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Warm Moonlight
In 'Warm Moonlight', Joseph Wurtenbaugh, the author of 'The Old Soul', presents a supernatural tale done his way. It's a thrilling story of adventure and rescue, of escape and revenge, set in New England in the early days of Prohibition. Written in the great storytelling tradition, 'Warm Moonlight' has all the intensity of a got-to-hear-how-it-ends campfire yarn, but with a decidedly adult sophistication and sensibility.
The ending is unique and satisfying, but leaves the audience, like one of the characters in the story, wondering - how much of it was true? How much invented? Can such things be? Maybe it's a ghost story or . . . . maybe it isn't.
The ending is unique and satisfying, but leaves the audience, like one of the characters in the story, wondering - how much of it was true? How much invented? Can such things be? Maybe it's a ghost story or . . . . maybe it isn't.
- GenresFictionShort Stories
36 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 7, 2012
About the author
Joseph Wurtenbaugh
5 books3 followers'Joseph Wurtenbaugh' is the writing name of Frank Dudley Berry, Jr. Mr. Berry is a retired criminal law professional and entrepreneurial lawyer.
Mr. Berry's first novel was 'Thursday's Child', an epic love story that infused a conventional romance formula with a rich novel of ideas. The result is one of the most unusual stories that the casual reader is ever likely to encounter - a narrative that manages to construct a modern epic and a heroic love story out of the most mundane materials of everyday life.
His second novel, 'A Prophet Without Honor', is a tightly controlled excursion into the realm of contrafactual history. Written in epistolary form and voiced in a completely different manner that 'Thursday's Child, the book nonetheless has the same epic scope as the first.
Mr. Berry has also published three Kindle Select novellas - 'The Old Soul','Warm Moonlight', and 'Newton in the New Age'. The novellas have the same variety in subject, theme, and voice as the novels. 'The Old Soul' is a cross between science fiction and scientific fiction, with the most unusual protagonist any reader is likely to encounter. It was an Amazon Editor's Choice in the second half of 2012.
'Warm Moonlight' is a story of personal redemption, set in New England circa 1900-1920, and with a soupcon of the supernatural. It has been translated into German and added to the Amazon catalog.
'Newton in the New Age' is a modern domestic comedy. I
Mr. Berry's notes on these pieces can be found at this blog - "http://grealistink.typepad.co
Mr. Berry's first novel was 'Thursday's Child', an epic love story that infused a conventional romance formula with a rich novel of ideas. The result is one of the most unusual stories that the casual reader is ever likely to encounter - a narrative that manages to construct a modern epic and a heroic love story out of the most mundane materials of everyday life.
His second novel, 'A Prophet Without Honor', is a tightly controlled excursion into the realm of contrafactual history. Written in epistolary form and voiced in a completely different manner that 'Thursday's Child, the book nonetheless has the same epic scope as the first.
Mr. Berry has also published three Kindle Select novellas - 'The Old Soul','Warm Moonlight', and 'Newton in the New Age'. The novellas have the same variety in subject, theme, and voice as the novels. 'The Old Soul' is a cross between science fiction and scientific fiction, with the most unusual protagonist any reader is likely to encounter. It was an Amazon Editor's Choice in the second half of 2012.
'Warm Moonlight' is a story of personal redemption, set in New England circa 1900-1920, and with a soupcon of the supernatural. It has been translated into German and added to the Amazon catalog.
'Newton in the New Age' is a modern domestic comedy. I
Mr. Berry's notes on these pieces can be found at this blog - "http://grealistink.typepad.co
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
September 5, 2017
Very wonderful book about family. Read this short story and you will be very pleased you did.
December 21, 2021
Excellent reading
The trend of the story is human, interesting and binding. Good vocabulary. Recommend for reading. Human relations are important and need to be addressed
The trend of the story is human, interesting and binding. Good vocabulary. Recommend for reading. Human relations are important and need to be addressed
June 9, 2013
Warm Moonlight begins in enchanting fashion, as an elderly woman begins to regale her granddaughter with a cautionary tale of her less than discreet youth. Wurtenbaugh masterfully creates tone and mood in both past and present as the tale unfolds. Unfortunately, the foreshadowing is such that the ending is hardly a surprise; nonetheless the tale is redemptive and entertaining.
October 11, 2015
Very satisfying read. Short but compelling. Good moral value. Worth your time.
Worth your time. Surprising message in short story. Interesting characters. Kept my interest to the end. Very satisfying read. Enjoyed
Worth your time. Surprising message in short story. Interesting characters. Kept my interest to the end. Very satisfying read. Enjoyed
July 27, 2012
Excellent graphic novel.
Surprising, wonderful lead character.
Tells you how far we have come in less than 100 years.
Loved it.
Surprising, wonderful lead character.
Tells you how far we have come in less than 100 years.
Loved it.
September 1, 2012
fun little short read
January 12, 2013
Nice read for a rainy day
March 13, 2013
I wish it had been longer.
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews