Monkeys Raising Dogs edition by Edward J Billings Literature Fiction eBooks
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An ex-convict goes on a 48-hour quest to give his sick mother and rehabilitated son a better life outside of his dilapidating hometown in Georgia. With fifty grand in his coat, he sits down to enjoy one last meal at his favorite local diner, when a drug trafficker shows up and demands the cash be returned to him immediately.
Monkeys Raising Dogs edition by Edward J Billings Literature Fiction eBooks
Edward J. Billings's "Monkeys Raising Dogs" is a decidedly dark short story with a poignant, bittersweet edge. The action takes place in a greasy truck stop diner, where recently paroled Grizzly Face is drinking coffee and waiting for his double-decker cheeseburger. The other diner patrons, who come and go during the hour or so in which the story happens, are a motley crew of generic types - a "black trucker," a "bald man," two "fat guys," and a cranky Sheriff and her whiny deputy. Conversation centers on a shooting that has happened the previous evening, a supposed "drug deal gone bad," in which three people were killed. When two strangers walk into the diner, it's obvious something is up. But Grizzly Face has a plan, and a lot more people might die before the afternoon's out.Billings is a good writer, although at times he has a little too much fun with sentence structure and word choice. I found myself getting distracted by the language from time to time, and in a story this brief (under thirty pages), the story needs to be front and center. The reader learns little about Grizzly Face during the course of what happens, other than his determination to change things for his ailing mother and drug-addled son. And we learn even less about the other characters, including the two strangers who set things in motion.
Thematically, the story is richer. The diner is located in a place the locals call "Methlehem," and the shooting that everyone's talking about surprises no one. It's a dismal world Billings has created, and Grizzly Face's desire to get his family out of that mess is completely understandable. At the same time, his plan is suspect - and he seems to realize that himself. At one point, he comments (to himself) that "money, like most things, weighs more and more when your soul is carrying it." And he's right, of course. I was reminded a bit of Scott Smith's, A SIMPLE PLAN, although it's hard to do in thirty pages what Smith manages in his novel. But the same sentiment is there, and the same frustrating realization that no plan is ever simple.
What works best in "Monkey's Raising Dogs" is its ending, and its final few lines in particular. For as much as Grizzly Face wants to do for his mother and son, a few things he's already done - things very small and seemingly unimportant - leave the biggest impact on the reader. I liked him in the end, in spite of what happens in the course of the story. "Monkey's Raising Dogs" is a good read. And I'll check out Billings's future publications. Interesting writers are always a worth a repeat visit.
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Monkeys Raising Dogs edition by Edward J Billings Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Edward J. Billings's "Monkeys Raising Dogs" is a decidedly dark short story with a poignant, bittersweet edge. The action takes place in a greasy truck stop diner, where recently paroled Grizzly Face is drinking coffee and waiting for his double-decker cheeseburger. The other diner patrons, who come and go during the hour or so in which the story happens, are a motley crew of generic types - a "black trucker," a "bald man," two "fat guys," and a cranky Sheriff and her whiny deputy. Conversation centers on a shooting that has happened the previous evening, a supposed "drug deal gone bad," in which three people were killed. When two strangers walk into the diner, it's obvious something is up. But Grizzly Face has a plan, and a lot more people might die before the afternoon's out.
Billings is a good writer, although at times he has a little too much fun with sentence structure and word choice. I found myself getting distracted by the language from time to time, and in a story this brief (under thirty pages), the story needs to be front and center. The reader learns little about Grizzly Face during the course of what happens, other than his determination to change things for his ailing mother and drug-addled son. And we learn even less about the other characters, including the two strangers who set things in motion.
Thematically, the story is richer. The diner is located in a place the locals call "Methlehem," and the shooting that everyone's talking about surprises no one. It's a dismal world Billings has created, and Grizzly Face's desire to get his family out of that mess is completely understandable. At the same time, his plan is suspect - and he seems to realize that himself. At one point, he comments (to himself) that "money, like most things, weighs more and more when your soul is carrying it." And he's right, of course. I was reminded a bit of Scott Smith's, A SIMPLE PLAN, although it's hard to do in thirty pages what Smith manages in his novel. But the same sentiment is there, and the same frustrating realization that no plan is ever simple.
What works best in "Monkey's Raising Dogs" is its ending, and its final few lines in particular. For as much as Grizzly Face wants to do for his mother and son, a few things he's already done - things very small and seemingly unimportant - leave the biggest impact on the reader. I liked him in the end, in spite of what happens in the course of the story. "Monkey's Raising Dogs" is a good read. And I'll check out Billings's future publications. Interesting writers are always a worth a repeat visit.
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