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Dragonfly Heart: a collection of short fiction [Paperback]

Jeffrey Valka (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Book Description

June 28, 2004
This is a most peculiar sort of book. Dragonfly Heart is more than just a collection of short stories...it's a series of postcards from the unconscious, a hallway of doors into the dream world, a kaleidoscope of symbols, thoughts and emotion.

Two lovers separated by war communicate across the ocean by writing letters in the sand...a man develops an unusually intimate relationship with a red tricycle...a girl learns the secret of what the tooth fairy does with all those teeth...sleepwalkers dance beneath the pale moonlight...angels play hooky in the Elysian Fields...roses fall from the sky like rain, and city streets rise up in rebellion against humankind.

Often whimsical and seductive, sometimes dark and disturbing, Dragonfly Heart is a book that you will not soon forget.


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About the Author

Jeffrey Valka has been writing fiction for more than ten years. His work has appeared in The Café Irreal, Mind In Motion, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, The Nocturnal Lyric, Pirate Writings and been reprinted in The 2nd Coming: The Best of Pirate Writings, Volume 2. He lives in the Detroit area with his wife and daughter.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 186 pages
  • Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (June 28, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0595321895
  • ISBN-13: 978-0595321896
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,005,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Dreamland, June 20, 2006
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Dragonfly Heart, a collection of short stories by Jeffrey Valka, is a treat if you are feeling dreamy...that is to say, if you relish the feeling you get when you wake up from a vivid dream, feeling as though you have just returned from a different, very vibrant world. Mr. Valka will take you there while you are wide awake--no naps required.
The stories are broken up into different sections, representing ten doors (paths into the unconscious mind, perhaps?). One narrator, or perhaps many, tells the tales; this does not really matter, though for this reader at least, the narrator represented one mind and many dreams, or at the very least many worlds.
The perfect collection for a slow, hazy afternoon or that precious reading time when you're getting ready to fall asleep,
Dragonfly Heart is a treat for the senses.

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5.0 out of 5 stars a journey into the subconscious, August 20, 2004
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A collection of short stories from the realms of the author's imagination. A trip through a spiral of subjects immersing the reader and sucking them in. The meanderings through life, death and psyche. Is Jeff Valka a mad genius? Only time will tell. A thoroughly entertaining and engaging read....
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5.0 out of 5 stars A very Pleasant Surprise, August 18, 2004
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The stories in Dragonly Heart are very short, but they're addictive. I spent a day sitting in various cafes drinking tea and ended up reading the entire thing from cover to cover, having only intended to read the first section. It's lovely work. At times it's more like wandering around an art gallery than reading a book.

This isn't a collection of genre stories, they shift from dark humour to tragedy, to romance, to horror... You're never quite sure where it's going to take you next, but it's more about enjoying the journey than worrying about where it's going to end.

This is one of those books that I sank into and I didn't realise how much I was enjoying it until it was finished. I hope to see more from the author soon.
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