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More than thirty years in the making, this collection of short stories traces a lifelong conversation with the Muse.
It began in a high school English class: a short, comedic piece about failing a driver’s test—an awkward, anxious sixteen-year-old trying (and failing) to look cool behind the wheel of an enormous 1978 Dodge Monaco. That first spark of delight at making readers laugh never faded. Years later, in C. Michael Curtis’s short fiction course, the work deepened under a sharp and generous eye.
The short story became one of the author’s great literary loves: compact, intimate, and capable of holding an entire world in a few pages. Assembling this collection felt less like editing than reunion—returning to the moment each story was born, and to the person he was when he wrote it.Through false starts, quiet triumphs, and late nights of revision, one constant remained: the Muse—patient, insistent, and full of grace. This book is the written record of a decades-long relationship with inspiration and creativity.
Thank you for walking this path. There is so much of the author in these pages. May they bring you the same joy they have brought him.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - For more than thirty years, the Muse has walked beside one writer-patient, insistent, full of grace. From the anxious laughter of a sixteen-year-old failing his driver's test to the quiet reckonings of adulthood, these stories trace a life spent listening to that inner voice.Here are compact, intimate worlds: hints of the wry humor of Thurber, the ache of lost time that echoes Fitzgerald, the clarity reminiscent of Hemingway. Whether capturing the sparkle of youthful daydreams, the weight of regret, or the stubborn grace of endurance, each tale bears the mark of a writer who has lived with his characters as old friends.Written on the outskirts of the traditional literary world, yet never far from its heart, Walking with the Muse is both a reunion and an invitation-proof that every ordinary life carries a treasury of tales, waiting only for the courage to tell them.'Come,' the Muse whispers. 'Walk with me.'. Seller Inventory # 9798193349983