The Millennial Fables

About the Book

Funny, surreal, provocative, disturbing –The Millennial Fables deal with our  American culture at the end of the 20th century.

Things are  different here.

So, don’t be surprised if children start to float or someone’s arguing with  Jesus or you come upon a mountain made of millions of discarded men.

What’s more, don’t expect anything that could be called heartwarming or  inspirational.  If anything, these stories have the bad manners to laugh at  all that. These are graffiti on the great, façade of modern, liberal  humanism.

They are devoutly heretical fantasies.

They are meant to unsettle and nag.

They are seven short stories that can only cause trouble.

It’s been said that when reality becomes absurd, satire becomes useless.  Then again, things are different here.

About the Author

Richard Gloff began drawing national attention last year with his first collection of satirical short stories entitled The Millennial Fables – Seven short stories that can only cause trouble.  His work has been called dark, surreal and very funny.  

Critics have said of his work…”You really have to like the unusual.”

Of his work, Gloff says: “Satire is the art of strategic exaggeration.  But writing satire in America presents a persistent problem: it’s hard to write fast enough.  You're just about to finish a story that you believe may be a bit over-the-top when reality goes screeching past you, leaving you with a story as affective as a burnt out light bulb.  It wasn't easy, but I think these eight stories in The America Show managed to stay in front – especially the one about cannibalism.”

He lives on the side of a smallish mountain in Northern California.

After a 25-year career in advertising he now writes satires these - even though he still cannot use commas properly.

He shares a house with an unattractive orange cat who prefers to remain anonymous.