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Mutiny!: A Collection of Short Stories
Mutiny!
Revolution!
It's easy, isn't it? Pushed far enough, a son will turn against his father. Pushed hard enough, old friends will turn against one another. Driven to the edge, young people will try to overthrow whole systems without understanding why they stand to begin with.
Who will win? Who will lose? What will happen when it's all over?
Revolution!
It's easy, isn't it? Pushed far enough, a son will turn against his father. Pushed hard enough, old friends will turn against one another. Driven to the edge, young people will try to overthrow whole systems without understanding why they stand to begin with.
Who will win? Who will lose? What will happen when it's all over?
150 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 1, 2018
About the author
David Vining
20 books25 followersI am a fiction writer living in the Carolinas.
Writing is a passion of mine, and I'll never stop. I'm always striving to tell another story that speaks to me in new and interesting ways, and my milieu seems to have becomes historical fiction with a fantasy bent.
I love the feeling of being dropped into a lived-in world with its own rules and following a character who has to navigate them. That can be the far flung future like a Gene Wolfe novel or the distant, forgotten past like a Conan adventure from Robert E. Howard. That can even be a biography of a real man long since dead like James Madison. In fact, it was through the reading of Irving Brant's six-volume biography of Madison that I discovered The Battle of Lake Erie, the small corner of the War of 1812 that I used as the basis for my first published novel.
It was another biography of another president, one about George Washington, that led me to discover the real-life tale of America's first president where he almost died on a mission for the Virginia colonial governor at 21 years old before the French and Indian War. It took me a while to figure out that I needed to add a monster into the action to give it that extra oomph I needed to actually write about it, though.
I continue to write where I feel like going, from historical fiction to historical fantasy to horror to even a spy thriller. I like all kinds of stories, and I feel no real need to limit my own output into just one kind. Even reading Shusaku Endo gives me ideas of stories to tell in Shogunate Japan.
So, follow me on some adventures through time, bending the rules of reality, and always with a clear-eyed focus on the people we use as vessels into these worlds.
Writing is a passion of mine, and I'll never stop. I'm always striving to tell another story that speaks to me in new and interesting ways, and my milieu seems to have becomes historical fiction with a fantasy bent.
I love the feeling of being dropped into a lived-in world with its own rules and following a character who has to navigate them. That can be the far flung future like a Gene Wolfe novel or the distant, forgotten past like a Conan adventure from Robert E. Howard. That can even be a biography of a real man long since dead like James Madison. In fact, it was through the reading of Irving Brant's six-volume biography of Madison that I discovered The Battle of Lake Erie, the small corner of the War of 1812 that I used as the basis for my first published novel.
It was another biography of another president, one about George Washington, that led me to discover the real-life tale of America's first president where he almost died on a mission for the Virginia colonial governor at 21 years old before the French and Indian War. It took me a while to figure out that I needed to add a monster into the action to give it that extra oomph I needed to actually write about it, though.
I continue to write where I feel like going, from historical fiction to historical fantasy to horror to even a spy thriller. I like all kinds of stories, and I feel no real need to limit my own output into just one kind. Even reading Shusaku Endo gives me ideas of stories to tell in Shogunate Japan.
So, follow me on some adventures through time, bending the rules of reality, and always with a clear-eyed focus on the people we use as vessels into these worlds.
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October 30, 2018
This book was the fourth collection of short stories by David Vining that I have read. And I have also read his novel, The Battle of Lake Erie: One Young American's Adventure in the War of 1812. I find that I am approaching this work with mixed feelings. Part of me absolutely loves David’s wiring, but a different part of me is disappointed because after finishing this collection I only have one more collection of his stories and I have read all his published works. Before I had finished two of Vining’s works, I had purchased all 6. I was enjoying the writing so much I knew I would want to read it all. As is obvious by the title this is a collection of 5 stories about Mutinies. And the specific stories in this collection are:
Making New Orders
View from the Brig
Fishing off the Coast of Limnos
Lashed
A Question of Principles
The description of this book is:
“Revolution!
It's easy, isn't it? Pushed far enough, a son will turn against his father. Pushed hard enough, old friends will turn against one another. Driven to the edge, young people will try to overthrow whole systems without understanding why they stand to begin with.
Who will win? Who will lose? What will happen when it's all over?”
It is an intriguing collection, spanning from ancient maritime ships, to the far reaches of time and space as a vessel makes it way through the universe. The book will spark the imagination, and recall images popular in movies, television, and other books. From the story of a young man chafing under his father on the family fishing boat while his brothers get to go to way for Athens. To a story written in homage to Star Trek Voyager. All 5 stories are very well written, they are a great collection. But to be honest the first two stories are the cream in this collection. The first story ‘Making New Orders’ had such a twist that I went back and reread it after finishing it before going on with the collection. And the Second story ‘View from the Brig’ has a certain hook to it, I can still hear maniacal laughter just thinking about the story.
Writing short stories, or at least good ones is an art form unto itself. In a novel you have a lot more time and space to work things out. Great short stories need to be tightly written. David Vining has that skill. His stories are complete but often leave a reader wanting more of the story, or more stories with the characters. His stories remind me of the works of J.F. Powers, who published numerous collections of short stories, but only 2 novels over his career. He was probably one of the best American short story writers of the last century. And yet even his novels, often contained chapters or sections that had previously been published at short stories. I have read, and reread Powers works many times, and I know the same will happen with Vining’s.
Another great collection of short stories, dive in and give these five stories about Mutiny a chance, I am sure you will be captivated by them.
Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More and reviews of other books by David Vining.
Making New Orders
View from the Brig
Fishing off the Coast of Limnos
Lashed
A Question of Principles
The description of this book is:
“Revolution!
It's easy, isn't it? Pushed far enough, a son will turn against his father. Pushed hard enough, old friends will turn against one another. Driven to the edge, young people will try to overthrow whole systems without understanding why they stand to begin with.
Who will win? Who will lose? What will happen when it's all over?”
It is an intriguing collection, spanning from ancient maritime ships, to the far reaches of time and space as a vessel makes it way through the universe. The book will spark the imagination, and recall images popular in movies, television, and other books. From the story of a young man chafing under his father on the family fishing boat while his brothers get to go to way for Athens. To a story written in homage to Star Trek Voyager. All 5 stories are very well written, they are a great collection. But to be honest the first two stories are the cream in this collection. The first story ‘Making New Orders’ had such a twist that I went back and reread it after finishing it before going on with the collection. And the Second story ‘View from the Brig’ has a certain hook to it, I can still hear maniacal laughter just thinking about the story.
Writing short stories, or at least good ones is an art form unto itself. In a novel you have a lot more time and space to work things out. Great short stories need to be tightly written. David Vining has that skill. His stories are complete but often leave a reader wanting more of the story, or more stories with the characters. His stories remind me of the works of J.F. Powers, who published numerous collections of short stories, but only 2 novels over his career. He was probably one of the best American short story writers of the last century. And yet even his novels, often contained chapters or sections that had previously been published at short stories. I have read, and reread Powers works many times, and I know the same will happen with Vining’s.
Another great collection of short stories, dive in and give these five stories about Mutiny a chance, I am sure you will be captivated by them.
Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More and reviews of other books by David Vining.
Displaying 1 of 1 review