Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Kindle Single) [Kindle Edition]

Mishka Shubaly (Author)

Book Description

Two-time bestselling Kindle Singles author Mishka Shubaly is back with a dark, intimate, fascinating story of love, hope and human connection... gone horribly, horribly awry.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

In Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Mishka Shubaly tells how he became deeply infatuated with Johna Chase. She was a fan of his band who was following him on Twitter. Her profile photo was appealing. He was single. He sent her a message. They began flirting online. The account begins and proceeds as any online dating story might. But then, once Shubaly's hope is twinborn with love, there's a wrinkle, and then a twist--and the relationship unfolds into something so mind-blowing, so staggeringly inconceivable that it charts new territory in emotional entanglement. In this Kindle Single, deep intrigue combines with fluid and nuanced prose to tell an astonishing story. Prepare to marvel at this story even weeks after you have read it. --Paul Diamond

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Product Details

• File Size: 99 KB
• Print Length: 29 pages
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0078TEBOM
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,458 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #9 in Kindle Store > Kindle Singles > Page-turning Narratives
  • #9 in Kindle Store > Kindle Singles > Memoirs
  • #49 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Relationships > Love & Romance

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 58 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Are you lonesome tonight? February 15, 2012

By Michael Butler

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

This is the 3rd book by Mishka Shubaly I have read in the last 24 hours. This was a great story about love, trust, and relationships - but not that mushy crap. Very enjoyable, and didn't see the ending coming! Some of the best nonfiction I've read. I would reccomend reading them in order of occurence and not publication date. Read "Shiprwrecked," "Are you lonesome tonight?" And then "The Long Run."

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Cuckoo for love, a cautionary tale that's seriously entertaining February 14, 2012

By Rett01 TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

When Mishka Shubaly labels himself an "amateur anesthesiologist" he's really describing the twenty years he spent as a drunk and drug enthusiast. Two decades is a long time to remain wasted and Shubaly is only in his mid- thirties.

"Are You Lonely Tonight," is the third installment in his bad-boy, outrageous life. It picks up after the kaleidoscope of an existence he describes in his two previous Kindle Singles "Shipwrecked" and "The Long Run."

This time out he's turned from seeking chemical stimulation to searching for true love. And he thinks he finds it in Johna. Looking at her photo he's captivated, "She had the kind of face easy for a lonely man to project a whole imagined future upon."

It's a fixation that we know is going to go from bad to totally bizarre so quickly and with so much certainty that you can almost hear a young Tina Turner in the background singing "Fool in Love."

In a flash, the object of Shubaly's woefully misguided desire becomes the spurned lover in "The Magus" or the ensnaring temptress in "Kiss of the Spider Woman." Oh, Mishka, we want to scream, "How could you be so stupid to be duped so completely."

Later on and trying to describe the lunacy of the woman he once dreamed about sharing his life with, Shubaly thinks "insane" and "crazy" just don't do her justice." Instead archaic words such as "bonkers, nutso, batty, wacko, bananas, around the bend" come to mind and the best way to depict the craziness of her is probably "cuckoo."

Everything about his search for true love, Shubaly says, has been either seriously terrifying or terribly hilarious. He hasn't decided which. I suggest you read this installment of his story as a cautionary tale and with the expectation of being seriously entertained.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars 3rd time is a charm. February 14, 2012

By Mineral917

Format:Kindle Edition

Also the 3rd story I've read from this author. I guess that means I've read all of Shubaly's stories...and they keep getting better and better. This particular story is oh-so-dark and messed up. Wonderful commentary on the human condition and what it means to live with someone who truly has demons to deal with.

Can't wait for the next one!

More About the Author

After receiving an expensive MFA from Columbia University, Mishka Shubaly promptly quit writing to play music. He lived out of a Toyota minivan for a year, touring nonstop, and has shared the stage with artists like The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Decemberists.

His Kindle Singles for Amazon have all been bestsellers. He writes true stories about drink, drugs, disasters, desire, deception and their aftermath. His work has been praised for its grit, humor, fearlessness and heart. 'The Long Run,' his mini-memoir detailing his transformation from alcoholic drug abuser to sober ultrarunner is one of the best-selling Kindle Singles to date.

Mishka Shubaly lives in Brooklyn where he writes music and plays bass for Freshkills. He is at work on a new solo record of his original songs and a full-length memoir.

www.mishkashubaly.com
www.facebook.com/shubaly.mishka

Amazon Author Rankbeta 

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#97 in Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting

#99 in Kindle eBooks > Biographies & Memoirs

#97 in Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting

#99 in Kindle eBooks > Biographies & Memoirs