Bob’s Books: Out On Top by: Steve Morris
There
are books and then there are books. If
you look on any “bestseller” list in the world you’ll usually find books that
were published by some huge publisher with an enormous advertising budget
written by (or ghost written for) some celebrity. But the people just reading these books are
missing out. There are some really
incredible books out there written by fantastically talented writers who don’t
get much notice. Well today I’m going to
do what I can by telling you about a book by one of my favorite authors!
Out
On Top is a book of short stories by author Steve Morris. He has published two other books full of short
stories called In
All Probability and
Jumble Tales. Steve’s stories always
seemed to have some kind of twist to the ending. I loved reading his stuff! Now with Out On Top the stories have good
endings. Don’t get me wrong, there are
still some dark themes here, but the main characters in these stories always
come Out On Top in the end.
Though
the stories may have good endings, they aren’t your typical “feel good” type of
thing. The stories range from a man who
can see into other people’s past and know their dark secrets, to another man
who has stalked a girl he had feelings for decades before in high school and
plans a “surprise” meeting with her, to a story about a two headed puppy. I have two favorite stories in the book, the
story about the two headed puppy called Better Than One (The puppy’s heads were
named Holmes and Watson. *chuckle*). The puppy story needs to be read and not
described. My second favorite story
though, is called Score To Settle.
Score
To Settle is a story about a lower league English Soccer player who is in the
late stages of his career. Sadly, his
wife had cheated with another soccer player who is also in the late stages of
his career. During a match where the two
teams play, the man decides to get physical revenge on the other man who had
cheated with his wife. He’s looking to
take this guy out and more than likely end his walking around. A very good story with tension right up to
what happens at the end. Does it have a
good ending? Of course it does! The main character comes Out On Top, but in a
way I hadn’t seen coming. It was a
fantastic story that really made me smile.
It ranks as one of the best sports stories I’ve ever read.
All the stories in Out On Top were well
written and once you start reading one, you want to see it to the end to find
out what happens. Even after finishing
one story, I was anxious to start the next one.
Steve has a writing style that almost seems musical to me. He does such a great job describing
everything in his stories.
Now
would be a good time to put up an excerpt one story to get you interested. Instead, I think I’ll post the link to the
Bob’s Books episode and you can listen to me read an excerpt from Score To
Settle. Once you’re hooked, pick the
book up yourself to find out what happens!
When you're ready to help support this great author, follow the link below and order a copy of this great book! (Click and paste if you have to! Sometimes Blogger wants to be troublesome. *chuckle*)
http://www.amazon.com/Out-Top-Collection-Upbeat-Stories-ebook/dp/B00IQ8PF44/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398048668&sr=8-1&keywords=steve+Morris+out+on+top