The Rejected Works of William L. Domme

by William L. Domme

In the spirit of transgressive fiction the short stories of The Rejected Works of William L. Domme Volume I use blunt language and straightforward storytelling to relate tales of socially aberrant lives. The opulent and well heeled make few appearances within these 100 pages but the characters are no less rich. Impoverished mothers, narcissistic couples, a deluded madman caught up in his own mayhem, a band of thieves holed up in a sandstorm, and many more come to life by the time the back cover silences them all. Aggressive and to the point, what The Rejected Works lack in hyperbole they make up for in punch.

Table of Contents

The Dogshit Summer

Idler at the Window

Knuckles’ Broken Promise

Malcolm’s Apple Tree

Morning

Stellan Bambrey

Talk of Sex Over Wine:  Wrong Place, Wrong Time

The High Price

They Oughtta Make a Law

From a Hand You've Once Shaken

The Snake in the Hourglass

The Death of Marcus Kasparov

The News on TV

102 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2013

About the author

William L. Domme (1979– ) writes in Topeka, Kansas. His novel THE CONFLUENCE was released on March 3, 2015. His work has appeared in Seveneight­five and The Sub­ter­ranean Quar­terly. He was a final­ist in Glim­mer Train’s 2008 Fam­ily Mat­ters con­test! Two col­lec­tions of short sto­ries, Eight and The Rejected Works Vol. I, are avail­able in paper­back and eBook for­mats. He is also a mem­ber of the writ­ing work­shop Lit Reac­tor.

Reviews

[☆Joycedale☆ · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was an interesting book. Some of the stories are really good and I wished they had been longer. The rest were a little confusing or just plain boring. I did notice that the author tends to reuse names alot. But if you have a little time to kill its a quick read.

I received this book through goodreads first reads.

[Joyce Yanney · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book of many short stories. A madman, impoverished mothers, thieves and many more stories. Some really good and I wish they could have been longer. Others not so interesting. A quick read.

[Trevor Pearson · Rating 3 out of 5]

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