Roses in December

Angebote / Angebote:

Roses in December is a short story collection which defies categorisation. Some of the stories are haunting - others are deeply troubling. A man receives a religious vision in his ordinary back garden, a nuclear physicist in Australia experiences a great surprise where he least expects it, a duct-tape salesman unsettles his faithful customer, Voltaire does not put his best foot forward, someone makes a grim discovery upon waking up in a prison, a psychiatrist does his best to treat a political extremist, a nineteenth-century photographer goes about his usual (and highly unusual) business, and a wealthy neighbourhood in Montreal becomes the scene of an immense and avoidable tragedy. In twenty-two short (and extremely short) stories and fables, Matthew de Lacey Davidson cuts close to the unintended poetry and grimness of every-day existence, while at the same time enabling the reader to have compassion for those described therein. Author_Bio: Matthew de Lacey Davidson is the author of two poetry collections and a play in verse. In addition, he is a composer and pianist and has released 12 compact discs. His poetry and short stories have been published by Grammateion, and the online literary journal, Danse Macabre, music analyses by SCI, cartoons and reviews by TOM Magazine, and cartoons by Canadian Science News. He has written the music, libretto, and lyrics for a chamber opera, The Singing Lesson, based on three short stories by New Zealand author, Katherine Mansfield. He lives in Nova Scotia, Canada, with his wife, Shayna, and a plethora of Siamese and Tonkinese cats. Keywords: Short Stories, Horror, Gothic, Australia, Austria, New Zealand, Montreal, Nova Scotia, Poetry, Voltaire