thePULSEBy Hillary Stone
Back in April of 2010, we introduced you to then-32 year old Colin Dodds, born in Worcester and the author of the yet-to-be-picked-up-by-a-publisher book Another Broken Wizard. Well, a lot has changed since then.
Colin’s writing has appeared in a number of periodicals ~ including The Wall Street Journal Online, Folio, Explosion-Proof, Block Magazine, The Architect’s Newspaper, The Main Street Rag, The Reno News & Review and Lungfull! Magazine. Two books of his poetry ~ The Last Man on the Moon and The Blue Blueprint ~ are now available from Medium Rare Publishing. One of his screenplays, Refreshment – A Tragedy, was named a semi-finalist in 2010 American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest. Before he died, the great Norman Mailer wrote about one of Colin’s novels that it showed “…something that very few writers have; a species of inner talent that owes very little to other people.” And, as we predicted it would be, Another Broken Wizard is now available wherever books are sold online: as an e-book at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Smashwords. That means you can read it on a Kindle, Nook, iPad, iPhone, Sony reader, personal computer and nearly any telephone that doesn’t plug into the wall:
www.smashwords.com/books/view/77856
Here’s a synopsis to remind you what Another Broken Wizard is all about:
Another Broken Wizard is the story of Jim Monaghan, who really didn’t want to go back to Worcester. But his sudden unemployment and his father’s open-heart surgery forced his hand. After his daily trips from the hospital, Jim seeks out his childhood best friend, Joe Rousseau. But Joe has a big problem ~ feud with a local gang ~ and his plan to resolve the matter only makes things worse. Tending to his father and embarking on an ICU romance during the day, Jim tries to help his friend at night. He follows Joe into Worcester nights defined by drugs, guns and fistfights. As the danger escalates, Jim makes a painful choice to save his friend… And then he has to live with the consequences.
For more, check out anotherbrokenwizard.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/the-places-you-can-go.
