March 2010
The Magical Publishing Pen by M.
Stefan Strozier
The printed
book is $14.95,
the Kindle
version is $4.00.
The collected stories of M. Stefan Strozier vary widely in theme and
yet the protagonist is always a male of a certain age. As arranged here,
the stories represent a chronological arc of a man's life from boyhood
to adulthood. Stylistically, the stories show an arc too, as a story
about a young man was written when the author was a young man, and a
story about an older man was written when the author was older, for example.
Magical Realism, framed stories, humor, satire, action, different points-of-view,
and crisp dialog pervade the stories. This collection is a portrait of
an artist as a young to mid-aged man.
Latest Reviews:
New @ 6 March 2010 - From – Joseph
Hart, writer...
This
book of stories is short and it reads fast. I think it would
be better read in as close to one sitting as possible in order
to keep the feel of the whole experience. The feel of the stories
ties them together.
The author of these stories wrote a book of poems
called Schizophrenia Poems- this gives an indication of the nature some
of the stories, though not all. And it's best exemplified I thought in the first
story, 'The Farm'.
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New @ 6 March 2010 - From – Louis
Phillips, writer...
Tired of the anemic, navel-gazing, midlife crisis stories that
dominate so many literary journals these days? Well, then you should
read some of the crazy-laced, fevered, and volatile stories that
make up M. Stefan Strozier's first collection – The Magical
Publishing Pen.
The stories have strong currents
of feeling through them and some contain a bitterness that is hard
to chew upon. But these stories will be difficult to forget...
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