Miss Lucy Parker and Other Short Stories edition by Q Kelly Literature Fiction eBooks
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Seven short stories are in this compilation. The lead story is "Miss Lucy Parker."
"Miss Lucy Parker" Miss Lucy Parker is a prim, proper elderly lady. When a Volkswagen Beetle—the new kind, and pink—PINK!—turns onto the winding road that leads to Lucy's farmhouse, Lucy is sure the car's occupants are lost. And that the car probably contains hippies, because hippies drive Volkswagen Beetles. Lucy plans to tell the hippies to get lost. She has no need for their odd speech, beads and marijuana aroma. Except hippies are not in the car. A woman is, a woman wearing a short, blood-red dress that hugs her body. Thus begins Lucy Parker's great adventure.
"A Weird Situation" Karen does not believe her boyfriend when he tells her that he turns into a woman for seven hours every day.
"The Interview" The person interviewing Debby has a giant booger. Should she tell him and risk not getting the job?
"First Day at Work" A security guard's first day at a bank has repercussions for him and three workers.
"Every Day" A man struggles every day to follow through on a promise to himself.
"The Doctor" A doctor salivates at the prospect of delivering bad news to a twelve-year-old girl and her mother.
"Guardian Angel" Gabriel fancies himself a guardian angel. But is he really?
* "The Doctor" has child molestation references.
Miss Lucy Parker and Other Short Stories edition by Q Kelly Literature Fiction eBooks
First, the two stories I didn't think worked:"The Interview" features a woman who tries to decide whether to tell the man interviewing her for a job she wants that he has something embarrassing hanging from his nose. The problem I had with this story was that the payoff was simply too obvious and too juvenile.
The titular character in "The Doctor" is a bit of a sadist who is delighted about revealing bad news to his young patient's mother. I suppose this was intended to be a character study, but ultimately it seemed flat to me.
Now the stories that did:
The best, at least in my opinion, is "First Day at Work," in which lives intersect in surprising ways. A new security guard at a bank seems familiar to some of the workers, and their lives soon entwine. I can't give away too much, but this is a story well worth reading. Of the five, it's the one that rings most true in terms of human emotions and the human condition.
Next comes "Every Day," featuring a man whose wife is in a vegetative state and who, every day, vows to kill himself as he seems to have little to live for. While the narration in this story seems rather distant, thus preventing us from getting too close to the man, his actions speak loudly enough, and the story is, all in all, rather moving.
Perhaps the best story in terms of craft is "Guardian Angel." When we meet the titular character here, he tells us that he is a guardian angel sent to take a boy when the boy's abusive parents kill him. The theology here might not quite fit with some people's understanding of The Bible, but stay with the story to see why. "Guardian Angel" is a good exercise in misdirection and setting up a twist.
Both "A Weird Situation" and "Miss Lucy Parker" are fun, don't-take-them-too-seriously stories. In the former, a woman cannot accept her boyfriend's medical condition, namely that he turns into a woman from time to time. But at the same time, she has to admit that he (that is, when he's a he) is a good man and that she loves him. Maybe she should give him one more chance. The latter involves an old woman whom death claims. "Miss Lucy Parker" offers nothing especially new, but it's a fun story, and it offers the best example of author Q. Kelly's ability to create a fully-formed and entertaining character. Yes, Lucy's a bit of a stereotype--the cranky old woman with a long list of things she's angry at or about. But she's fun.
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Miss Lucy Parker and Other Short Stories edition by Q Kelly Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
A lovely grouping of short stories! This really is a gem among the free ebooks. Would like to see more from this author.
What imagination, what talent has Q. Kelly. I loved every story in this book. My favorite one was Miss Lucy Parker. Sarcasticly funny, read what an old grumpy woman has to offer to life.
My second favorite was Guardian Angel. Provocating. If you enjoy short stories, you will enjoy the writing, the imagination and the witty crafted stories.
This book is defiantly not what I was expecting and is more than a little odd, but I did enjoy it. All in all it was a good one.
I choose this rating because even though it was not my first read with this author, she surpassed my expectations. I loved that the endings were unexpected & I would recommend it to others.
Not impressed.
Seems like there's been a lot of dreck in the free offerings lately so it was nice to get one that was actually entertaining. These aren't happy stories, although some of them, especially the Miss Lucy story, are kind of quirky. The others shine by portraying so well the emotions of the characters, sometimes in everyday life situations like how do you tell somebody there's a booger hanging out of his nose? And almost all have plot twists you don't see coming. Well written and definitely worth the time while it's free or for the 99 cent list price.
There are several short stories in this collection, and Miss Lucy Parker is by far the best one of them - it was very good, and the others aren't so bad, either each one takes about 10 minutes to read. What I really liked about Miss Lucy Parker, for example, is the author quickly grabs your attention and into the story - you can really imagine the situation and events, and I even had a visual of the pink Beetle driving up the road to the house.
I picked this up for free during a promotion vs. its normal 99 cent price, so grab it now while you can. Even if they start charging the full 99 cents, you'll get more than that in value with these stories.
First, the two stories I didn't think worked
"The Interview" features a woman who tries to decide whether to tell the man interviewing her for a job she wants that he has something embarrassing hanging from his nose. The problem I had with this story was that the payoff was simply too obvious and too juvenile.
The titular character in "The Doctor" is a bit of a sadist who is delighted about revealing bad news to his young patient's mother. I suppose this was intended to be a character study, but ultimately it seemed flat to me.
Now the stories that did
The best, at least in my opinion, is "First Day at Work," in which lives intersect in surprising ways. A new security guard at a bank seems familiar to some of the workers, and their lives soon entwine. I can't give away too much, but this is a story well worth reading. Of the five, it's the one that rings most true in terms of human emotions and the human condition.
Next comes "Every Day," featuring a man whose wife is in a vegetative state and who, every day, vows to kill himself as he seems to have little to live for. While the narration in this story seems rather distant, thus preventing us from getting too close to the man, his actions speak loudly enough, and the story is, all in all, rather moving.
Perhaps the best story in terms of craft is "Guardian Angel." When we meet the titular character here, he tells us that he is a guardian angel sent to take a boy when the boy's abusive parents kill him. The theology here might not quite fit with some people's understanding of The Bible, but stay with the story to see why. "Guardian Angel" is a good exercise in misdirection and setting up a twist.
Both "A Weird Situation" and "Miss Lucy Parker" are fun, don't-take-them-too-seriously stories. In the former, a woman cannot accept her boyfriend's medical condition, namely that he turns into a woman from time to time. But at the same time, she has to admit that he (that is, when he's a he) is a good man and that she loves him. Maybe she should give him one more chance. The latter involves an old woman whom death claims. "Miss Lucy Parker" offers nothing especially new, but it's a fun story, and it offers the best example of author Q. Kelly's ability to create a fully-formed and entertaining character. Yes, Lucy's a bit of a stereotype--the cranky old woman with a long list of things she's angry at or about. But she's fun.
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