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There's No Crying in Pocket Pool

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In "There's No Crying in Pocket Pool", the anonymous Hart Brachen (h.b.) sets the stage, quite literally, with a one act play that reads briskly but with fervor. At the heart of the story is "BigBri", a modern-day take on a Willie Loman-meets-Biff tragic hero living in his mother's basement in Cillicothe, MO. His trials and tribulations as an internet troll are borne out as words on a monitor screen. The only thing he desires most in life is that attention must be paid.

The only fault to be found within the digital pages of this offering is that the reader is left wanting to learn more about the bartender. h.b.'s masterpiece lends itself well to an evening of light reading. Available only on Kindle software everywhere.

With "There's No Crying in Pocket Pool," Hart Brachen boldly implodes a Pinteresque Comedy of Menace into a Cillicothian black hole. In this subterranean world, the only light that escapes comes from deep, explosive laughs. Brachen should be prepared for a more public, less pseudonymous life after this gem of an effort.

"There's No Crying in Pocket Pool" is the first but - God willing - not last ebook from Hart Brachen, the maniacal genius responsible for the Soxaholix comic strip/blog. Although the book may be somewhat inaccessible to those who do not read Soxaholix, anyone with an even passing familiarity with the sense of humor present in the strip will find themselves greatly entertained.