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i'm right here
"i'm right here" is a new collection of experimental short fiction by Minnesota author Tony Rauch. Rauch paints a surreal landscape of lurid sex, secret agents, Scott Baio, ostriches, and professional wrestling--each story building on the last to give a bizarre, off-balance commentary on the isolation, loneliness and chaos of modern urban society.
207 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1998
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About the author
Tony Rauch
14 books7 followersTony Rauch is an architectural and urban designer, and an all-around great guy filled with nothing but good things. Good things.
He has two books of funky/jazzy/arty short stories in print: I’m Right Here (Spout Press) and Laredo (Eraserhead Press). Some dark and gothic, some kinda sci-fi, some absurdist, some experimental, some fairytale, some fantasy-ish, some dream-like and surreal, some social satire.
His two screenplays are available for reading on his website.
Eraserhead Press plans to publish additional collections of his short stories, beginning with Now We Can Buy a Monkey (surreal, action adventure, fantasy, sci-fi, dream-like pieces) and then Despite Our Best Efforts (absurdist pieces).
He has two books of funky/jazzy/arty short stories in print: I’m Right Here (Spout Press) and Laredo (Eraserhead Press). Some dark and gothic, some kinda sci-fi, some absurdist, some experimental, some fairytale, some fantasy-ish, some dream-like and surreal, some social satire.
His two screenplays are available for reading on his website.
Eraserhead Press plans to publish additional collections of his short stories, beginning with Now We Can Buy a Monkey (surreal, action adventure, fantasy, sci-fi, dream-like pieces) and then Despite Our Best Efforts (absurdist pieces).
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July 24, 2015
A splash of madness from the mind of Tony Rauch. Every subject you could possibly think about he writes about. And....and puts laughter of scratching heads to the test.
"bird in flight" Follow a little boy through some surreal imagination from the ride on the short bus to.....OMG! just read this.
Other stories in this collection have a poetic touch to them and some different writing styles. Tony Rauch is right here, right on and a short story mad man.
Favorites
*Adventure #24
*dinner with you
*I always have the option of killing you
*adventure #25
*tacoma, 3 a.m.
*bird in flight
*car battery sex toy
"bird in flight" Follow a little boy through some surreal imagination from the ride on the short bus to.....OMG! just read this.
Other stories in this collection have a poetic touch to them and some different writing styles. Tony Rauch is right here, right on and a short story mad man.
Favorites
*Adventure #24
*dinner with you
*I always have the option of killing you
*adventure #25
*tacoma, 3 a.m.
*bird in flight
*car battery sex toy
March 14, 2013
Bizarre And Brilliant
This is Tony Rauch's first collection of short stories. He has since gone on to be published by the awesome Eraserhead Press. This collection of bizarre and brilliant stories is merely a warm up for what comes next. Still, there is some fantastic stuff in here. "Am I a part of it all again, or just another cowering, obscure wet turd in someone else's sweaty, unfashionably plaid polyester trousers?"
This is Tony Rauch's first collection of short stories. He has since gone on to be published by the awesome Eraserhead Press. This collection of bizarre and brilliant stories is merely a warm up for what comes next. Still, there is some fantastic stuff in here. "Am I a part of it all again, or just another cowering, obscure wet turd in someone else's sweaty, unfashionably plaid polyester trousers?"
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