The Old Man and the Bird and Other Fictions: [pleasant and unpleasant]

by David L. Swartz

Six dark fictions with a cosmic scope and a delirious immediacy, these shorter pieces (2 novellas and 4 one-acts) are an aspect of Swartz's gift many will find welcome, others hugely unsettling.

The Old Man and the Bird, the concluding sequence of a befuddled Harry Ricci, could be taken as a "neo-conservatively-grotesque" parable. From there it is a short stroll to Burt Spew in "Snappers," a madcap Armageddon of its own and parody of "Jaws."...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595416292
• ISBN13: 9780595416295
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"