Shackles and More Gripping Tales

by James Hanna

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Extraordinary author James Hanna gives us his second collection of short stories--all of them eerily alluring yet packing a humorous or Kafkaesque wallop. Relying on his police and prison experiences, Hanna is able to craft realistic stories involving deviants as well as those who guard them, yet these stories are never police procedurals. Hanna has a Hunter S. Thompson flair that shows both the socially appalling as well as the underbelly of the 21st century and yet he delivers the wry humor to ferry us all across life's turbulent river.… (more)

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Shackles and More Gripping Tales is a creative mix of short stories. With a wide variety of genres mixed in, you're sure to find at least a few stories that you enjoy. Travel through the day to day of various probation officers, and the difficult choices they must make. Or take a tour of the afterworld, reliving past regrets and hopes. You can even visit dystopian alternate realities, or relive childhood memories.

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Extraordinary author James Hanna gives us his second collection of short stories--all of them eerily alluring yet packing a humorous or Kafkaesque wallop. Relying on his police and prison experiences, Hanna is able to craft realistic stories involving deviants as well as those who guard them, yet these stories are never police procedurals. Hanna has a Hunter S. Thompson flair that shows both the socially appalling as well as the underbelly of the 21st century and yet he delivers the wry humor to ferry us all across life's turbulent river.

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