Stanford Pritchard graduated from Haverford College before studying as a Rockefeller Fellowship recipient at the University of Chicago. He has worked with various publications and is also a poet and playwright. His stories and essays have been published in Kenyon Review, Wisconsin Review, New England Review, Tango News, International Philosophical Quarterly plus others.
Currently Pritchard lives in Middlebury, Vermont and New York City.
Terminal Vibrato is a book of witty short stories and novellas. Some are strange others are very American indeed.
I rather liked the first tale Terminal Vibrato. It features a boxer who blacks out during a fight with fellow wrestler, Keady.
He later wakes up in hospital and learns that there is a patient behind a curtain in a bed close to his. He wonders who this person is and concludes it’s a gentleman. Because boredom is eating him up, he starts a conversation with the other patient. The dialogue is intriguing with lots of contemplation and questions that make you as the reader think.
This tale is about nurses as well - a thing that I’m sure the male population of readers will enjoy. It is quite an intriguing story.
Read to the end of this story to find out who the gentleman is behind the curtain.
Just Tell What Happened is another enjoyable tale; this one keeps you guessing for ages - page after page you still don’t get to know the whole story. You read on because you feel sure there must be more. Is there?
Will this man help the police with the important information he may have about this violent crime that has been committed? Every time the tape reel runs out, the interview has to stop for a moment. I could feel the frustration some of these characters had. We all want to know the same answer: what happened - hence the title.
More great, well-written tales follow. Some have a twist towards the end so this should please those of you who like your stories with a bit of a surprise in store.
Stories in this collection explore every aspect of life. From relationships to the way we think and loneliness.
I loved this collection and spent all afternoon reading. In fact I couldn’t put the book down. There is something for everyone inside. Which story will you read?
The above review was contributed by:Jessica Roberts:Jessica is a book reviewer for a local newspaper and has reviewed for a national women's magazine too. She has had various articles published in magazines and has now completed her novel. Jessica currently lives in West Yorkshire and enjoys walking in the dales and woodlands as part of her hobby as well as, of course, reviewing books. To read more of Jessica's reviews CLICK HERE
Old Age is a Terminal Illness
Author: Alma H. BondPublisher: Universal PublishersISBN: 1-58112-904-1When five of her friends died within the space of a few years, Dr. Alma Bond, acutely aware of her own advancing years, grew depressed. Dr. Bond finally decided to deal with her problem by keeping a dream journal. Believing that her dreams held clues to the issues underlying her depression, she perceived the journal as a means for analyzing, understanding and, ultimately, controlling her psychic, emotional and spiritual...
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3-1-2007
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Terminal 9 -- The McCallister Files Book Three
Author: Patricia H. Rushford and Harrison JamesISBN: 1591452120 The following review was contributed by: E.Dian Moore & To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERE Antonio "Mac" McCallister and new partner, Dana Bennett, are trying to ignore their attraction to each other while solving the murder of Clay Mullins, an 89-year old, retired, wheelchair-bound railroad worker who owned prime riversi
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9-2-2005
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Big Brown Bag:Stories
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Big Brown Bag: Stories Author: Mark D’ AnnaPublisher: Ex Machina PressISBN: 978-0-9772763-5-6Mark D’ Anna has been a contributing author and co-founder of the successful annual short story anthology Silent Voices. Big Brown Bag is Mark’s first book. He currently lives in Los Angeles. It’s always so refreshing when there is a new talent discovered in literature. Mark D’ Anna is one of them. He produces Big Brown Bag and if Mark continues to write
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10-13-2007
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I Can Handle It! Sub-title: 50 Confidence-building stories to empower your child
Authors: Susan Jeffers and Donna GradsteinISBN: 0-9777618-0-0The book is a collection of 50 short stores and is aimed at Parents (and thosewho are in a parental position of helping and guiding children) and children.The stories have different themes, Fear, Guilt, Embarrasment, Frustration etc.,but have one thing in common - all of them teach the child how she can handleit. Each story has the byline, "I can handle it" three times (the third time, itsays, "No matter what happens,...
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11-1-2006
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The Power of the Dark Goddess (and other stories)
Author: George J. BryjakPublisher: Myopic Moose PressISBN: 978-1-60402-477-7George J. Bryjak moved to the Adirondack Region of New York state with his wife Diane after teaching sociology at the University of San Diego for twenty-four years. His short plays have been performed in New York, California, Connecticut and Rhode Island. He has been the co-author of sociology text books, many articles and many pieces in various newspapers across the country. Here is George’s first collection of short...
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10-23-2007
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Seat to Heaven :Short Stories, Vol.1-7
Author: Mel Waldman Publisher: World Audience ISBN: 978-1-934209-94-3I have got to say that I love the author’s artwork more then his short stories. The book covers are fantastic designs of colour and obscure shapes which can be interpreted in many ways if you really study them. I practically liked the Cigarette Woman, volume 1. In volume 1 the stories are strange, deep, weird tales of life death and who we are, why and what’s it all about? I think he means to say that whatever road we take...
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8-20-2007
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Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered
Author: Carolyn Howard-Johnson: ISBN: 1591295505The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews This is a group of stories about family, and theoccasional strangeness that goes along with it. Asequel to her novel This is The Place, about growingup Mormon in Utah, these stories are partrecollections by older members of the family, and partthings that actually happened to the author when shewas younger.During a drive in the country with her...
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4-14-2005
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Stranded: Stories From The Edge of Infinity…
Click Here To Purchase Stranded: Stories From The Edge of Infinity… Author: Kimberly RaiserISBN: 978-1-4327-0601-2 It takes only a few short stories
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6-6-2008
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Hotel Stories: Legendary Hideaways Of The World
Author: Francisca Matteoli Publisher: Assouline ISBN: 2843233429The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW
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4-26-2005
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