In Ricky Olson's gritty debut collection you'll dive into stories that draw grim landscapes where men and women are caught in equally disturbing scenarios. In one, a model addicted to the internet gets invited to an elite party by a stranger. In another, a high school student obsessed with death tries to quench an ever-growing thirst. In others, embarrassing sex is explored, survival of the fittest is exercised, and death is redeemed. Throughout these twelve short stories one thing is common: Olson isn't afraid to leave any rock unturned while exploring the dark side of the human condition.
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Eredeti megjelenés éve: 2018
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Népszerű idézetek
Sometimes I wonder what I did to deserve her. I must have done some shit in a past life that I need to make amends for.
Summitview Crest
The man approaches the counter, the heels of his polished shoes clacking on the scuffed, scrached wood floors. “Actually, I'm not really here to buy anything. I'm here because you desperately need something from me.”
The Snowglobe
“I guess I reckon you'd take my soul or somethin',” and he chuckles at the absurdity of the sentence.
The man, in his all black, under his perfectly groomed hair, leans over the counter on two bony elbows. He strokes his hairless chin and shrugs, his mouth dipping down on both sides. “Sure. That's fine. Whatever, just no cheating,”
The Snowglobe
And I had thought, If you've never loved someone enough to really hurt them, you've never really loved them at all.
Wet Socks
All I have left of us now, of you, are these bright neon pink and blue and purple socks, sticking out of my coat pockets, still damp from laundry that we'll never share again.
Wet Socks
She could be sleeping if her eyes were closed. Even with them open and glazed over, she could be a doll.
We all look so peaceful that way, no matter how we die.
Sunshine
It's after work, after my clothes are changed, when my mouth still has crumbs hanging from a ham sandwich, that my dog dies.
You won't believe this, but it was an accident, I swear.
Paper or Plastic?
“Why the fuck do we always have to bring God into this, Mabel?”
Megan's giving Mrs. Rivera the death stare and this chandelier above the table looks like a pretty good place to hang myself.
Summitview Crest
For my older sister, her success was finding God. […] By the time I moved out, I was so sick of hearing about God and religion that I decided if I ever went to Heaven I'd have to apologize to God and excuse myself from his presence because I'd had enough of him for one eternity.
Danny
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