Music Man

By Bruce Memblatt

Music Man is a short story about a homless musican in New York City who's about to go on an extraordinary journey. It's the end of the world. It's the the apocalypse narrated by a beat poet named Dikon who can't fit into the world untill the world starts falling apart.

What Lee Curits of Aphelion wrote about Music Man:

"This story has a very attractive quality to it; it uses repeating themes about light, such as:

The red setting sun bleached through the buildings surrounding the intersection like cracked ice under a bed of bourbon.

and:

But the light in the room, there was something about that dim light that brushed against his skin like waves of change, like something was about to happen.

as well as the repeating theme of breaking glass, and it all sets a mood that is poetic and surreal, vaguely threatening but not definable. The contrast of themes suggests danger and hope.

This all produces a very effective but subtle atmosphere, and builds gently to the climax at the end, which I was a little surprised at, but not disappointed with -- at all."

"What makes this short story sooooo sweet is the writing of Bruce Memblatt, a native New Yorker, who paints with every word in perfect place the sensitivity of Dikon. He paints the music, which is hard to do. He paints the streets and the people. He paints the strange journey of Dikon to the end of the story. For those who wonder what it takes to use the notes of music, the ultimate use of words, and combine them into a masterpiece of short fiction, read Music Man. Get a taste of the streets of New York, the people, and the music flowing through the air like a sweet harmony.
I cannot praise Music Man enough. If you have never downloaded a short story before, this is the one to start you off. 'Nuff said. "
-Bruce Blanchard -Amazon

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bruce Memblatt
• Release date: Oct 18, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465919861

Bruce Memblatt

The Police Station," by Bruce Memblatt (Twice The Terror: The Horror Zine) is absorbing in its structure and sense of anticipation. What starts out like a police procedural, as two detectives interrogate a murder suspect, unexpectedly takes a creative twist into the supernatural."- FANGORIA September 26, 2010.Bruce Memblatt is a native New Yorker, and a member of the Horror Writers Association.His story "A Dream for Sugar" was a finalist in the TNT Horror Contest(12/16)His story "Destination Unknown," received an honorable mention in the L Ron Hubbard 2012 Writers of the Future Awards.Bruce Memblatt is a native New Yorker and has studied Business Administration at Pace University. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association, and he is on the staff of The Horror Zine His works have been featured many times in anthology books, magazines, and zines such as Aphelion, Bewildering Stories, Nameless Magazine (Cycatrix Press), The Literary Hatchett, Suspense Magazine, Post Mortem Press, Dark Moon Books, Sam’s Dot Publishing, The Horror Zine, Midwest Literary Magazine, Danse Macabre, Parsec Ink, The Cynic Online, The Feathertale Review, Yellow Mama and many more.

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