THE RIGHT MOMENT
And Other True Stories
Tom Newton
THE RIGHT MOMENT
And Other True Stories
Tom Newton
THE RIGHT MOMENT
& Other True Stories
In this new collection of short stories, Dactyl Literary Award winner Tom Newton once again playfully transmutes base reality into startlingly novel shapes and forms, shifting paradigms from beneath the reader’s feet by deftly metamorphosing quotidian banality with whimsical, illusory invention. These twenty stories, then, curious and comic, artful and surreal, are acts of emancipation—written to set us free.
In this new collection of short stories, Dactyl Literary Award winner Tom Newton once again playfully transmutes base reality into startlingly novel shapes and forms, shifting paradigms from beneath the reader’s feet by deftly metamorphosing quotidian banality with whimsical, illusory invention. These twenty stories, then, curious and comic, artful and surreal, are acts of emancipation—written to set us free.
Reviews
Part deadpan comedian, part sleight-of-hand artist, part Sybil, but mostly narrative poet, Tom Newton delivers a new collection of stories that describe realities that act like language, referring to things outside of themselves. Pointing either to symbols, or to jokes or facts, the effect is a stunning animation of words.
—V.N. Alexander, author of Naked Singularity.
If Newton were a jazz musician, he’d be like Eric Dolphy. Such are his improvisational skills, the twists, turns, and liberties his stories take. He delves into mysteries only to discover more of them, layered and disordered. And often, he leaves them for us to solve.
—Mark Morganstern, author of The Joppenbergh Jump and The House of the Seven Heavens.
Part deadpan comedian, part sleight-of-hand artist, part Sybil, but mostly narrative poet, Tom Newton delivers a new collection of stories that describe realities that act like language, referring to things outside of themselves. Pointing either to symbols, or to jokes or facts, the effect is a stunning animation of words.
—V.N. Alexander, author of Naked Singularity.
If Newton were a jazz musician, he’d be like Eric Dolphy. Such are his improvisational skills, the twists, turns, and liberties his stories take. He delves into mysteries only to discover more of them, layered and disordered. And often, he leaves them for us to solve.
—Mark Morganstern, author of The Joppenbergh Jump and The House of the Seven Heavens.
The Right Moment & Other True Stories is available as an audio book
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The Right Moment & Other True Stories is available as an audio book
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About the author
Tom Newton lives on a mountain with his wife and daughter. He is the author of Warfilm, Bloomsbury, 2015, the short story collection Seven Cries of Delight, Recital Publishing, 2019 and Voyages to Nowhere, Recital Publishing, 2023.
He spent many years working in the film industry as a prop man, while pursuing a parallel career as a musician and sound engineer.
Tom Newton lives on a mountain with his wife and daughter. He is the author of Warfilm, Bloomsbury, 2015, the short story collection Seven Cries of Delight, Recital Publishing, 2019 and Voyages to Nowhere, Recital Publishing,2023
He spent many years working in the film industry as a prop man, while pursuing a parallel career as a musician and sound engineer.
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