Collected short stories written by winners of MTV's "Write Stuff"
competition.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.
