A Japanese bar that becomes much more than a place to get a drink. An unusual dream. A man who lost his wife unexpectedly. An obnoxious drunk who gets more than he bargained for. Ranging from autobiographical to allegorical, each of these stories-and more-finds a home in Bob Stockton's fifth book, A man Who Lost His Wife and Other Stories.
A Japanese bar that becomes much more than a place to get a drink. An unusual dream. A man who lost his wife unexpectedly. An obnoxious drunk who gets more than he bargained for. Ranging from autobiographical to allegorical, each of these stories-and more-finds a home in Bob Stockton's fifth book, A man Who Lost His Wife and Other Stories.
Readers will find humorous snippets that last no more than a few paragraphs to longer stories that touch the heart. Grab a cup of coffee and escape into the mind of a Navy veteran with a flair for describing what's really important in life.
Excerpt
"The Bandit"
Jimmy Romeo, better known as the “Bandit” had fallen on hard times. Jimmy was an old time light heavyweight fighter, veteran of nearly two hundred professional fights, two of which he had split with the legendary light heavyweight Archie Moore. He had made hundreds of thousands of dollars during his career and what his manager hadn't stolen went for brandy and beautiful women which eventually left him broke and on the street with only his meager social security pension. Bob Morgan hired Bandit now and then for odd jobs and to occasionally invite an unruly patron to leave the premises of his saloon. Other than that the notorious Jimmy “Bandit” Romeo, once the scourge of west coast boxing, now addled, scarred and gnarled from more than twenty years of taking and giving punches was left to indulge his taste for cheap brandy by cadging drinks from customers at the bar. The bar patrons didn't mind. In fact they enjoyed being seen in the company of the legendary west coast warrior for only the price of a glass of bar brandy.
3 WAY MIRROR is about a lost identity as experienced by a twenty-eight-year old who thinks he's Charles Randall, until strange events suggest otherwise.
High school student Kevin Borden has a secret and his name is Louis Lannegan. He also has an overbearing mother. A tale of coming out in the shadow of parents and friends. Award winning novella.
