Also by Max G. Bernard:
- The Reader Suffers the Loss of Dostoyevsky
- Second Time Around
- Warm Summer Night
- Meeting of the Minds
- Another Place, Another Time
- From A Madman Only: A Rant and Modest Proposal on Health Care
- Learned Counsel and the Three Bears
- The Big Circle
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Published: July 08, 2009
Words: 643 (approximate)
Language: English
Short description
His future self told him his story would win awards. But he knew it was not to be. Not on this ordinary mundane world...Extended description
His future self told him his story would win awards. But he knew it was not to be. Not on this ordinary mundane world...About the Author
Max G. Bernard is the pen name of a writer with around 45 years of writing, editing, publishing, and journalism experience. He wrote for student, "underground," and radical newspapers in the 60's and 70's. He lives in the Midwestern region of Woodstock Nation, and is residing in the 1960's until something better comes along. He is involved in writing science fiction, mysteries, weird cross genre stories, and semi-autobiographical pieces. A fan of Bob Dylan's music, Alfred Hitchcock's movies, and Philip K. Dick's science fiction. He is married, with two children, and one dog. He is a fervent opponent of DRM (digital rights management) in publishing. He agrees with Tom Robbins that it is "never too late to have a happy childhood," and with the spirit of the statement, "Be realistic, demand the impossible."
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Review by:
Doug Pardee
on March 15, 2010 :
Interesting premise, gratuitous twist ending, but overall satisfying.
(review of free book)
Review by:
Patrick Murfin
on Feb. 01, 2010 :
The left hook out of the blue is not a new literary trick. But it still leaves the reader dazed and confused as he tries to pick himself off the canvas thirty-five seconds into the first round.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)
Review by:
Mark Jacobs
on Jan. 10, 2010 :
Ha. Ha. Ha. Very nicely written. Classic Flash. (Actually, my future self comes back (even fatter! Sigh...) and tells me to stop writing because my prose stinks, and will only get worse.)
(review of free book)
Review by:
Maria E. Schneider
on Sep. 12, 2009 :
(no rating)
Cuuuuute. Good formatting (although there is a stray number 2 at the end?) and good editing. Bit of silliness here; nothing wrong with that.
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Review by:
Emma Lions
on Aug. 12, 2009 :
Well-worked story with a good punchline - though I'm not sure it is as much fun to read a second time.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)