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Ghost Plane and Other Disturbing Tales [Kindle Edition]

Suzanne Tyrpak (Author), Scott Nicholson (Foreword)
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Take a ride on the Ghost Plane. Eleven twisted tales about life, love, and insanity. Eleven tales that explore the darker recesses. If you're afraid to look too deeply in the mirror, read no further.

Scott Nicholson says: "Suzanne Tyrpak shows in these tales that horror can not only aspire to literary value, but also explore emotional and psychological terrain that is difficult to reach via other roads. Horror can hit you in the gut or mess with your head, but at its best it can reach into your heart as well. And these tales reflect perhaps the biggest horror of all--that we are alive, and this life is full of pain and death and love and sharp edges...

Enter this circus and let Suzanne show you why horror is the greatest show on earth."

This collection of short stories is composed of three segments: Airport Stories, Hot Flashes, and Gothica. They range in length from 100 words to over 3000. Total word count is approximately 15,000 words, about 55 pages.

Ghost Plane was originally published by CrimeSpree Magazine. Venus Faded appears in the anthology Pronto! Writings from Rome (Triple Tree Publishing, 2002) along with notable authors including: Dorothy Allison, Elizabeth Engstrom, Terry Brooks and John Saul. Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers awarded Suzanne Tyrpak first prize in the Colorado Gold Writing Contest, and Maui Writers awarded her third prize in the Rupert Hughes writing competition.


AIRPORT STORIES
Ghost Plane
Graveyard
Blue Angel

HOT FLASHES
Chocolate Kiss
Meditation
Forbidden
Dark Night
Pink

GOTHICA
Devil's Mark
Burnt Offerings
Venus Faded


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Please check out Dating My Vibrator (and other true fiction) nine short stories about dating, divorce, desperation--all that good stuff.

Product details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 154 KB
  • Print Length: 64 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Adytum; First Edition edition (28 Jun 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0058OX86G
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #366,505 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Eerie and Captivating 10 Oct 2011
By Deborah A. Prestwood
Format:Kindle Edition
From the very beginning, Suzanne Tyrpak's writing style captivated me. She is a master of precise story-telling, spinning prose into poetry. This book of eleven tales will take the reader on a journey that is as thought provoking as it is eerie. Beautiful stories finely crafted - I highly recommend this book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tyrpak is a Pro and Her Prose, Poetic 18 July 2011
By Failed Writer
Format:Kindle Edition
Suzanne Tyrpak is a writer whose stories are like poetry in that they can powerfully evoke a wide range of feelings in the reader in a short amount of time.
The stories in this collection will linger with the reader after having been read, and that speaks volumes of Tyrpak's skill as a keen storyteller in command of her craft. Her writing style in particular is engaging, assured, and has the expert ability to smoothly transition from being darkly comedic to heartbreaking.
Though the cover and title of this collection hinted at dark tales of horror, the main genre style is actually closer to the literary (Michael Chabon's arguments of literary genre fiction aside, I'm speaking in the generally accepted terms here). The dominant tones I found in most of the stories here include sadness, dissatisfaction with things in life such as occupation, love. I'd say those are the main themes driving this collection, as well.
I do wish some stories were longer, though, and found they ended too soon. That is another reason I compare Suzanne Tyrpak's stories to poetry: they create scenes that evoke strong feelings in your mind, then exit again, leaving their resonance to echo and mull over in your head and heart after they have gone. These stories are designed to make you feel, and the best writers in my opinion -- the ones who stand the test of time -- are those who find a way to speak something deep to the audience and make genuine connections through their words with their audience. Suzanne Tyrpak succeeds that test with flying colors on "Ghost Plane."

-Elijah Joon, author of TEMPORAL: a Novel of Consciousness and Time (Art House Essential Reading)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Tyrpak is a Pro and Her Prose, Poetic 7 July 2011
By Failed Writer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition
Suzanne Tyrpak is a writer whose stories are like poetry in that they can powerfully evoke a wide range of feelings in the reader in a short amount of time.
The stories in this collection will linger with the reader after having been read, and that speaks volumes of Tyrpak's skill as a keen storyteller in command of her craft. Her writing style in particular is engaging, assured, and has the expert ability to smoothly transition from being darkly comedic to heartbreaking.
Though the cover and title of this collection hinted at dark tales of horror, the main genre style is actually closer to the literary (Michael Chabon's arguments of literary genre fiction aside, I'm speaking in the generally accepted terms here). The dominant tones I found in most of the stories here include sadness, dissatisfaction with things in life such as occupation, love. I'd say those are the main themes driving this collection, as well.
I do wish some stories were longer, though, and found they ended too soon. That is another reason I compare Suzanne Tyrpak's stories to poetry: they create scenes that evoke strong feelings in your mind, then exit again, leaving their resonance to echo and mull over in your head and heart after they have gone. These stories are designed to make you feel, and the best writers in my opinion -- the ones who stand the test of time -- are those who find a way to speak something deep to the audience and make genuine connections through their words with their audience. Suzanne Tyrpak succeeds that test with flying colors on "Ghost Plane."

-Elijah Joon, author of TEMPORAL: a Novel of Consciousness and Time (Art House Essential Reading)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Well-written collection of short stories 25 July 2011
By h lynn keith - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
1. Short review: :-)

2. Long review:
2.1. What I liked: Well-written short stories.
Roller coaster or walk in the park? Both.

2.2. What I did not like:
1. Using the 'Go to...' button on the Menu, I cannot select the Table of Contents. To get to the Table of Contents, I must select Cover and page forward. The links on the Table of Contents work fine.
2. The history in 'Devil's Mark' is incorrect. For example, it was impossible at that time for an enlisted man to advance into the officer ranks.
3. 'Memories conjugate like thunderheads.' (from 'Meditation') Conjugate?
4. 'The purist of the Puritans . . . .' (from 'Devil's Mark') Purest, vice purist?

2.3. Who I think is the audience: Horror fans and short story fans.

2.4. Is the book appropriate for children to read? I think so. No profanity. No overt sex. No gore. Tyrpak writes horror the way Edgar Allen Poe did: the horror exists in your imagination.
Read 'Forbidden'. If you have no problems letting your children read that story, you should have no problems with any of the other stories.

2.5. On the basis of reading this book, will I buy the next book in the series? Does not apply. This is a collection of short stories, not one book in a series.
Will I buy another book by Suzanne Tyrpak? Likely not. I do not read horror. But I liked some of Tyrpak's stories very much. She writes well.

2.6. Other:
I got this book for free. The day I planned to buy it, Suzanne Tyrpak offered it for free on Facebook. Taking the free book did not obligate me to write this review. The Amazon price is $0.99, and the book is worth the money.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Too Too Short Horror Tales 15 Oct 2011
By Jill Bemis - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition
Mini horror tales twists from work, home and life.

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Author Suzanne Tyrpak offers little short story horror snippets. Ghost Plane, of which the book is titled, is the most promising of eleven stories. The description and sequencing Ghost Plane draws the reader in but does not fulfill the reader's yearning to know the story behind each of the characters. While each vignette promises possibilities of much better full-length stories, the author delivers little satisfaction. Each story is like watching a movie trailer; you see the action without knowing what lead up to it and what happens after, just a teaser for what is to come.
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