasion. 118

Gone. 123

Conversation For One. 127

Josh. 128

The Visit 132

The Drive. 134

Growth. 138

Fearless. 143

Dianne’s Gift 146

If Ever You Need a Poltergeist 153

Flash Fiction. 159

Introduction to Hunger: 162

Hunger One. 163

Hunger Two. 170

Hunger Three. 177