His work has been called demented, hilarious, quirky and well outside the mainstream and with his sixth collection of short stories Manion unapologetically stays with that formula. Big sloshing mixes of poignancy and offensiveness, hope and callousness.He understands that we are all kind and bigoted. Wonderful and pathetic. The human experience is wildly erratic.And he won't pretend otherwise.

His work has been called demented, hilarious, quirky and well outside the mainstream, and with his twelfth collection of short stories Manion unapologetically stays with that formula.With this newest collection Manion once again asks the reader to get off the bench and into the game as he dishes out laughs, offense and even a few poignant moments. There is no point to be made here. Only the hope that somewhere amidst all the run-on sentences, unnecessary profanity and poor grammar, ...

Charles Bukowski, in his poem so you want to be a writer?, gave a laundry list of things to consider if you want to be a writer.Perhaps there should be such a list for readers.Not your casual reader of course. Not someone who is perusing a newspaper or diving into a typical 'best seller' to kill a few hours. More along the lines of a Lance Manion short story collection.There are some prerequisites for such an endeavor. A rather impressive imagination and some moral fle...

A collection of short stories isn't really a book. It's more like dozens of ideas that could have been books if they were thought of by someone with a better attention span. To put it another way; if you took an infinite number of Shakespeares and put them in front of an infinite number of typewriters with an infinite amount of time they still wouldn't come up with the complete works of Lance Manion.

An interesting short story has to be equal parts confession, exultation and suicide note. The writer has to be arrogant and insecure, brimming with joy and despair, able to see hope and hopelessness in everything and, before he can claim to be honest, has to be comfortable lying his ass off.This newest collection of Lance Manion short stories strives for all of the above and is sure to include something to entertain, inspire and offend everyone. His writing has been called demented...

Outsider Monsters: A Flash Anthology — Where Monsters Refuse to Play by the RulesWhat if monsters weren't what you expected?In Outsider Monsters: A Flash Anthology, the world's rules are turned upside down. These aren't your typical villains lurking in shadows. They are outsiders—predators, dreamers, and defiant creatures who refuse the paths destiny set for them. Sometimes terrifying, sometimes heartbreakingly human, these monsters defy labels, challenge expectations, and ...

They say that good writing comes as a result of introspection. Events unfold in such a way that you are required to unflinchingly stand in front of a mirror, look yourself square in the eye and take stock of who you are and where you're going. When those moments happen a funhouse mirror will do nicely. Look at how big my head is.

With this newest collection of irreverent short stories Manion once again asks the reader to get off the bench and into the game as he dishes out laughs, offense and even a few poignant moments. There is no point to be made here. Only the hope that somewhere amidst all the run-on sentences, unnecessary profanity and poor grammar, readers will come away with some unique thoughts of their own. Perfect reading for artists, commuters and people who spend an inordinate amount of time on the toi...

Finally! All of the stories under one cover. Nap Lapkin, America's top agent, respected and feared by every agency in Washington, is both a lover and fighter and so much more. And less. But mostly more. There can be no argument that this is the funniest book ever written. No argument whatsoever.

Lance spends too much time thinking about all the ways life would be different if our eyes were on the top of our feet as opposed to perched over our noses.Shoes for instance…Or karate.He doesn't enjoy thinking thoughts like these, but grow them as he might, the beards never help. So off they come. Hairy reminders clogging up the sink, if hairs were thoughts and plumbing was being normal. Lance should know. Lance is a plumber.Well, a plumber in the sense that yo...