The Long and the Short of It: A Collection of Short Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781663234964)

Richard is a recently retired loner who walks the short distance through the well-manicured garden to the swimming pool as he has every day since moving to a villa. As he swims in the early morning hours, a Guatemalan gardener works nearby. Although the two men do not speak the same language, they soon begin to enjoy the benefits of an uncomplicated companionship that centers around the beauty and scent of flowers. In a collection of eleven short stories, RJ Stastny takes others on a poignant journey into a world of fact, fiction and fantasy-of love unspoken and love lost, magical dogs, mysterious disappearances, murder, and international adventure. It is finally time for Terry Davis to leave Peru, his friend Roberto, and the Peace Corps to return home to teach at a small college. But as a strange chain of events unfurls, Terry learns that Roberto is not who he says he is and, even worse yet, that he no longer has control over his own life. Every day, we write our own stories-the ones we are living and the others we live only in our dreams. The Long and Short of It pulls from the author's own experiences, intertwining facts, fiction, and fantasy into eleven short tales that offer a fascinating glimpse into the lives of multiple characters facing diverse challenges and obstacles

Author: Rj Stastny
ISBN-10: 1663234965
ISBN-13: 9781663234964
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 06/26/2022
Pages: 126
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.27d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Foreword 04/10/2023
BlueInk Review 04/04/2023