The Bad Karma Club
Author | : Jessica Simms |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1355850116 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Destiny, fate, kismet, luck, karma: human beings have come up with many words for the unavoidable twists of chance that shape our lives. People want to believe they are in control. Acts of chance--be they bad or good--force them to face the truth. Plans and dreams are all well and good, but there's no predicting the future. Nothing is certain. The Bad Karma Club examines the way people react when the wheel is wrested from their hands and chance intervenes to alter their lives. I chose the vehicle of the short story rather than the novel because I wanted to present people in a variety of locations and lifestyles. Some stories occupy the same world, but from the perspective of characters who view it in drastically different ways. All the stories share one key characteristic: In each, the protagonist has experienced a twist of fate he or she isn't prepared to process. ..." from Introduction.