Fiction Short Stories (single Author)
Behaving This Way Is All I Have Left
- Publisher
- Insomniac Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2013
- Category
- Short Stories (single author)
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554831104
- Publish Date
- Oct 2013
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
A woman poisons her husband, who sputters and keels over but will not die. A man has his restaurant burned down, then retraces the steps, certain he has made a mistake. A tightrope walker slips off the cable and dangles over the crowd by her fingers. Despite their best efforts, people always screw up.Riedel writes about fools and low-lifes who cannot help but make mistakes. His stories are taut and perversely funny, often punctuated with moments of heartbreak, and his characters are classic scumbags who put their own interests before all others—to hell with everyone else.
About the author
Gonzalo Riedel is an author and playwright, as well as the former editor of Juice, the University of Winnipeg's literary journal of fiction and poetry. He received his M.A. in creative writing from Concordia University in Montreal. He currently lives in Winnipeg with his wife and son.
Editorial Reviews
Gonzalo Riedel plots stories with fine twists and turns and deep psychological insight—his stories are not only illuminating but also entertaining and funny.”—Josip Novakovich, author of April Fool’s Day and Infidelities: Stories of War and Lust