Blind Date: Ten Short Stories, by Robert Hobkirk
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Blind Date: Ten Short Stories, by Robert Hobkirk
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In Blind Date, Hobkirk tells the stories of the modern urban cityscape with unconventional city limits. The boundaries to this shadowland are drawn with a pencil worn down to the nub. The protagonists have one thing in common—they are struggling. One may be struggling to find his place in the sun. Another may be struggling to find a little shade. The stories take a look at the human condition from a different angle, an unpredictable angle. If you are looking to try something different, yet inspirational, you may want to discover Blind Date. The ten stories are “Blind Date,” “A Perfect Life,” “Kathy’s Struggle,” “Two Sacks of Groceries,” “Maurice Utrillo – Making Do,” “Junior High in Smog City,” “A Sure Thing,” “Sarge,” “Coffee Bums,” and “Electric Sheep Looking for Friendlier Pastures.”
Blind Date: Ten Short Stories, by Robert Hobkirk- Amazon Sales Rank: #6124723 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-01
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .36" w x 6.00" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 144 pages
About the Author Robert lives in Northern California. Besides family and friends, he enjoys nature, art, baseball on the radio, and ice cold watermelon on a hot summer's day. He looks for art in the ordinary, which is usually overlooked. He writes in the morning in a place with a lot of hubbub like a coffee shop. When the distractions of the other customers and baristas is drowned out by his imagination, then he knows that his writing is on the right track.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Blind Date, short stories that celebrate the New Age American mythos. By Rebecca Anne Banks Byline: The Book Reviewer (www.thebookreviewer.ca)Title of Book: Blind DateAuthor: Robert HobkirkPublisher: CreateSpaceDate of Publication: 2015Page Count: 145“it’s better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place: so vague.Just a country where the thunder goes and things disappear.”- from Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman CapoteBlind Date is ten short stories, set in and around New Age L.A., California, immersed in the American culture and urban mythos. Robert Hobkirk is a Poet, having written 2 books of poetry, Haiku Avenue: 333 haiku poems and Somewhere Poetry Grows Wild Under the Eucalyptus, both noteworthy works. This book is an exciting departure into short story writing. The author writes “Besides family and friends, he enjoys nature, the arts, baseball on the radio, and ice cold watermelon on a hot summer day.” He runs an art blog where he presents and discusses his own and other people’s art. www.hobkirkartblog.blogspot.ca.The gift of long silences, the short stories unfold almost like a David Lynch movie, manifesting an array of emotions, fear, angst and yet with humor. An arcane mix of Americana and tales of the street, the themes of the short stories center on childhood, family, life in school, dating, bar room/coffee houses and police. The short stories are well written and feature dialogue, a simple written presentation creating the extraordinary in the ordinary.This Writer’s favourite is Kathy’s Struggle just for a brilliant representation of serendipity. A good karma story with dark edges.Also, a story that stood out, just for an odd humor ending was Two Sacks of Groceries.The crown reamer of stories is Sarge. A retired gay woman from the Marines sits in a gay bar and disses on life with the bar owner. She wants to play Santa Claus at Christmas and goes around to interviews looking to be hired. The dry juxtaposition of events was sad, a little crazy and funny.This collection of short stories lives in the shadowland America. The short stories unfold with subplots like Escher* prints, with an unexpected turn but usually with a soft landing and a dry humor. Presenting truthtelling and the odd webs of uncivilized civilization, “only in America” the work is the craft. In the tradition of American short story writing, not yet with the soft edges of Truman Capote, because it is newly written and written in the post-modern time period (Mr. Capote wrote about mid-20th Century and this is written 60 years later) yet possibly as loved with time. “The shadow knows”, gifts from cityscape America, Blind Date by Rob Hobkirk.*M.C. Escher – artist creating blackline drawings of architecture, where the entrances and exits seem to go nowhere.Available @ Amazon.ca.Genre: New Age, Gothic, Short Stories, Fiction
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Another Great Book! By scottl I've enjoyed all four of Roberts books. Each is different but they are all exceptional in their own unique way. His first two books (Haiku Avenue and Somewhere Poetry Grows Wild under the Eucalyptus) were some of the most entertaining and creative works of poetry I have read in some time. Blind Date is a collection of ten short stories which present every day characters and the situations they encounter in ways that I, and probably most readers, will recognize as something they have experienced in their own lives. Robert has a knack for taking the ordinary and mundane and making it interesting. He also does a masterful job of character development. All of the stories in Blind Date are well done but the first story, Blind Date, sets the standard for the rest of the book. Sarge and Two Sacks of Groceries are also well done. If you have not had the opportunity to read any of his books I recommend you do so at your earliest convenience.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I really enjoyed reading Blind Date and am quickly becoming a fan ... By Werner M. Wolf I really enjoyed reading Blind Date and am quickly becoming a fan of this author's work, as this is my second. The book seems to be a mixture of detailed and interesting first person accounts of past and present experiences, along with stories apparently from the author's imagination. There are quirky twists and turns that keep you on your toes, along with some strategically placed humor to tickle your funny bone. I felt like I was sitting with the author at a Starbucks, (ironically a subject of one of the stories), intently listening as he shared stories of his past experiences, and perhaps his mind's experiences, either way it would make no difference as they are still enjoyable.
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