Bottle Talk: Short Short Fiction

by Ken Rivard

Bottle Talk is Ken Rivard's sixth book and is a substantial collection of short fiction (monologues) exploring alcoholic behavior. Some of the monologues are heart wrenching, some are believable and incredible, others are angry and hilarious. Some are so tragic that they bend back on themselves and become comedy. All are obsessed with self and are unvarnished explorations of the insanity that accompanies alcohol abuse. Bottle Talk should be read by anyone who is curious about compulsive behavior and who has been exposed to alcohol or perhaps, alcohol abuse. The book looks at the realities when alcohol consumption crosses that line of social drinking and becomes an illness. Bottle Talk demonstrates how alcoholism is an allergy of the body and a mental obsession. The stories will reach into corners of all reader's hearts and heads. Ken Rivard's five books are Kiss Me Down To Size , (1983), Frankie's Desires (1987), If She Could Take All These Men (1995), Mom, The School Flooded (1996) and Skin Tests (2000) which was a finalist for both The Writers Guild of Alberta Short Fiction Award (2001) and The City of Calgary/W.O. Mitchell Award for Best Book (2001). Ken's work has also appeared in dozens of national and international publications and on the CBC.

196 pages, Paperback

First published October 5, 2002