Confessions of a Farmers Market Romeo
The search for love is never out of season in Confessions of a Farmers Market Romeo. Set in Gettysburg during the 1970s and 1980s, Confessions of a Farmers Market Romeo tells the story of Jim, an unlikely Romeo, as he pursues “complete unfetteredness” in eight binge-worthy episodes spanning two decades. From his ill-fated encounter with first love at fat camp (“Pilot Episode”) . . .
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Life in the Lion's Mouth
Set in 1962, Life in the Lion's Mouth is the “beat-lite” story of 17-old loner Robert Campbell. Desperate to escape his hometown, Robert embraces his dead father's long-ago advice to “live life in the lion's mouth” and joins a small, dysfunctional traveling circus as the star "prop" in the troupe's long-defunct lion's mouth act. But when Robert meets new-hire Anna, an aspiring folksinger who . . .
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The Mortician's Daughter & other short stories
"The Mortician's Daughter & other short stories"is the first collection of short fiction by "Life inthe Lion's Mouth" novelist James R. Dubbs.From the author's telling of love found at theexact wrong moment in The Mortician'sDaughter, to the Kafkaesque tale of a man'sattempt to purchase a movie ticket in Chimera,to the comedic turn of hard-boiled PrivateInvestigator Buzz Schlomer in . . .
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