HOAR FROST, by Eric E. Wallace
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Could you go out onto a snowy rooftop to confront a would-be jumper? What might you experience if you were trapped inside a tornado? How long could you keep a huge secret from your concert-hall fans? How would you choose between two irreconcilable talents? What would you do if you suspected something about yourself which would demolish your career? How would you deal with startling childhood memories emerging after decades of being repressed? HOAR FROST is an anthology of seven dramatic and entertaining stories dealing with the loss of faith, the end of traditions, impossible choices, lives changed in unusual ways: "Windfall" - A grieving widower, visiting his wife’s grave in a rural Midwest cemetery, is snatched up by a tornado and carried not only into an aerial maelstrom but into a new awareness. Set in (and above!) Iowa. “Rise Up Singing" - A spectacular young opera singer on a national tour with Gershwin's “Porgy and Bess" and already well on her way to major stardom, has to deal with a life-altering secret. Set in Charleston and other locations. “Shadow Boxing" - A piano teacher has a major dilemma: one of his teen-aged students shows enormous potential for achieving an international concert career. But the boy's father is pushing him into amateur boxing. Should the teacher try to convince his prodigy that boxing could ruin his chances of success as a concert pianist? Set in Victoria, B.C. “Where Morning Lies" - After a plane crash kills her bush pilot boyfriend, an Alaskan woman has settled into a quiet and satisfying life as a clock repair expert and is happily occupying her free time with quilting, gardening, and writing poetry. But into her well-ordered life comes the unexpected-a young biologist who knocks everything off-balance. Set in Southcentral Alaska. “Flood Gates" - A top cardiovascular surgeon makes a diagnosis that he desperately hopes is incorrect even though he prides himself in always being right. At the same time his wife struggles to overcome fears about the geothermal systems underneath their historic home. On one dramatic day, their stories converge. Set in Boise, Idaho. “Hoar Frost" - In the title story, an Alaskan minister whose marriage is in trouble, faces a more universal issue: he thinks he’s losing his faith, On what’s normally his day off, he’s severely put to the test. Set in Anchorage. “Shearwater Rising" - On an exclusive small-ship tour to the Galapagos Islands, a renowned tapestry weaver has three main goals: to find new inspiration for her work, to reconnect with her childhood, and to try to reestablish trust within her marriage. Set in the Galapagos Islands. Filled with unusual juxtapositions and remarkable characters, the diverse stories of HOAR FROST touch on important themes-including grief, love, mortality, faith and memory. Eric Wallace's distinctive voice is sometimes lyrical, sometimes ironic, sometimes quietly-humorous. And always engaging.
HOAR FROST, by Eric E. Wallace- Amazon Sales Rank: #1237919 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-10-04
- Released on: 2015-10-04
- Format: Kindle eBook
From the Inside Flap Sooner or later, doubt comes to each of us. Doubt can paralyze us--sometimes for keeps. Or doubt can make us stop and reflect. Eventually, it might even propel us in amazing new directions. If we're lucky. The trail passed through a windbreak of shrubs and dead grasses, and Barr stopped, stamping his feet. Snow had blown into the branches, forming odd little clumps, shapes which looked to him like elephants, ice cream cones, a bearded Moses. One crisp, glittering limb reminded Barr of this morning's hoar frost, which he'd observed but knew he'd not fully appreciated. The remembered beauty of those ice crystals hit him now. He was struck by the intensity of the cold needed to form them. He shivered. The shiver turned into a tremble. When he closed his eyes, he saw a malicious frost growing inside his heart, limning blood red with icy white. Sharp pinnacles of isolation, shining splinters of separation, crystalline tendrils of doubt were forming frozen barriers, a chain mail of ice. Barr felt tears freezing on his cheeks. His throat, fiercely-dry, constricted. Conviction. Connectedness. Focus. He needed all of them. But they were sliding away from him, as a mountain climber, his ropes unravelling strand by strand, slides into a crevasse. And Barr felt his faith surely was sliding with them. from "Hoar Frost", one of the seven absorbing stories in this new anthology
From the Back Cover HOAR FROST Stories by Eric E. Wallace You're a respected Alaskan minister. The police want you to climb out onto a snowy rooftop,19 floors up, to talk down a would-be jumper.What the police don't know is that this is among the worst days of your life,that you have begun to doubt your calling, your faith. In this diverse anthology, meet that minister and:
- a grieving widower sucked into a tornado
- a rising opera star with a life-changing secret
- a retired teacher fretting about what lurks beneath her historic home
- a clock repairer whose perfectly-ordered life is knocked off balance by a book club meeting
- a tapestry artist seeking inspiration in the Galapagos Islands and finding much more
- a 15 year old piano prodigy torn between the keyboard and the boxing ring
- a prominent doctor who desperately wants one of his diagnoses to be wrong
About the Author Award-winning author ERIC E. WALLACE writes fiction, drama, poetry and humor. His work has appeared in eight print anthologies, in dozens of periodicals and literary journals, ranging from "Alaska Quarterly Review" to "Writers Digest" and online at WritersWeekly.com, where he has won multiple short story prizes. He is the author of UNDERTOW (BookLocker.com; 2014), an anthology of 18 short stories, also available on Amazon.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Another winner By Diane H. Larson After reading "Undertow", an anthology of short stories by Eric E. Wallace, I eagerly anticipated his next creation. I was not disappointed. His new anthology is another winner. This book has fewer, and some much longer stories, allowing other elements of Wallace's talent to shine through.Each story has a succinct title that somehow manages to capture the soul of the story in one or very few words. The metaphoric counterpoints, one of his story-telling tools, are fascinating and serve well to bring every story into full brilliance and meaning for the reader.He begins with "Windfall" which metaphors the process of deep grief and pain with the chaos and nightmare of a tornado hit. What else could more aptly describe what it feels like to have the one you love most quite literally "ripped" out of your life? In his majestic poetic words and images, and yes, even with some of his ubiquitous humor thrown in, Wallace depicts the healing that is possible in such grievous circumstances."Floodgates" is equally powerful in the counterpoint it presents. This story portrays Wallace's complete mastery in writing exquisite short stories, every word filled with meaning.One of my favorites is "Where Morning Lies", the story of finding the true love at the heart of our lives. It moves at a slow place, tick-tocking along with the timepieces that the heroine meticulously repairs, giving the reader plenty of time to breathe in and appreciate the wonder of all that transpires.The beauties of nature are such an integral part of Wallace's creations. His vivid descriptions easily bring them forth in the reader's imagination. Nowhere is this more evident than in his longest story, "Shearwater Rising". It takes place in the Galapagos Islands where Darwin's evolutionary theory originated. The evolution of a marriage is the counterpoint as we find ourselves literally sauntering among some of the most amazing creatures in the world that we can almost see and feel beside us as we read.Give yourself a wonderful treat, and pick up a copy of "Hoar Frost". Light the fire, curl up on the couch wrapped in a warm blanket, and sip a cup of hot tea or cocoa, or your own favorite beverage, and slowly savor Wallace's scintillating stories. You won't be disappointed. And watch out for those blue-footed boobies at your feet!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I must say the these new stories by Eric Wallace ... By mark Van Houten I must say the these new stories by Eric Wallace are marvels of creation. They plumb the depths of human emotion, seething below the mundane surface of appearances. He weaves a tapestry of narrative from gossamer threads of psychology, morality, humanism and philosophy, all churning in the crucible of human suffering. These are truly marvels of storytelling.
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