Free Range Men, a novella by William Bryan Smith, will be released September 2, 2014, by publisher, Main Street Rag.
The new book by William Bryan Smith, author of There's Only One Quantum (2013), and two previous novels, will be released September 2, 2014. Smith's new book, Free Range Men, is a novella that follows the downward spiral of a lifelong adjunct professor struggling to make sense of his life after divorce. Free Range Men is a modern day tragedy set in small-town Pennsylvania, told in a spare prose, and punctuated with dark humor.
"With Free Range Men, a picaresque tale that travels the terrain of sex, love, and poor decisions, William Bryan Smith proves himself that rare breed, a master of the tragicomic. He brilliantly brings to life a man who's damaged, whose morals are questionable as often as not, a disaster to those around him, but an utter delight for the reader. A novella of downfall and redemption, Free Range Men goes to dark places, but is lit by the deep charm of the writing." —Deborah Michel, author of Prosper in Love
My second book is about a boy who has Asperger's Syndrome and is bullied to the point to where he shoots up his school. I have divided the excerpts from it into three parts: Before, during and after the shooting.
'Coruscated Confabulations' is a collection of stories and experiences, most of which took place in prior decades. They are taken from or based upon real events, with a certain admixture of fictional embellishments.