Rest in Pieces

by Layce Gardner

MJ loves Patty. When Patty's husband puts her in the hospital, MJ delivers her own brand of justice.

Genres: Lesbian

Audible Audio

First published February 23, 2014

About the author

Layce Gardner is a screenwriter, a novelist, and a playwright. Her plays have been performed around the world and she is the recipient of The Los Angeles Drama Logue Award for Best Play. She has written screenplays for every major television network and her movie “Prison of Secrets” was Lifetime’s highest rated movie. She is the Goldie award-winning author of the novel, Tats. She has written over forty books and is one half of the best-selling comedic duo, Layce Gardner and Saxon Bennett.

Reviews

[Agirlcandream · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not normally a fan of the short story. How can a reader engage with the characters in such a tiny window of time? How can a plot be developed and examined in so few pages? Layce Gardner has done an admirable job at both setting, character development and storyline.

I see now that as writing exercises go, short stories should be compulsory training ground. The Lesfic genre is filled with 400 and 500 page novels screaming for editors to cut away the excess baggage and focus on the story being told.

I recognize that full length novels give the writer opportunity to write more complex plots, themes and story arcs. We learn much more about the main characters. The minutiae of their lives fills out the story making us care about the outcome of their relationships. The reader enjoys spending time with these characters and get to voice their opinions (silently) as the author puts their creations through their paces in the requisite 80,000+ word count novels.

Layce Gardner manages to touch on a couple of important themes, fleshes out her settings and gives us memorable characters in a scant 16 pages. That's talent.

Bravo, Ms. Gardner

[Denise'S MinionsBliss · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bye bye Lloyd

Dixie Chic special with a garden shear. Lives this short storyline, and but of a laugh. A must own to read when feeling blue.

[Bib · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was pretty surprised at the way MJ handled the situation. Not too bad.

[Angie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great story about loss, empowerment and that deep true love that never disappears!
This is a must read...

[Margaret · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very short story.

Cleverly written but not for the romantics