The Trick Clock and Other Stories

by Richard Schwarzenberger

THE TRICK CLOCK is an excursion in twenty-four stories through varied landscapes formed and sometimes distored by the pressures of time and the desire for human connection. As in Schwarzenberger's previous collection, HAPLESS MALES, these tales, most no longer than three pages, distill with a few sentences the essence from the surface. Of the stories in HAPLESS MALES, Kevin Killian wrote, "At least two or three ...are American masterpiece class." Here are additional candidates.

128 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2021