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Tiny Grievances
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Tiny Grievances is a collection of mostly gay-themed short stories and a novella, “Inside The Scar Circle.” Thomson returns to familiar, fertile ground with these stories about troubled and failing urban lives, fractured families, broken friendships, community, questioning the status quo, belonging, ageing, and the search for love in a world geared toward quick fixes.“At turns uproariously funny, poignant and genuinely moving, these stories take you deep into the souls of everyday people trying to survive. Accomplished, assured and gripping, Robert Thomson’s Tiny Grievances tears apart the hilarity, humiliation and tragedy of human tribulation. From a genteel aunt exhibiting odd behaviour to a man stalking a former lover even as he knows he shouldn’t, Thomson’s characters are real, biting and very memorable.” (Jared Mitchell, author of Mayhem and Becky Chan)“The Ballad Of Aunt Stabby” chronicles a disastrous dinner party as two pretentious hosts try to distract their misfit guests from an opinionated aunt who arrives beaten and bleeding.“I’ll Wait Here.” Two friends with benefits find themselves at a casual crossroads when one man loses his job and the other, surprisingly, is empathetic and supportive about the situation.“Smoking.” It’s about the urge that makes you want to smoke.“Three Words Away” is about lost love and regret. After more than a decade, a man spots an ex-lover and gets caught up in an imaginary reunion.“Hide Everything” details the ripple effect caused by a gay man’s failed suicide attempt.“Stalking Harold Greenbaum” is a dramatic comedy about how the friendship between two middle-aged women is shattered when one of them renovates herself in order to win the love of a co-worker.In “This Functional Family” an introverted gay man must stand up against his conniving sociopathic sister when the
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