A collection of short stories ranging from humor to fantasy to tragedy. Winner of the 2013 MANA Sunrise Award for fiction, and Great Southwest Book Festival 2013 winner of the Anthology category.
Excerpt
Myron Siegel opened his eyes and gazed upon a new morning, vaguely aware that his left wing hurt. No problem. It would be better he got some circulation back into it. He always slept on one arm. He paused for a moment. Arm! Wing! Something seemed wrong.
He closed his eyes, lay still and then re-opened them. Slowly, qute slowly, he lifted his left...appendage. He wasn't prepared for any snap decisions. He looked at it.
It was relatively short, covered with feathers, and definitely did not look like an arm...
As deafness, illness, and demonic forces close in around him, Ludwig van Beethoven must summon his faith and genius to complete the Missa Solemnis—a sacred masterpiece he believes could bring divine light into a darkening world.
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.
