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Herm and Pop Visit Eternity

A Novella and Nine Other Tales of Children, Parents, Love and Fear

by Michael Milardo

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Ten stories guaranteed to captivate and capture your imagination forever.

Using a broad spectrum of genres, from humor to mystery to psychological thriller, even horror, along with literary fiction, these ten stories delve into childhood dilemmas and experiences, and the beauty and scars that they leave. They are stories of children and parents to which we can all relate – for the love, humor, irony, and tragedy they express; and for the heart-rending insights into life and the human psyche they offer. Sometimes these themes are brought to light in ways that are tender and fragile, at other times in ways that are frank and terrifying. Either way, the stories and their characters are always provocative. And always unique. Like the nine short stories that precede it, the book’s featured novella and title story – Herm and Pop Visit Eternity – examines the special bond between a child and parent, in this case, a gravely ill grandparent, in a relentless, tension-filled, yet beautiful and discerning way. Herm and Pop set out on a journey in pursuit of a dream. Their journey is about baseball and life, love and war. It is about gods and heroes and dreams of immortality, and what happens when those dreams fail. It is about all of us, what we want and pray for, and what we dread. But can Pop’s heart survive the journey? Or will the illnesses he has kept secret, and their imminent danger, shatter his and Herm’s dream?

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Paperback
Format: 6 x 9 Black & White Paperback, 289 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Feb 04, 2022)
ISBN10: 1977251838
ISBN13: 9781977251831
Genre: FICTION / Short Stories (single author)

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Michael Milardo is the author of three critically acclaimed novels: Nick Ilsanto and the Scourge of the Black Hand; Chica and Me, and a Girl Named Angel; and Bobby Stitch. His short stories have appeared in Haunts and Churchyard magazines. After working as a classically trained chef for sixteen years, he changed careers and taught language arts and social studies for seventeen years. He lives in East Hampton, Connecticut with his three cats – Lola, Mika, and Francine.
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