I was immensely entertained by Mr. Shilstone’s debut novel CHANCE (Breakaway Books, 1996), ostensibly an authorized biography of the greatest baseball shortstop of all time, a fictional Hall-of-Fame ballplayer named Chance Cain. I want to read more of his stuff, can find nothing else from this talented author. I won’t review the novel here. There are some very complimentary and wonderful reviews on Amazon—even one by the author’s son that hit the mark for me—but I will mention I’ve read the novel more than twice because of its wit, charm, and a gritty first-person narrator who dubs himself a “weird old guy poet.” The first-person voice of another fictional character, Wump Hozer, someone I am particularly fond of since I created him, was influenced in no small measure by the wonderful unpretentious voice Mr. Shilstone gave the teller of his story. If you run across other fiction by Steve Shilstone, or have any updates on what Mr. Shilstone is up to nowadays, please pass along this info. I want to be entertained by him again. Email me at cntbauer101 at yahoo (dot) com.

Recently:

• SOTFOG E-Book Release 12/8/08
• First two reviews for SOTFOG
• First blurb for SOTFOG
• Getting close
• SOTFOG
• So go ahead and write something else
• Edit finished?
• Yesterday at Bucks County Coffeehouse
• SALE! SALE! SALE!
• Okay, so we had a false start