“The first thing that drew Victoria’s attention was the way he called the waiter. A whistle and a hand gesture. A foreigner, certainly.”
– from: “Fever Dream” by Mariana M. B. Borges
If eyes are windows to the soul, then books are gateways. Instead of squinting through smudged glass to catch a tiny glimpse, we stride over the doorstep, led by the hand of an eager narrator, exploring and turning pages and soaking in words that paint a worldview entirely different from our own.
Behind the cover of growing pains lies not one gateway, but dozens of them. Across their thresholds, waiting: A new star appears in the sky and bewitches a blind girl; time stretches out endlessly in the minutes before a proposal; a psychic predicts not one, but countless of her futures; a book thief steals the heart of a librarian; a lifetime passes between fried cauliflower and roasted duck; and caramel cake leads to an identity crisis.
Plainly, a glimpse isn't enough. Inside the pages of growing pains reside three voices, twenty-eight works, and a unique narrator for each of them holding out their hand in invitation.
“Snow. It used to. Cold. Yes, ever so cold. They’d had long winters when she was a child. It would snow and snow for days on end, until the doors had to be cleared every few hours so they wouldn’t freeze shut, and the snow reached up to their thighs. She’d still needed to go to school.”
– from: “Slipping” by G. S. Quinn
“I sit around and watch people. I know it may sound creepy and the fact that I’m an old guy makes it even worse. I’m not embarrassed by any means though.”
– from: “Confess your feelings old man!” by Rebecca Wayth
About WORTPALAST:
None of the authors at WORTPALAST are full-time writers, but rather the result of a very intensive writing group that came together via an online platform and the desire for “creative writing” and then made more of it - the WORTPALAST Publisher that wants to be sustainable - from the characters in their stories and novels to the storytelling and production. The initial limit of 99 copies per publication reflects an environmentally conscious use of trees, paper and printing ink. Any additional copies can be printed upon explicit request. At the same time, all books are made available as eBooks.