Cages: A Short Story [Kindle Edition]

Ed Gorman (Author)

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Product Description

Cages by Ed Gorman is a terrifying look into a possible future that might just be right around the corner. It's a bleak tale and should not be read by those with sensitive tastes.

As the author notes, "I submitted it to an editor I really admire and she really liked it and battled for months with the publisher to let her run it. But he said, 'This story will cost us subscribers.' And you know, I think he was probably right."

Cemetery Dance Publications is very pleased to make this gritty tale available again to the masses.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 124 KB
• Print Length: 13 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications; 1st Electronic Edition edition (April 22, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00275EHU0
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #298,190 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Ed Gorman is an award winning American author best known for his crime and mystery fiction. He wrote The Poker Club which is now a film of the same name directed by Tim McCann.

He has written under many pseudonyms including "E. J. Gorman" and "Daniel Ransom." He won a Spur Award for Best Short Fiction for his short story "The Face" in 1992. His fiction collection Cages was nominated for the 1995 Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection. His collection The Dark Fantastic was nominated for the same award in 2001.

He has contributed to many magazines and other publications including Xero, Black Lizard, Cemetery Dance, the anthology Tales of Zorro, and many more.

Visit his blog at newimprovedgorman.blogspot.com

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3.0 out of 5 stars Strange Little Story, January 2, 2012

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This review is from: Cages: A Short Story (Kindle Edition)

This is a strange, yet compelling, little story (124 KB, 13 pages) and as the author's note states, "I'm not even exactly sure what it's about. But I do know that it's a metaphor for how I've felt most of my life."

A young boy, living in some future dystopia, suffers nightly as his parents argue and his father beats his mother. The arguments inevitable center around money. The boy finds a way to get some money in the hope that it will alleviate the endless arguing. Things don't go as expected.

If you seek a happy story, this isn't it. Life is messy, stuff happens.

Just FYI. Large portions of this text is missing punctuation, deliberately it would seem. Much of the spellin' is colloquial. Profanity is frequent.