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Releasing a short story collection prior to my debut novel never was part of the original plan, but in hindsight I realize it was the right thing to do. The overwhelmingly positive response to Guilt Trips, which came out about a month and a half ago, and all the congratulatory messages I’ve received have provided more than enough fuel for me to plow through revisions on my novel.
Thank you all for providing the much-needed courage and motivation to get me to that next release date!
In the midst of revisions for my debut novel, I’ve decided not to let 2013 come to a close without launching something.
Guilt Trips is a collection of six short stories written mostly between 2008 and 2013. The stories in this collection alternate between horror and more introspective, melancholic fiction, while the settings encompass both my native Indiana and my current home in Spain.
The style and tone of the stories contained in Guilt Trips are fairly representative of what’s to come in my upcoming novel, so I feel this collection is a good primer for what’s just over the horizon.
Guilt Trips is available in both eBook and paperback at Amazon.
Can young Alex learn to appreciate his roots? Will Danny take advantage of a golden opportunity to beat his grandfather at checkers? Can a local myth defeat reason? Will Alberto take the blame for his generation’s flaws? Has Arantxa’s obsession with her career erased her ability to feel? Where will carnal desire lead two buddies on a night out?
Guilt Trips is Jason Paul Barker’s debut collection of six short stories ranging from horror to the introspective.