Luke Hartwell's three acclaimed short stories, hitherto published individually, appear here in one volume. "Jimmy," "Michael," and "Nothing Strikes Back!" showcase Hartwell's ability to create characters then get inside their head and relate their stories in a voice so accurate you will swear the character is writing the story. "Jimmy" has been compared to "Brokeback Mountain" for its sparse prose and simple power. "Michael" has been called one of the funniest pieces to appear in the gay literary canon. "Nothing Strikes Back" is a newer piece tackling a controversial topic. Together, these stories are a satisfying testament to Hartwell's peculiarly engaging style.
What do you do when your girlfriend's younger brother is the best-looking person on the planet and has a thing for you but he's only sixteen? Parish doesn't know what he's going to do, but he's about to find out.
Hunter, a high school senior, finds himself with no place to go and ends up sharing a bed with the friend and classmate he once had abandoned. Brandon, who has been in love with Hunter since ninth grade, finds having Hunter in his bed every night leads to some surprises. After graduating, the two boys part. Years later Brandon receives an unexpected call from Hunter, who has been married twice and has a son. Now, he's come to realize Brandon was always the love of his life. Hartwell charts the lives of not only Brandon and Hunter but their friends Case, Jorge, and Scott, as well. Readers also come to know Hunter's son, Ben, and Case's son, Taylor, who are best friends. Locomotives in Winter is an intimate, sexy novel as well as an oddly-literate novel --with its title taken from a Whitman poem--for readers looking to read something a bit out of the ordinary.
Ben cannot keep his mind off the handsome young man sitting at the back of his world literature class. He fantasizes and fantasizes, and then he acts. An amorous, hysterical, and ridiculously unusual tale by the acclaimed author of Atom Heart John Beloved, Nathan's Story, and Locomotives in Winter.
The Iron Heel has been hailed by some critics as the greatest of all dystopian novels. Published in 1908, the novel is a prophetic warning of the dangers of capitalist excess. The Oligarchy, a monopoly trust, has gained control and is in the process of squeezing out and shutting down small to midsize businesses and making farmers subservient to their wishes. They are opposed by the Brotherhood of Man, a group that embraces London's idea of a socialist collective. London employs the ruse of having his manuscript not only written by someone else, Ernest Everhard, but discovered by a third party, Anthony Meredith, who offers commentary throughout. London finds time to praise Oscar Wilde, who was still regarded by most of the public as a demonic corruptor of youth, while providing a prophetic vision of the rise of fascism.
The Sleeper Awakes is a dystopian, science fiction story about a man, Graham, who sleeps two hundred and three years, awaking to a London he barely recog-nizes. Among his many surprises, he finds that due to compound interest, he is now one of the world's wealthiest men. The twist is that his fortune has been placed in a trust, governed by a group of capitalists called the White Council, and has been instrumental in establishing a new world order. And what a world order it is! Edited and introduced by Luke Hartwell, author of Atom Heart John Beloved.
This is the dystopian novel that Pope Francis has twice urged Catholics to read (in 2013 and again in 2015), calling it "prophetic." Before Huxley, before Orwell, and long before Fahrenheit 451, A Clockwork Orange, Blade Runner, and The Hunger Games, Robert Hugh Benson wrote a story of the coming of the Anti-Christ that today is considered one of the first modern dystopian novels. Lord of the World, published in 1907, presents a world controlled by Freemasonry, with only a small Catholic minority bravely opposing them. Benson's portrayal of the Freemasons as dominated by Marxism and Humanism made the novel a counterpoint to the socialist-themed dystopias written at the same time by H. G. Wells (The Sleeper Awakes) and Jack London (The Iron Heel). Introduced and edited by Luke Hartwell, author of Atom Heart John Beloved.
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