Melancholy, Pretension, and Wasted Worry

By Michael Crupi

PEGGY SUE AND THE CRICKETS is a Sunday afternoon conversation between an up and coming twenty-something and his conversationally blunt grandmother. RIME follows a young man and a young woman on the back half of a date gone wrong. They can't say what they feel out loud, but do their best to remain close to the other. DISPLACED LOCALS chronicles the lived struggle of stoned roommates who wish for nothing more than a pizza reminiscent of the quality they've come to expect from their hometown. THE FAST HANDS chronicles the epic, yet short lived tale of a boy who will stop at nothing to finish the job. The only obstacle is an over whelming amount of anti depressant and the side effects it causes. STUBBORN AND CELESTIAL is a test for a long form dark fantasy series with several influences including Lovecraft and Astrology.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael Crupi
• Release date: Aug 24, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370125838

Michael Crupi

Michael Crupi is an aspiring game writer and novelist, hell-bent and telling you either the most fantastical, well, fantasy story or the most melodramatic coming-of-age tale. He is enrolled in the Creative Writing for Entertainment program at Full Sail University. His focus is in video games for their interactivity, but hopes to tell a story in every medium he can.

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Melancholy, Pretension, and Wasted Worry:

A Short Story Collection by Michael Crupi

Copyright © Michael Crupi, 2017

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Peggy Sue and The Crickets

Rime

Latest Locals

Fast Hands

Stubborn and Celestial

About the Author

Peggy Sue and The Crickets

You're too thin, said the old woman. She looked like a scarecrow dressed in Sunday casual. Mary Tyler Moore threw a clever jab at Johnny Carson from the TV set and received an uproar of applause. A record player on the other end of the room scratched the surface of a Buddy Holly single at low volume to fill in the gaps of silence the television set failed to catch.

I eat enough, replied the man who joined her in an adjacent lawn chair. His hair