Love Will Make You Drink and Gamble, Stay Out Late at Night

by Shelly Lowenkopf

Overview

"Love Will Make You Drink and Gamble, Stay Out Late at Night" brings a number of Shelly Lowenkopf’s previously published short stories together in a single volume. All the stories revolve around life in Santa Barbara, the oceanside city north of Los Angeles, where people go after they've burned out in San Francisco or L.A. Interwoven into Santa Barbara’s picturesque setting, the people in these twelve stories reveal what their hearts and souls encounter in relationships. Their misreadings, mistakes, and misadventures bare what happens to people who love another. “Shelly Lowenkopf is a master of the art of stealth in fiction,” says author David Gillham (City of Women). “His writing draws you in and then, ka-pow! Here comes the sucker punch that flattens you.”

Product Details

BN ID:	2940046038095
Publisher:	Christopher Meeks
Publication date:	06/24/2014
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	425 KB

About the Author

Shelly Lowenkopf taught in the University of Southern California’s Master of Professional Writing Program for 34 years, has taught at the annual Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference since 1980, and has been guest lecturer in many schools and conferences. He is currently Visiting Professor at the College of Creative Studies, UCSB, with classes in noir fiction, the modern short story, genre fiction, and developing a literary voice. Lowenkopf has served as editorial director for literary, general trade, massmarket, and scholarly book publishers, seeing over 500 books through the editorial and production process. His own short fiction has appeared widely in the literary press.

Editorial Reviews

“Five stars. I loved that there were so many different quirky characters and that the author related them all to the human heart.”

Deal Sharing Aunt - Vicky Brinius

“Highly recommended collection of twelve short stories!"

She Treads Softly - Lori Lutes

“'Love Will Make You Drink and Gamble, Stay Out Late at Night' will make you appreciate short stories. This makes good collection, the kind that you'd want to savour over time rather than devouring in a day.”

Tabula Rasa - Priya Adabak

"'Love Will Make You Drink and Gamble, Stay Out Late at Night' is an examination of love in all of its different forms, love shared through words, through deeds, through desire, through obsession. Set in Santa Barbara, these tales are often dark, occasionally humorous, but always intriguing."

Girl With Her Head in a Book - Susanna Perkins