Months and Seasons - A Collection of Short Fiction
 The above video shows Christopher Meeks in an interview as well as actor CC Pulitzer reading an excerpt. Below is another video, an excerpt of actor Rod Maxwell reading the story "Dracula Slinks Into the Night" at the publication party at the Beverly Hills Library.
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“The stories in Months and Seasons are like potato chips: you can’t read just one. Just a few sentences into the first piece, “Dracula Slinks into the Night,” I immediately felt at home in the world Meeks has created.” — Marc Schuster, Small Press Reviews
“With this collection, Christopher Meeks proves there is an audience for short stories. His characters are well defined with problems that they can't resolve. There are twelve tales that reveal a lot about our present society. Meeks's stories reminded me of those of John Cheever.” — Gary Roen, The Midwest Book Review “If the object of art is to capture the reality of the human condition one glimpse at a time, then Christopher Meeks succeeds gloriously. His stories are delightful and heart-rending, surprising and eerily familiar—chronicles, all, of the epic battles fought by ordinary characters one day at a time.” — author Gina B. Nahai (Caspian Rain) “I am pleased to report that if Months and Seasons, the new collection from Christopher Meeks, was a music album, many of its twelve pieces would be destined for the charts – no filler here.” — Sam Sattler, Book Chase “Meeks’s talent at exploring the power dynamics within relationships, almost exclusively between men and women, is fascinating.” — Rebecca Swaney, Adventures in Reading “For those readers fortunate enough to have read Christopher Meeks's first short story collection, The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea, and discovered the idiosyncrasies of Meeks's writing style and content, rest assured that this new collection, Months and Seasons, not only will not disappoint, but also it will provide further proof that we have a superior writer of the genre in our presence.” -- Grady Harp, Top Ten Reviewer, Amazon.com “Full of complete randomness and quirkiness, ingredients I cherish, the stories in this twelve-story collection chronicle the eccentricities of an array of diverse characters, who are dealing with life thrown at them in the only way actually possible: by dealing with their problems, not escaping them.” —Rachel Durfor, Rebecca’s Reads “Months and Seasons is a wonderful collection of short stories that reminded me why it is that I enjoy short fiction so much. ” — Rebecca Schinsky, The Book Lady “Months and Seasons, the second short story collection from Christopher Meeks, is a exceptionally entertaining and thought-provoking offering from a gifted writer.” —Heather Figearo, Raging Bibliomania “Months and Seasons is very different from the recent collections I reviewed by Jhumpa Lahiri and Sana Krasikov. His characters are quirky and unpredictable and the stories are refreshingly modern. From Halloween parties in L.A. to a summer camp in northern Minnesota, his characters never seem to do the expected thing.” — Lisa Hura, Minds Alive on the Shelves “Christopher Meeks’s stories are full of people who push through the obstacles of life and overcome their deepest fears in order to find joy in living. Months and Seasons, Meeks’s second collection of short stories, is a delightful book which introduces the reader to characters who are ordinary, but in their ordinariness remind us of the common threads which bind people together.” — Wendy Robards, Caribousmom “This collection shines with humanity and intelligence.”— Meghan Kawka, Medieval Bookworm “…Creates a sense of lightness even in descriptions of difficult moments.” — Adnan Mahmutovic, Under the Midnight Sun “Meeks has a gift for showing how people fail to connect. In “Dracula Slinks Into The Night,” we watch Hugh drive his wife Kathleen crazy with his inability to loosen up at a costume party. In the opening passage of “The Farm at 93rd and Broadway,” a couple of empty nesters try to communicate their love to one another but end up feeling like they're just not in sync. Meeks illuminates the particular shape of the space between these couples and love’s continual urging to bridge those gaps.” -- Stevan Allred, The Short Review To read more reviews, click here, or see/buy the book on Amazon by clicking here or on the book cover. |
