This collection of twenty short stories tells how everyday people sometimes encounter magic: A young woman discovers that her secondhand cellphone is haunted; a homeless man’s encounter with a garden gnome changes his life; three older women use their societal invisibility to rescue a little girl from a horrifying fate, and a god from Olympus disguised as a human offers a young gay man a way to escape the home town that scorns him.
Three of the stories recount the doings of the International Tarts Society, a group of young women whose mission is to save the world through sex. Although they execute their mission with enthusiasm, their yearly conference affords them the vacation break they all enjoy.
Rescue is a constant theme in these stories, some of which will make you smile and others that will leave you in a reflective mood.
The bonus section, Long, Long Way to Run, recounts the adventures of Will Woodford, who is asked to run for public office even though he’s gay, Pagan, and living in a southern state. Follow the ups and downs of Will’s campaign as he and his helpers work to overcome all the obstacles ranged against him.
There is no explicit um...ah...you know, in this book. That said, the themes are definitely adult. You could let your 87-year-old granny (she of open mind and adventurous disposition) read it, but I wouldn’t recommend this to the under-18 crowd.
Now, truly, after reading the preceding description, wouldn’t you rather buy and read this book than a novel in which the heroine is half-mad on page 1 and completely bonkers by page 632?
Although the paperback version will be out in April, the ebook version is available NOW at BookBaby, Amazon, Nook, Kobo, and Smashwords. Here’s the link:
Hope you enjoy reading the book as much as I enjoyed writing it!