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But You Scared Me the Most (2 Formats) ›

By John Manderino

Trade Paper Price 14.99

Trade Paper, Mobipocket

Published Jun 2016

A darkly funny collection of stories about monsters, both human and otherwise.

John Manderino's But You Scared Me the Most features a disturbing cast of characters, from werewolves with neighborly problems to a vampire-wannabe experiencing first love. These modern takes on classic monsters are crafted with twisted plots and Twilight Zone-esque endings.

Meet Bigfoot, lonely and sexually frustrated, as he tells all. Discover the terrifying story of a grown man who wears a Frankenstein mask and lives with his mother. Follow elderly Ellen as she runs out of patience with her dead husband. These tales reveal the dark heart of human nature with humor and horror, appealing to fans of smart, funny short fiction.

Crying at Movies (2 Formats) ›

By John Manderino

Trade Paper Price 15.95

Trade Paper, Mobipocket

Published Oct 2008

Reason for Leaving (2 Formats) ›

By John Manderino

Trade Paper Price 16.99

Trade Paper, Mobipocket

Published Jun 2012

On a job application, there's that tricky question: reason for leaving? John Manderino's answers are collected here in this hilarious novel tracing the history of a guy trying to grow up job by job. Delivery boy, altar boy, busboy, teacher, cotton picker, umpire, Zen monk—Manderino's protagonist tries on one hat after another.

Sam and His Brother Len (4 Formats) ›

By John Manderino

Cloth Price 19.95

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Published Aug 2005

This is the funny, poignant story of two brothers growing up in the early '60s. Manderino lightly approaches the underside of the middle American family in a tumultuous period of history.

The H-Bomb and the Jesus Rock (4 Formats) ›

By John Manderino

Trade Paper Price 14.99

Trade Paper, PDF, EPUB, Mobipocket

Published Oct 2010

It’s Saturday, october 27, 1962, the darkest day of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Two children, Ralph and his little sister Lou, are searching for empty bottles in a vacant lot when they discover a rock which—to them, at least—looks quite a lot like Jesus. Ralph immediately declares it a Possible Holy Object. And, since his fondest wish is to be a “boy-in-a-story,” he earnestly places himself and Lou—now his “sidekick”—in a tale featuring the “sacred rock” as the key to nothing less than saving the world from nuclear annihilation.

But there’s another boy, Toby—older, shrewder, and quite a bit larger—who has very different plans for the rock, intending to use it as a lucrative sideshow exhibit, complete with fliers: Is it Jesus? Or just a rock? You decide! Hovering over the children and their small-scale war is the general anxiety and dread attending the most perilous moment in our history. As we approach the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, John Manderino’s The H-bomb and the Jesus Rock provides a unique, children’s-eye view of that near-Armageddon.

The Man Who Once Played Catch With Nellie Fox (5 Formats) ›

By John Manderino

Cloth Price 22.50

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Published Aug 2005

At forty, Hank has decided he's through with baseball—a routine pop-up fell on his head and he got the message. Trouble is, baseball is the one thing that's given any meaning to his life. This is the painfully funny story of a man who decides to get a life, but isn't sure how. It's about fathers and sons, heroes and whiners, the wheel of fortune (and Vanna White), baseball and the decline of Western civilization—and why Nellie Fox always spat in his glove.