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You Can't Go Home Again...Or Can
You?
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Ever since I returned full time to
New York City from a forty-odd year exile in
other parts of America, I have pondered the
wisdom of this great
title of the novel by
Thomas Wolfe, the fabulous and favorite
writer of my youth...You have to be away a long
time, like myself, to understand how unchanging
New York really is. It is the city of romance
and fantasy, of vision and imagination, of
wonder and curiosity. It is welcoming and, under
its tough veneer, softhearted and giving. Even
if you are defeated in New York, your dreams
dashed, your prospects dimmed, you know in your
gut that you dared to fight the good fight on
the toughest turf in the world. See
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Here I am. Home again. |
Enter the Second Annual Warren Adler Short
Story Writing Contest
It
has often been said that there are infinite
story possibilities about this fabled city of
hopes and dreams, and from the number of entries
pouring in from around the world, we believe
it's true. Share your imagination and talent
with us at 2,500 words or less. Deadline is
January 15, 2008. See
rules and submission guidelines.
First prize, to be announced in conjunction
with the publication of Warren Adler's latest
short story collection New York Echoes,
will be awarded $1,000; five finalists will also
be awarded personalized first editions of Mr.
Adler's collection.
As a bonus the story judged best by Mr. Adler,
along with a People's Choice award chosen from
among the finalists via online reader vote, will
be published and available for sale on Amazon
Shorts, the short stories available for sale on
Amazon. In addition all five finalist stories will
be featured via "live" readings on Amazon's
theater on Second Life.
All work must be
submitted on-line, along with a $15 fee per
entry. Finalists retain all except non-exclusive
internet-only rights and/or a six-month exclusive
deal with Amazon.com. Good luck.
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New York Echoes Short Story
Collection Release Set for February 2008
 Stonehouse Press announces February 5, 2008 as the
publication date for Warren Adler's most recent
short story collection, New York Echoes.
In these powerful stories memories and change
collide, love prevails or is thwarted, ambitions
are achieved or frustrated, plans are often
overwhelmed by events and luck and chance work
their magic for good or evil.
Suspenseful and mesmerizing, Warren Adler's
stories reflect the drama in the lives of the
lonely, the mature, the ambitious, the displaced,
the seekers after money, love, fame, sex,
fulfillment and respect as they battle to escape
the inevitable pull of anonymity in the bustling
bigness of New York.
Insight, humor and irony are the hallmarks of
Adler's novels and short stories. In these
wonderful stories, the reader will be amply
rewarded by enjoyment, insight and a special
understanding of the human condition as seen
through the eyes of one of America's most prolific
authors.
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Private Lies
Two couples are caught in an emotional web of
adultery and deception that turns deadly on an
African safari.
Ken Kramer, a Manhattan advertising
copywriter, and his wife, Sheila, a computer
expert, appear to have a comfortable life and
loving marriage. But when Ken is taken along
on a business dinner and introduced to the
wife of his wife's major client, we discover
she is Ken's old flame—in fact, the love of
his life and the object of his sexual
obsession as a young man. Baffled by her
non-recognition, he learns that she has
totally reinvented herself and snagged a rich
husband who has no knowledge of her real early
life. Unbeknownst to Ken, his own wife is
carrying on a steamy affair with the client.
When the love and sexual obsession between Ken
and his old love bursts into flames again, the
plot thickens as both couples embark on an
African Safari with startling and tragic
results. Read the first chapter of
Private Lies free now!
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