Staff Reviews

I read Movie Stars in its entirety one Sunday on a whim & now that afternoon is cemented in my memory as one of the best in my reading life.  These stories are strange & often sweet & always funny.  Populated with eccentrics, shut-ins, sad-sacks, & weirdos, you're guaranteed to at least crack a smile if not legitimately laugh out loud as you make your way through the wildly imaginative, wonderfully demented, & darkly funny world Jack delivers.

Hot dog! A book of stories by Jack Pendarvis. Funny, completely unpredictable, occasionally sad, wildly inventive, more real than real life. “You should try sitting in your house in the dark listening to some troubled youths blow on their duck calls outside your window,” begins “Duck Call Gang.” In “Taco Foot,” one character says “We can’t be punished for our thoughts.” His so-called friend responds, “Oh yes we can.” Get it? Now go read the book.