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The Mind of a Writer and other Fables collects the often playful occasionally charming always quirky tales, plays, verse, and other inhabitants of the imagination of playwright and author Stephen Evans.

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"a lovely collection, imbued with warmth, wit, and wonder" -BlueInk ReviewThe Mind of a Writer and other Fables collects the often playful occasionally charming always quirky tales, short plays, verse, and other inhabitants of the imagination of playwright and author Stephen Evans.

Author Biography

Stephen Evans is a playwright and the author of The Island of Always, Whose Beauty is Past Change, and Funny Thing Is: A Guide to Understanding Comedy

Review

Stephen Evans' short story collection, The Mind of a Writer and Other Fables, serves as aloving tribute to Evans's late father, remembered here as an entrancing storyteller who oncetoyed with becoming a writer himself.Evans and his father often talked about collaborating on a book, but the elder Evans passedaway before they got around to it. Still, he left behind his own incomplete manuscript (a sort ofhard-boiled detective story), which his son thoughtfully places at the heart of this collection.The stories here are diverse, veering occasionally into magical realism, fantasy, and sciencefiction, but always literary and tightly written.The shortest stories comprise single paragraphs. Anne Hathaway Remembers, for example, imagines the title character's longing for her husband (Shakespeare), who was absent for manyyears. Mrs. Evans Remembers similarly conjures a recollection of the author's own fatherthrough the eyes of his mother. Each manages a depth and intimacy belied by their brevity.Other stories include fables, oddball premises, and stream-of-consciousness musings, oftenrather funny, and ranging from silly to profound: Henry David Thoreau tries in vain to sell apublisher on Walden; children erect an army of animate snowmen to repel a zombieapocalypse; a sensitive boy relates being bullied for abstaining from McDonalds, not becausehe's a vegetarian, as it turns out, but because he's a vampire.There are serious stories too, rendered with sweet melancholy. In one, a young physician triesto help his hallucinating grandfather, who is haunted not by illusion but real memories, eachpleasant but heartbreakingly past tense; as they form recollections together they find solace andconnection with one another.The Mind of a Writer is wide-ranging, and not all stories are equally engaging, but most arequite enjoyable and all are rendered with insight and precision. It's a worthy memorial to Evans'father, who supported his art, and a lovely collection, imbued with warmth, wit, and wonder.-Blueink Review

Details ISBN1953725465 Author Stephen Evans Pages 190 Publisher Time Being Media, LLC Edition Description 2nd Second Edition- Revised ed. Year 2024 Edition 2nd ISBN-13 9781953725462 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-04-15 Imprint Time Being Media, LLC Audience General We've got this

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