14 Stories
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Life and love as seen through the eyes of fourteen central characters on a quest for human connection. This psychologically astute and literary collection of short stories will keep you reading to the end.
From the Author of the hilarious: Sex & Death / A Farce in 34 Notes.
Darian writes a less-than-romantic letter to an ex revealing a traumatic past in The Extremists.
Magic realism enters The House of Lost Men. Carl, on the spectrum and lonely, develops an unlikely friendship. Tragedy forces him beyond his comfort zone.
The Cocido is a story about the strength of family and kinship. Sophisticated professional, Eva, visits her family home in Spain and is surprised her rustic farmer brother has found romance in the hills of Andalusia. They must act together upon hearing an urgent cry from the almond grove in the dead of night.
The Ravens is a dystopian tale told through the rye internal humour of the unnamed protagonist. He visits the barber as a pandemic weaves through his seaside town. Acute observations of people and a world in decline.
To mention but four of these fourteen riveting tales. The author brings an assured voice to these pieces of short fiction vividly evoking a variety of environments and moods with a good dose of humour.
What people are saying about The Extremists
Chris Dreyfus is an author I have long admired. His sense of the absurd has always pulled me in, but in this collection he taps into more grounded themes—centring around our most intimate relationships —packing a sizable punch. There’s a lot to like about this collection but here are a few of my favourites. In the Frailty Syndrome we see a tangled tale that weaves fire and in laws togethers. Then there’s The Cocido, this time we get to witness sibling tension and simple habits that bind us. Last but not least is the Ravens. A man’s malaise draws us into the slow-moving car crash of his story. The stories a potent mix that evoke people and situations all of us know too well.
– James Hannan
