Fire Diner: poems and shorts

by Zack Kopp

Poetry and brief prose by a young man who eats fire, sets his head on fire and speaks fire.

96 pages, Paperback

First published March 3, 2013

About the author

I just published one called Main Character Syndrome, Kindle version available at Amazon, paperback by tomorrow (2/21/24). Something brand new about artificial intelligence and mortality called Uneasy World was also recently published and is currently available at Amazon along with There Ain't Nowhere but Here about dysfunctional tenants and communities. Uneasy World is the hardest book I've had to write so far and I think it came out nicely. A few years ago, I founded a co. called Camp Elasticity Productions, edited and published an anthology called The Cool Zone, a revised edition of my first novel, Reality Stars, published three more, Problem Contest, Lucky Jokers, and Happiness, and started putting together a film. Take a look at my website for blog entries and podcasts. More updates are always coming soon.

Reviews

[Bryan Pedas · Rating 5 out of 5]

To call this a collection of short stories would really be short selling it. What you have here is a very poignant collection of words. Stories, poems, observations - whether a few sentences or a few pages, all of these are worth a read.

At only 87 pages, this is a very quick read, and I found myself wanting to jump from story to story without stopping. I chewed through this book in one sitting. Each story is such a completely different and unique outlook on anything from the seedy night life, to shyness, to death, and what intrigues me most is that Zack Kopp can take the smallest of sentences and churn out an entire story. For example:

"An old man pushes the ghost of his son past the shops and bars in an empty wheelchair."

That single sentence paints an entire story in my head, and if it intrigues you as much as it intrigued me, this book is definitely for you.