Product Description

MTV Books and the celebrated young author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower tema up to unveil tomorrow's stars of fiction, today. This unique short-story collection is more than a good read, it's an exciting glimpse into the future of fiction. The winners of MTV's 'Write Stuff' competition share their voices and visions in tales that are endearingly raw, undeniably bold and engagingly inventive. In Next Time, a housewife encounters a gunman, an experience that changes her life, and her mind, in surprising ways...Pinball is an edgy tale of a young mall clerk's hidden sex life...After her broken engagement, a cook in New York goes to work for a chic SoHo couple in Roam...Mother captures the tragedy of a woman's illness, as witnessed through her daughter's eyes...In Day of the Dead, a humourously doomed relationship begins when a twentysomthing's boyfriend returns from an Outward Bound trip and moves in with her...Two old high school friends reunite and compare their very different lives in Black Cowboy. Along with other stories and an introduction by Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Pieces is filled with the excitement of discovery, as a host of newcomers present their works to a wide and eager audience.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #189576 in Books
• Published on: 2002-03-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Customer Reviews

Absolutely Amazing
This book is wonderful. MTV Books did a great thing by having the 'Write Stuff' Competition, or else we wouldn't have had access to this collection. It contains 15 short stories by young, talented authors from all over the U.S. I never thought a story could be beautiful, until I read this book. I love the story Polaroid, about people in Paris on a rainy day. All of these stories have something in common. They all tell that what the eye sees is not always the truth. That behind every person there is a truth, known only to themselves. It might be good, or bad. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to read something different, capturing, and fresh.