The Barista and I

Andrew Szymanski
133 pages (October 15, 2012); 419KB download
Insomniac Press; ISBN: INSOM-00011

DESCRIPTION

Andrew Szymanski’s debut fiction collection takes on
subjects such as idealized love in an illogical world,
ruminations on the realities of failed relationships,
and the inability to make meaningful connections.
In these stories, a man recruits a sexual companion to
chase his lost lover across the globe; a recent graduate
remembers with bitter nostalgia his formative years;
a man and woman contend with their own neuros es
and anxieties in trying to pick each other up.
Szymanski’s distinct voice permeates these stories of
characters trying vainly to escape the ennui of their
lives through the distractions of dreams and vices.