Monkey Bars

by Jay Nichols

For children gravity = fun. For adults, too, when you get right down to it.

Kindle Edition

First published January 6, 2013

About the author

Jay Nichols was born in Houston, Texas, in 1979. While his bones were growing, he did things. He went to school, played guitar, attended college, worked a job.

In 2005, he moved to San Antonio, where he resides today. He still likes to do things from time to time.

His first novel, Canis Major, was released in June, 2012. A smattering of short stories followed soon after.

Reviews

[Christoph Fischer · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Monkey Bars” by Jay Nichols is a short story with exceptionally artistic and poetic use of language. The author has a gift for metronomic flow and skilfully takes the reader in a quick pace through the few pages of the story which is revolving around a playground and its monkey bars. A man in his car observes the playground and remembers it from years ago when he was a child himself. He also watches Eveline Chambers, now and then, although his connection to her and her fate are left unspoken and are open to interpretation.
I was impressed by this offering but will admit that as a matter of personal taste I prefer a slightly more straight-forward telling of a story than the less clear manner in which this story was told. All the same, there is no denying that here is a writer with great talent and I did enjoy the read.