This book is an anthology of short stories written by Gardner McKay. Many of these stories were recorded for Gardner's weekly radio show: Stories on the Wind, which aired on Hawaii Public Radio from 1995-2001. This is a collection of suspenseful, gothic, eerie, otherworldly, some scary, and startling short stories ...
THE YELLOWFIN; a story of a the man who is towed out to sea, and his own death, by the fish he hooks....that is, the fish he hooks hooks him. Here are a few synopsis of the stories in the book:
MRS SONDEGAARD; A Nobel Peace Prize laureate is found to have evolved from a diabolic but pivotal childhood.
QUID PRO QUO; a mother owl extracts revenge from the Fifth Avenue family responsible for her owlet's demise.
ONE SUMMER IN CHARENTE; during World War II, a French farm boy kills an older cousin he loves and her lover, an enemy soldier.
THE PINCHBECK GENIUS; a classic painter creates an artistto give a critic what he wants.
THE WITNESS' TALE; a well-meaning robbery victim becomes the victim of his charity.
INTO THE ROSE GARDEN; a woman who upgrades houses for resale, is destroyed by a rose garden she plans to convert
into a badminton court.
41 NORTH, 49 WEST; on the boat deck of an ocean liner in the mid-Atlantic, a man considering suicide encounters a Titanic
passenger from the neighborhood.
BUTTERWEED; The Storyman who reads stories on the radio accepts an invitation from a listener who offers him a house
that has been held in the past.
AN INCIDENT NEAR SHAMBALA; a married yuppie graduates to manhood among lions.
Genre: Literary Fiction
THE YELLOWFIN; a story of a the man who is towed out to sea, and his own death, by the fish he hooks....that is, the fish he hooks hooks him. Here are a few synopsis of the stories in the book:
MRS SONDEGAARD; A Nobel Peace Prize laureate is found to have evolved from a diabolic but pivotal childhood.
QUID PRO QUO; a mother owl extracts revenge from the Fifth Avenue family responsible for her owlet's demise.
ONE SUMMER IN CHARENTE; during World War II, a French farm boy kills an older cousin he loves and her lover, an enemy soldier.
THE PINCHBECK GENIUS; a classic painter creates an artistto give a critic what he wants.
THE WITNESS' TALE; a well-meaning robbery victim becomes the victim of his charity.
INTO THE ROSE GARDEN; a woman who upgrades houses for resale, is destroyed by a rose garden she plans to convert
into a badminton court.
41 NORTH, 49 WEST; on the boat deck of an ocean liner in the mid-Atlantic, a man considering suicide encounters a Titanic
passenger from the neighborhood.
BUTTERWEED; The Storyman who reads stories on the radio accepts an invitation from a listener who offers him a house
that has been held in the past.
AN INCIDENT NEAR SHAMBALA; a married yuppie graduates to manhood among lions.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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