Baseball Dreams and Bikers

Baseball Dreams and Bikers

Douglas Robbins

16,37 €
IVA incluido
Consulta disponibilidad
Editorial:
Rebel Press
Año de edición:
2023
Materia
Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9798223476214

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Perelló (Valencia)
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Donde los libros
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)

'Baseball Dreams and Bikers' is a compelling collection of short stories that delves into the intricate lives of individuals entangled in the realm of dreams, family, and unforeseen circumstances. In 'Someone Anonymous,' the search for a missing piece of oneself takes center stage. As readers ponder whether they should be living a different life and if there is an untapped version of themselves yearning to break free, they are invited to join the enigmatic world of SA, where the missing 'someone' eagerly awaits discovery. 'Charlie Hero' introduces Charlie Frieze, a fifty-year-old struggling to make his mark on the world. Faced with a sense of desperation, he takes drastic measures to pen his magnum opus, even at the cost of jeopardizing relationships and betraying those closest to him. Explore the lengths one man is willing to go to achieve his aspirations and the consequences that unfold. The title story, 'Baseball Dreams and Bikers,' revolves around Donny, a gifted high school baseball player poised for a bright future. However, his path to success takes an unexpected turn as his splintering family dynamics and the arrival of his ex-con biker uncle disrupt his dreams. With his parents separated and his father’s job loss, Donny must navigate the consequences of his choices. Will he succumb to the pressures and risk losing not only his dream but also his family?In this captivating anthology, 'Baseball Dreams and Bikers' explores the fragility of dreams, the impact of familial bonds, and the unforeseen challenges that can shape lives. Each story immerses readers in a world where aspirations collide with the complexities of existence, painting a vivid portrait of the human spirit’s resilience and the choices that define our paths.

Artículos relacionados

  • The Only Witness
    Pamela Beason / TBD
    A MISSING BABYSeventeen-year-old Brittany Morgan dashed into the store for just a minute, leaving her sleeping baby in the car. Now Ivy's gone and half the town believes Brittany murdered her daughter.A HAUNTED DETECTIVEDetective Matthew Finn, a big-city fish out of water in small-town Evansburg, Washington, struggles with his wife's betrayal as he investigates Ivy Morg...
    Disponible

    20,64 €

  • The Gender of Inanimate Objects and Other Stories
    Laura Marello
    In the phosphorescent title novella of Laura Marello's collection, an enigmatic drifter pursues her circuitous path through the intricate cultural terrain of Sweetwater County, California, a patchwork of communities where "everyone speaks the wrong language." Through subtle, disciplined prose inflected with the deep colors and clear lines of ancient Mykonos and the northern...
    Disponible

    15,29 €

  • What's the Word?
    Lawrence Gordon
    This is a work of non-fiction. The events penned herein reflect real life situations; great times and terrible times; which my family, my friends, and I endured.      This work will reflect the spiritual aspects of my family. I was born and raised in our family church. The name of the church was God’s Universal House of Prayer and my Uncle, James Henderson was the Pastor until...
    Disponible

    7,19 €

  • Meritocrats
    Stuart Evans
    Stuart Evans’s first novel is a comedy-of-ill-manners set in a nouveau riche milieu: a fantastic satirical performance and hyper-referential homage to masters past and present. Paul Keller is the Stephen Dedalus of the piece, the son of Robert and Sylvie, whose internal monologue is spliced into the action, and whose incestuous feelings for his sister lead to an increase in his...
    Disponible

    19,71 €

  • Jack the Lad
    Frank English
    A tale based loosely in reality, this story traces the fortunes of the Ingles family in the West Riding coal fields around Wakefield. Theirs is a saga that could be replicated time after time in an area where scratching a living wasn't easy, and where coal, drink, and occasional infidelity played integral parts in the life of the community. Their story starts in the mid-194...
    Disponible

    13,53 €

  • The Empty Chair
    Penny Goetjen
    o A steamy Caribbean islando A missing female photographero A daughter’s relentless search and her entanglement in the island’s twisted subculture Don’t expect an umbrella in your drink when you escape to the Virgin Islands in this heart-pounding suspense novel as young Olivia Benning desperately searches for her photographer mother who has gone missing during a covert assignme...
    Disponible

    12,62 €

Otros libros del autor

  • Leaves Piled High
    Douglas Robbins
    Leaves Piled High takes us into the world of unyielding love and lust; a man on his motorcycle out on the open road; a BBQ Dinner with family when everything goes wrong, and more. These stories share a piece of us all, who we are, and want to be. ...
    Disponible

    11,04 €

  • The Reluctant Human
    Douglas Robbins
    Have you ever walked down the wrong road hoping to get to the right place? Scott Bauman is in a dead-end job and the odds are stacked against him. But Bauman isn’t your average, every-day ordinary dude. He’s 'special.' Welcome to the lonely, misanthropic world of Scott Bauman who’s on a quest for love and meaning. If it doesn’t kill him in the meantime. With fascinating charact...
    Disponible

    16,37 €