On Feeling the Silent Train
...And Other Short Stories
Fiction & Literature, Humorous, Short Stories, Literary
| Author: | Steven Olson | ISBN: | 1230000100739 |
| Publisher: | Prospective Books | Publication: | January 19, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Steven Olson |
| ISBN: | 1230000100739 |
| Publisher: | Prospective Books |
| Publication: | January 19, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
*Featuring the 1st Place winner of the 2010 CMU literary prize (On Feeing the Silent Train)
A surreal, deadpan collection of three short stories. Droughts & deadly lakes, strange visitors & mysterious solitude, Nikola Tesla & abandoned ant hills all play a role in these darkly humorous tales. Fans of stories by Murakami and Carver may find something to like.
Except-
"The lack rain was killing me. I can't pinpoint exactly what I meant by that, but I just knew it. Sometimes a body knows things. It hadn't rained all through the month of June, and my body knew that if it didn't rain soon, I wouldn't make it. I wasn't scared of my heart stopping or of having a stroke or disease or an accident. I just felt like my little spark was going to go out if it didn't rain soon. Which seems counter-intuitive, water keeping a fire alive, but that's how it was. Like I could feel the flood waters rising. Like the levees were getting weak. But the exact opposite of that. "
*Featuring the 1st Place winner of the 2010 CMU literary prize (On Feeing the Silent Train)
A surreal, deadpan collection of three short stories. Droughts & deadly lakes, strange visitors & mysterious solitude, Nikola Tesla & abandoned ant hills all play a role in these darkly humorous tales. Fans of stories by Murakami and Carver may find something to like.
Except-
"The lack rain was killing me. I can't pinpoint exactly what I meant by that, but I just knew it. Sometimes a body knows things. It hadn't rained all through the month of June, and my body knew that if it didn't rain soon, I wouldn't make it. I wasn't scared of my heart stopping or of having a stroke or disease or an accident. I just felt like my little spark was going to go out if it didn't rain soon. Which seems counter-intuitive, water keeping a fire alive, but that's how it was. Like I could feel the flood waters rising. Like the levees were getting weak. But the exact opposite of that. "
