Frank Mundo's Blog - Posts Tagged "general-fiction"

A day after The Brubury Tales made Amazon's Bestsellers list for poetry in the UK, Multi-Story.co.uk reviewed and named Gary, the Four-Eyed Fairy and Other Stories one of its "Favourite Reads" of 2012 for April.

Check out the review here:

http://www.multi-story.co.uk/books.html

Read more reviews on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Four-Eyed-Fairy...

A new review for Gary, the Four-Eyed Fairy and Other Stories has been posted from a reader in Venezuela:

A new 4-star review for my book Gary, the Four-Eyed Fairy and Other Stories from a reader in Venezuela:

Great Slices of Life: "This is a set of great short stories. They are about the life and times of J.T., a security guard. If you think this is a boring sort of protagonist, then you must rethink it all over and wait to read these tales! Be warned: some are heart-warming, others sad... some poignant. One of them even managed to offend my personal set of beliefs (I simply refuse to share a particular viewpoint with the author), but even in spite of that these tales are outstanding pieces of work..."
Read the rest at Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Four-Eyed-Fairy...

After his roommate dies in a car crash, J.T. has the
thankless job of packing his dead friend's possessions to send back to his parents in Mexico. What he discovers will forever change his life.

http://www.wattpad.com/story/28629714...

This is another story I just posted on Wattpad from my book, "Gary, the Four-Eyed Fairy and Other Stories," a collection of a dozen interconnected short stories available at Amazon, ibooks, Smashwords.

Check it out. This is the third short story from the book on Wattpad for you to read for free.

Warning: story contains adult language and content.
http://www.wattpad.com/story/28629714...

My collection of short stories, Gary, the Four-Eyed Fairy and Other stories is available in paperback for the first time.

"4-stars: GARY, THE FOUR-EYED FAIRY AND OTHER STORIES is an entertaining romp, full of irreverent humor that leaves you wanting more...chronicling the life and times of J.T. Glass, a security guard armed with a sharp tongue, keen wit and vivid imagination...each story in this collection can stand on its own, but read together, the book feels more like a novel told out of chronological order, or like a puzzle that engages you, the reader, to assemble and experience the transformation from boy to man. The dialogue is crisp, the nuances are rich, most of the stories move at a fast clip, and you'll be laughing or crying most of the journey... Mundo knows how to delight and surprise, no holds barred. He has an excellent command of story, and the courage to go dark." --Indiereader.com

"Well worth a read...A sharply observed take on the human condition, it's full of off-beat humour, life lessons and moral dilemmas." Named a "Favourite Read for April 2012" - multi-story.co.uk

"When Carolyn See wrote her dissertation on the Hollywood novel in 1963, she could find only three Los Angeles writers who were not writing about the movie business. When she published her first novel in 1970, her editor told her Joan Didion was her main competition. Today, as she sorts through candidates for the anthology, she's coming across scores of new writers: Michael Jaime Becerra, whose new book, "Every Night Is Ladies' Night," is set among Latino immigrants in El Monte...Or Frank Mundo, a security guard who works the graveyard shift and has published his tales of overnight security. See guesses there may be several hundred serious writers in the region..." - Los Angeles Times


"Ordinarily this was supposed to be the time when students were supposed to helpfully venture 'constructive criticism,' since part of the class was about learning to do just that, but there was no constructive criticism that I remember, because Frank Mundo was the kind of person who already knew how to write and what to write -- knew it in his bones. You could say his prose was perfect, and you'd be absolutely right on the money." - Carolyn See of The Washington Post


Get Gary, the Four-Eyed Fairy and Other Stories at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Gary-Four-Eyed-...

It's also available for Kindle, iBooks, and Smashwords.

You read it right. My book Different is free this Saturday through Monday, March 25-27 on Kindle. Check it out.

If you choose to read it, please share your review on GR and Amazon. Love it or hate it, I appreciate your time and your opinion.

Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Different-Frank...

Different is an illustrated novella for adults. It's in the Urban Fantasy or Contemporary Fantasy genres. There are six reviews on GR, and four on Amazon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Summary: If you like those "peculiar" children Tim Burton is about to make famous, you might like Different.

One morning 12-year-old Gregory Gourde wakes up in his bed with an impossible new feature: his head has become a watermelon. We follow Gregory down a rabbit hole of sorts to a new world and an audacious exploration of what it really means to be different in this dark yet humorous nod to Kafka's "Metamorphosis" and Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland".

The illustrations in Different are woodcut-style black-and-white drawings (after the famous Alice in Wonderland art) by Keith Draws, who also illustrated my other book, The Brubury Tales (Illustrated Edition) and the cover of my short-story collection, Gary, the Four-Eyed Fairy (who, incidentally, makes an appearance in Different).

*Adult language and content. Not for children under 13 or 14.

I hope you enjoy Different.

To celebrate almost seven years in publication, I've released a "throwback edition" of my short story collection, Gary, The Four-Eyed Fairy and Other Stories (on iTunes only) with the original cover.

Read it on your iPhone or iPads. Only $1.99!

Check out the cover now.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/gary...

I was pleased to learn that the Stories to live by blog on wordpress has reviewed my short story collection, Gary, the Four-Eyed Fairy & Other Stories. Here's a bit of it:


"Gary, the Four-Eyed Fairy and other stories by Frank Mundo is a collection of short stories that give insight to various stages in the life of a man named J.T. Glass. J.T. is a security guard with a sharp tongue, wild imagination, a wicked and sometimes dark sense of humor and has an interesting way of looking at life...

There are twelve parts to this book (one is of bonus material) and each one tells us a different story..."

Please visit storiestoliveby and check it out if you have a minute. Like it, share it, comment on it. I appreciate your support.

Gary, the Four-Eyed Fairy and Other Stories is available in paperback at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, for kindle and the Nook, Kobo, iTunes and Smashwords. If you like short stories in the general fiction genre, check it out. Or read some of the reviews on Amazon or Goodreads. It has nothing to do with fairies. I promise -- not that there's anything wrong with that. The title is simply an unfortunate nickname given to one of the characters by bullies when he was in high school.

I was excited and grateful to learn that my book, Gary, the Four-Eyed Fairy and Other Stories, was reviewed today by the Random Book Review Web blog. Check out an excerpt below:

"Hi everyone! This week I’m reviewing Gary, the Four-Eyed Fairy and Other Stories by Frank Mundo, which I kindly received from the author and Booktasters. This collection of short stories revolve around a particular character, J.T Glass who works as a security guard at various establishments. The stories are snippets of his life, from his childhood and relationships with his family, to his escapades at work.

I thoroughly enjoyed this collection. Mundo really captures Glass’ voice, who is our narrator for the majority of the stories, and it never falters. It is very dry, occasionally black humour laced with moments of reflection. As a result, Glass comes across as a very well-fleshed out character. He is relatable even in the most bizarre of scenarios, and you cannot help but laugh at some of the predicaments he finds himself in..."

Read the whole review at

https://randombookreviewsweb.wordpres...