A pattern has emerged in the western fiction of Mr. Richard
Prosch.
1. His characters are not fictional constructs, but real
people leading real lives. They have genuine human emotions and converse in
real genuine dialogue.
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2. No matter where you think his stories are going, they
take you somewhere else. And they're always worth the ride.
Those are two excellent reasons to check out his latest
collection of western tales, One Against a Gun Horde.
If the title has a dime novel ring to it, that’s no
accident. The book’s title story is an ingenious mash-up of Old West reality
and dime novel imagination. It’s a fine lead-in to the collection, and the
other five stories keep pace, delivering generous portions of wit, humor and
down-home Nebraska authenticity. The writing is rich, smooth, and goes down easy,
making it all the more satisfying as each tale follows its own crooked trail
to a surprising conclusion.
That’s it. I ain’t telling you any more. You’ll just have to
read this for yourself. Get it here:
One Against a Gun Horde
Loved the collection myself.
ReplyDeleteGlad you mentioned this. I thought I'd already bought it but apparently not. So I picked it up. I've been behind on everything I intended to do after being a week without the net.
ReplyDeleteAmazon.com says this is only 43 pages long. Those must be some very short stories.
ReplyDeleteOne is half a page, but the others are respectable length. Hard to measure pages of an ebook.
ReplyDeleteI know it's going to be good.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words! I had Fredric Brown in mind when writing these, having long admired his short (and short-short) work. A fun collection to put together, and big thanks to John Nesbitt for his swell introduction.
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