The Game (Triple Crown Publications Presents) [Paperback]

J M Jossel (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2003

Enclosed is a walk through the city projects, ghettos and streets. It's a mind journey that puts life's realities into words. This anthology is the first of its kind to take such an array of authors, and their true to the life gritty tales, and allow their words to explode in one setting.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A new day is here, brothers and sisters. And it's about God damn time!" -- THE MILITANT by the Urban Griot a.k.a. Omar Tyree

"Ice gave the corner his warmest smile, exposing two rows of gold teeth, all with blue diamond cuts." -- BLACK ICE by Kwan Foye

Triple Crown Publications Take a bow! You are doing wonderful things and in a royal way! --Sharon Gordon, Urban Trendsetters Magazine

About the Author

Author Shannon Holmes has compiled a first-of-its-kind-masterpiece anthology featuring today's up and rising talents. This work includes the short stories of twenty talented authors. Shannon Holmes pens a powerful introduction called ''The Warning.'' Also enjoy stories from Essence Best-Selling Author, Vickie Stringer (''Let That Be The Reason''), Nikkie Turner (''A Hustler's Wife''), Kwan (''Gangsta''), Joylynn Jossel (''Dollar Bill''),The Urban Griot and many, many more...

Product Details

• Paperback: 225 pages
• Publisher: Triple Crown Publications (April 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970247230
• ISBN-13: 978-0970247230
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #531,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Thomas Long was born and raised in the rough streets of Baltimore, Maryland. They serve as the backdrop for his gritty novels about the street life. He is credited with being the only author in the current urban fiction genre to have his novel turned into a film (4 Life starring Wood Harris and Elise Neal) since the legendary Donald Goines. His writing style can be described as gritty, erotic, intellectual, and able to appeal all audiences. He posessess two Masters degrees and splits his time between writing and working as federal human service adminstrator. He currently resides in York, PA with his wife. Expect to read more adventurous and thought provoking works from this immense talent in the near future.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Idea..., January 27, 2004

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Shamontiel L. Vaughn "Message from Montie" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Game (Triple Crown Publications Presents) (Paperback)

The Good: "The Chosen One" by Destin Soul was one of the most clever stories out of this book. "The Letter" was hilarious. "Twisted" was a really good story as well. The line in Roy L. Pickering Jr.'s "Mama's Boy" about "Sometimes I think death is scared of me" was very strong dialogue and I liked that story.

The Bad: It may be the editor in me, but some of these stories were almost impossible to get past the editing mistakes, or lack thereof, unless they were as well crafted as stories like "Averted Hearts" by John "Divine G" to the point where the plot outweighed the mistakes. But there were so many careless mistakes like "two ours" instead of "two hours", "you're" instead of "your", "Born" by Shere Washington had endless mistakes (and the story was so disturbing that I had to tell other people about it--the story was well crafted, but man, did it sit a heavy load on my brain!) In "Betrayal" by Chris Foster, you can't have a person speaking with exclamation points and say they have "emotionless demeanor" on top of the story being dry, practical, and too boring to finish. "Comradery" needed editing as well.

Overall: "The Letter" was predictable, but I really liked it. Some stories were so far-fetched that it caught me by surprise. Only a couple were practical, which surprised me because i figured the subject matter was going to be. I really enjoyed this book and all the different aspects to it, but the editor needs to tighten up his/her game, for real because these are careless mistakes!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Desperate Sales Attempt, November 19, 2004

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Tiffany (Dallas, TX, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Game (Triple Crown Publications Presents) (Paperback)

This book was a complete let down, the title of the book is completly misleading. A short story is just that a short story, but most of the stories in this book are more like book previews. It seems the purpose of this collection was to increase books sales for the various writers rather that provide interesting short stories. This was a complete waste of time, don't waste your money.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars on the edge, July 23, 2003

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glitter (St. Louis ,MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Game (Triple Crown Publications Presents) (Paperback)

this book was a good collection of short stories. Some were to short, they left you hangin on the edge. This is a perfect book for people who cant sit thru long novel.