78 Stories - a Crossword Novella, by Ben Segal
Product Description
As the price of oil skyrockets to heaven, NASA flights plummet back to earth, contemporary philosophy runs on dualistic fumes and the National Football League all but forbids end zone dance fiestas, you decided that society was out of new ideas. But while the linear conceit of “left” and “right” may order virtually every other chirographic branch of a phonetic language tree, 78 Stories is guided by the principle of “across” and “down.” Taking on the structure of a crossword puzzle, its interlocking anecdotes pirouette from the Mayan Long Count to ghost/human romance, from pie-creamed art critics to bears transfixed by ringing cellular phones. In the tradition of books like Hopscotch, Alphabetical Africa, and Life: A User’s Manual, 78 Stories achieves formal uniqueness without sacrificing either humor or pathos.
