{"id":4079,"date":"2013-07-06T15:56:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T15:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/?p=4079"},"modified":"2013-07-07T00:20:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T00:20:39","slug":"sneak-preview-of-the-man-the-myth-the-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/sneak-preview-of-the-man-the-myth-the-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Sneak Preview of THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND"},"content":{"rendered":"

My new short sto\u00adry col\u00adlec\u00adtion, The Man, The Myth, The Leg\u00adend<\/em>, will be released in less than a week, but I want\u00aded to give read\u00aders a sneak pre\u00adview of the col\u00adlec\u00adtion\u2019s con\u00adtent, hope\u00adful\u00adly piquing peo\u00adple\u2019s inter\u00adest in the book before it appears.<\/p>\n

A col\u00adlec\u00adtion of enter\u00adtain\u00ading and unique sto\u00adries about 10 men, The Man, The Myth, The Leg\u00adend<\/em> explores the idea that while men may come from very dif\u00adfer\u00adent walks of life, at root they are more alike than they seem, grap\u00adpling with the same issues and fac\u00ading the same dilem\u00admas: love, lust, adul\u00adtery, greed, pride, ambi\u00adtion, revenge, death, and a desire for their lives to mean some\u00adthing.
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\nFrom the emo\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly poignant to the out\u00adra\u00adgeous\u00adly humor\u00adous, these sto\u00adries dra\u00adma\u00adtize the lives of a wide range of fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading men:<\/p>\n

\u2022  African big-game hunter
\n\u2022  Writer and bond sales\u00adman
\n\u2022  Homi\u00adci\u00addal vio\u00adlin\u00adist
\n\u2022  Road sign \u201cengi\u00adneer\u201d
\n\u2022  Boot\u00adleg\u00adger
\n\u2022  Glob\u00adal grain explor\u00ader
\n\u2022  Cor\u00adpo\u00adrate speech\u00adwriter
\n\u2022  Pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal dog\u00adcatch\u00ader
\n\u2022  Fine arts painter
\n\u2022  Civ\u00adil War gen\u00ader\u00adal<\/p>\n

In the award-win\u00adning sto\u00adry \u201cThe Boot\u00adleg\u00adger,\u201d an ordi\u00adnary man goes to extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary lengths to pro\u00advide for his fam\u00adi\u00adly dur\u00ading the Great Depres\u00adsion. In \u201cThe Blonde Imper\u00ada\u00adtive,\u201d a mod\u00adern man con\u00adtends with some\u00adthing all men have since the begin\u00adning of time\u2014gut-wrenching temp\u00adta\u00adtion. And in \u201cThe Lost Dis\u00adpatch\u00ades of Gen\u00ader\u00adal George B. McClel\u00adlan,\u201d an infa\u00admous Civ\u00adil War gen\u00ader\u00adal reveals the piti\u00adful but hilar\u00adi\u00adous depths of his own self-decep\u00adtion.<\/p>\n

Brim\u00adming with action-adven\u00adture, ample humor, and clean, pic\u00adturesque writ\u00ading, The Man, The Myth, The Leg\u00adend<\/em> com\u00adbines the com\u00adpelling nar\u00adra\u00adtive dri\u00adve of great movies (\u201cWhat hap\u00adpens next?\u201d) with the gem\u00adlike beau\u00adty of the short sto\u00adry form.<\/p>\n

The col\u00adlec\u00adtion con\u00adtains the fol\u00adlow\u00ading sto\u00adries (in quotes) and addi\u00adtion\u00adal con\u00adtent:<\/p>\n

\u2022  \u201cThe Last Great White Hunter\u201d
\n\u2022  \u201cThe Mag\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcent Mur\u00adphy\u201d
\n\u2022  \u201cSonata for Knife & Vio\u00adlin in D\u266d Major; Op. 1 \u2018Revenge\u2019\u201d
\n\u2022  \u201cThe Man Behind the Signs\u201d
\n\u2022  \u201cThe Boot\u00adleg\u00adger\u201d
\n\u2022  \u201cSev\u00aden Whole Grains on a Mis\u00adsion\u2122\u201d
\n\u2022  \u201cThe Blonde Imper\u00ada\u00adtive\u201d
\n\u2022  \u201cThe Dog\u00adcatch\u00ader\u201d
\n\u2022  \u201cThe Charmed Life and Sin\u00adgu\u00adlar Death of Jacob Homer Stan\u00adley\u201d
\n\u2022  Bonus Sto\u00adry (down\u00adload\u00adable PDF): \u201cThe Lost Dis\u00adpatch\u00ades of Gen\u00ader\u00adal George B. McClel\u00adlan\u201d
\n\u2022  A Note from the Author
\n\u2022  About the Author
\n\u2022  Excerpt from A Real Piece of Work<\/em><\/p>\n

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* The Man, The Myth, The Leg\u00adend<\/em> (MML) will be avail\u00adable for Kin\u00addle, NOOK, and Kin\u00addle- and NOOK-enabled devices on Fri\u00adday, July 12<\/strong>. Look for links to the books on this site, my Twit\u00adter page<\/a>, and my Face\u00adbook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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** The bril\u00adliant MML book cov\u00ader design is by Elis\u00ada\u00adbeth Pinio. The stu\u00adpen\u00addous pho\u00adto\u00adgraph on the cov\u00ader, \u201c315\/365 \u2014 The 365 Toy Project<\/a>,\u201d is by David D. (a.k.a. puuik\u00adibeach) on Flickr. My heart\u00adfelt thanks go out to both of them.<\/p>\n

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Awe\u00adsome pho\u00adto on the cov\u00ader of my new sto\u00adry col\u00adlec\u00adtion, THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND, is by David D. (@puuikibeach<\/a>) http:\/\/t.co\/tzvhmSMk9B<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Chris Orcutt (@chrisorcutt) July 6, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n