The Latch-Key Solution [Kindle Edition]

Larisa Naples (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

“A Silicon Valley spooky story for geeks of all persuasions.”

When software CEO Bruce Whiting is shown a beautiful, fully-furnished, waterfront office, perfect to serve as his start-up’s new headquarters, he’s eager to seal the deal. There’s just one catch: a band of homeless nuts have taken up residence, and they’re pestering passers-by with ghost stories. The real-estate agent seems to know them, but she vehemently denies it. So who are they, really? Where did they come from? And why won’t they leave? Part campy campfire tale, and part biting workplace satire, “The Latch-Key Solution” is a high-tech haunted office story filled with business scheming, betrayals and double-crosses. The story pokes fun at many of the characters we’ve all worked with, or for, or around; the software glitches that make us crazy; and the ridiculous memes of high-tech biz-speak.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 205 KB
• Publisher: Larisa Naples (October 13, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005VU2GX8
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #592,622 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Larisa Naples is an award-winning poet and screenwriter, and a radio-playwright whose works have been heard on "The Sonic Society" (on CKDU 88.1 FM, Nova Scotia, Canada), and "Sound Affects: A Radio Playground" (on KFAI 90.3 FM, Minneapolis, and 106.7 FM, St. Paul). Living in Silicon Valley, surrounded by busy, productive people on the go, Larisa realized that many people would love to enjoy a story well told, but often get their "down-time" in 10-20 minute chunks, in completely inconvenient places: stuck in traffic in a car, waiting to pick up the kids at school, on a treadmill at the gym, in an airport departure lounge, or even worse -- hoarding battery-life while sitting in an airplane on the tarmac. Short-form e-fiction and audio-dramas seemed a natural fit. So now she proudly offers up...

"original e-fiction, and audio-dramatic ear candy for people on the go"

The daughter of an airport architect, Larisa was raised a Global Nomad with childhood homes in Caracas, Tehran, Tel Aviv, and New York. As a child, she routinely haggled for trinkets in dusty bazaars, romped about in archaeological ruins, and soaked up many different forms of ethnic music, dance, literature, and theatre. She still likes to travel whenever she can, but when not headed to or from an airport departure lounge, Larisa spends her time restoring native ecosystems, and spending time with her husband and son.