The Gods Wait
()
About this ebook
In The Gods Wait by John von Dorf, you’ll find pessimists fighting to be optimistic about romance, a waitress’s vivid inner world, an internet troll’s thoughts on philosophy, and many other slices from diverse, scattered lives.
A collection of well-drawn characters seek fulfillment and meaning through various mediums, including film, insults, and food. Each obsession demonstrates the individual’s need and desire for grander meaning than their obsession actually delivers. The only voices with new ideas are shut down by the intentional defamation or self-congratulatory ignorance of other would-be intellectuals. Each character is defined as much by their hates as they are by their interests.
Several different characters share the limelight, and the narrative hops from one to another in a rapid succession of scenes. It actually takes a few chapters to even introduce the entire cast, and their stories weave in and out, often connecting via on online board where they meet, debate, and fight anonymously. Others meet face to face, sometimes through business, and often as lovers.
-Mindy Hood, Self Publishing Review
John von Dorf
John von Dorf is a farm-raised pseudo-intellectual whose work largely reflects his critical exposure to the voices of the internet. He believes his generation is defined by these influences, and he writes short stories and novels about how his worldview is effected. All of his available works are published through Vern & Sisters' Publishing House.
Related to The Gods Wait
Related ebooks
Criminal Instinct Prequel to the True Blue Detective: True Blue Detective Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWeird Stories to Read to Waste Time Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Sodomites Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Men's Most Intimate Thoughts: What Men Think But Don't Dare to Reveal Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Don't Look the Bastards in the Eye Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWaiting for Shadow Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrivate Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wanted: Gentleman Bank Robber: The True Story of Leslie Ibsen Rogge: One of the FBI's Most Elusive Criminals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Guy de Maupassant's Tales of Paris - A Collection of Short Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow to Promote Your Self-Published Kindle Books for Free Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGhost Traps: Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConfessions of A White, Southern Sugar Baby Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFear and Lovely Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom Beat Down to Back Up and Beyond: How a Suicidal Addict Achieved Success Against All the Odds (And How You Can Too...) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCandy Canes and Coke, a Memoir (Book 1) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHouse of Pleasure: There Was a House, #1 Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Cult Classics for the Modern Cult 2 (Heartbreakers for the Modern Cult): Cult Classics for the Modern Cult Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBorn Broken Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnd Then Run Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Tod Robbins- The Life of the Reclusive Master of the Bizarre Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dark Issue 55: The Dark, #55 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsName of the Stranger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Young and Violent Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tinder Diaries II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStark Raving Elvis Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Venus In Furs Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Things That Nobody Knows: 501 Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Heroin Dreams: A Young Boy Loving the Paraphernalia of the Lifestyle the Beginning Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNaked Men Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsE-Force: Sixteen Stories of Ultra-Freaking Awesomeness Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
African American Fiction For You
Salvage the Bones: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pomegranate: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: An Oprah's Book Club Pick Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Razorblade Tears: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Nigerwife: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leave the World Behind: A Read with Jenna Pick Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Everything's Fine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition): An Easy Rawlins Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Black Girl: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Perfect Peace: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lovecraft Country: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Deep Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blacktop Wasteland: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Queenie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cry, the Beloved Country Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stories from the Tenants Downstairs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Wife Before: A Spellbinding Psychological Thriller with a Shocking Twist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of Black Cake: by Charmaine Wilkerson - A Comprehensive Summary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWe Are Not Like Them: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Second Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Good House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Final Revival of Opal & Nev Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kindest Lie: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Midnight: A Gangster Love Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wild Women and the Blues: A Fascinating and Innovative Novel of Historical Fiction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not Without Laughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Gods Wait
0 ratings0 reviews