One More Round: The Published Stories

by Chris Helvey

From the pen of Chris Helvey, one of America’s most unique short story writers, here are the first nineteen of his published short stories. Collected together for the first time, they give the reader a sense of the range and depth of his characterizations and themes. Some of the stories in One More Round are very brief – as few as ninety nine words – while others are broader in scope – up to twenty-seven pages. Each story is accompanied by publication details and enlightening commentary from the author. The story lines are just as diverse as the page counts: a distraught Mexican father plots to kill a drunken American in Mexico, a tired old fighter tries to hang on one more round in order to pick up the paycheck he desperately needs, a son drives his aging father across country as they experience a reversal in roles, a lonely man takes a long walk in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, a prisoner finds himself going crazy in his jail cell – these are just a few of the examples of what you can read in One More Round.These nineteen stories are presented here exactly as they were originally published in reviews, journals, and magazines across American, except where a comma went missing-in-action or a semicolon drifted too far south – such typos have been corrected. The stories are arranged in the order they were published, so the reader can obtain a more complete sense of the writer’s changing subject matter and presentation techniques over the course of this literary passage. No one else writes like Chris Helvey, and the nineteen stories in One More Round are ones you won’t soon forget.

199 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 5, 2019

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful Variety of Stories

Master short story teller Chris Velvet offers a variety of entertaining, interesting, and insightful tales. He writes about memories of youth, bonding with an aging father, a young woman wishing to spread her wings and more. Velvet is an accomplished writer and editor, and his stories reveal a depth and color to delight readers.