E. Christopher Clark - Author and All-Around Geek
Books
Those Little Bastads
Book Synopsis
Welcome to a world populated by characters both heartwarming and disturbing. Here you will find a nice old landlady who might as well be a guardian angel, a twisted and lonely man who can talk to computers with his mind, a piano instructor who sleeps with his students but wonders whether his daughter is safe from men like him, and a husband sent to the doghouse, who discovers two weirdoes, a shovel, and lots of open land.
From the twisted imagination of E. Christopher Clark come sixteen of his “little bastads,” tales that never pull punches, but occasionally pull heartstrings.
Table of Contents
01. Revelation [Hear Excerpt/Discussion (Video)]
02. Ezekiel and the Harvesters
03. Hacker
04. Vamp
05. Sylvia’s Masterpiece
06. Deus ex Machina
07. Sam [Hear It (Video)]
08. Two Weirdoes, a Shovel, and Lots of Open Land [Hear Excerpt/Discussion (Video)]
09. The Breakdown
10. A River Runs Through These Three Points of View
11. God, (or, The Fine Art of Letting Go)
12. Death by Cursor [Read It]
13. Out of the Groove
14. Those Little Bastads
15. The Perfect Pitch
16. Scenes from the Park
Reviews & Press
“...a lively collection of 16 tales.”
—Nancye Tuttle, Lowell Sun
“...he places characters based on real people into comedic or even scandalous situations, and guesses how those people would react to their predicaments… Some of his inspiration stems from his days working at the old Purity Supreme grocery store in Chelmsford Center. A parade of tabloids… proved to be an excellent training ground for Clark’s creativity.”
—Kevin Zimmerman, Chelmsford Independent
“If you’ve ever wondered what the quiet guy in the corner was really thinking, this book might be your answer. The stories are simple, almost like day dreams, if your day dreams tended to go horribly, horribly awry.”
—Leslie Poston, Books Without Limits
“The entire book is a must read. ...a lot of tang and spice ...completely uncensored and unabridged.”
—PsychoFairy, Amazon.com Customer Review