Lost Marbles Books

07/03/2014

Have a good weekend everyone! And don't forget to turn your clocks ahead this Sunday!

04/03/2014

"'The light came through the blinds with all the strength of the summer's afternoon sun. Henry could feel the warmth on his face. It made sense. He was in the sunroom. He was early, and Lena came in from the garden to see if he wanted a cool drink while he waited. She looked at Henry with a sense of excitement. He looked at Lena with a sense of trepidation, but with what had happened, he was at her mercy."
"Why are you reading this to me, Kay?" Stevens was fidgety.
"I thought you'd want to see how crappy these reports are. Who writes this stuff, Frank? Kay added another sugar to her coffee."
- from "In Memory" by Arthur Yorinks
available this Wednesday from www.lostmarblesbooks.com

04/03/2014

"After wandering off, despite her mother telling her "Don't go near the forest, don't ever go there," Evelyn, a spirited girl, came upon a perfect place to sit - right in the forest.
The day was tired. The weary sun was setting. And Evelyn, just wanting a minute to rest, closed her eyes while leaning against a sturdy elm tree.
That's when she felt something. In the twilight she looked up and saw a troll."
- from "The Red Flower" by Arthur Yorinks,
available this Wednesday from www.lostmarblesbooks.com

03/03/2014

This Wednesday on Lost Marbles:
in Fiction & Essays: "In Memory",
in Stories for Kids: "The Red Flower".
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28/02/2014

Stay warm and safe this weekend, everyone!

27/02/2014

"'This is sure-n-tootin' somebody's fault! And when I catch whoever it was...' the ant yelled out, as if someone could hear him. 'They'll wish they'd never been born! That's right. You heard me. I'm coming to get you!' The ant ranted and raved. And got very thirsty.
'No water. No water in this horrible, stinking place', the ant kept complaining. 'And no shade! And nothing to eat! I know where I am now. Dollar's to donuts, this must be -'
He gave the desert a mythical name starting with H."
- from "Mean!" by Arthur Yorinks,
available in Stories for Kids from www.lostmarblesbooks.com

27/02/2014

"Nothing else, short of the need for food and health, has the same crippling effect, paralyzing the human spirit. I have seen countless homeless individuals nobly displaying their dignity outwardly when underneath the same dignity is constantly being strained, crushed by the Kafkaesque trials of daily life".
- "No Roof, No Ceiling, No Door" by Arthur Yorinks
available from www.lostmarblesbooks.com

26/02/2014

Now available!
"Mean!" - in Stories for Kids, and
"No Roof, No Ceiling, No Door" - in Fiction & Essays.
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25/02/2014

"Are you in your apartment? Or your house? Take a moment, right now, right this second and imagine that you’re outside—anywhere—outside. And your home is gone. You have no key, no address, and no door to open. No chair to sit on. No kitchen where you can grab some food. No walls. No rooms. No ceiling. No roof over your head. No, you didn’t lose your key; you don’t have a key. You do not have a home."
_ from "No Roof, No Ceiling, No Door" by Arthur Yorinks
available this Wednesday in Fiction & Essays
from www.lostmarblesboks.com

24/02/2014

"Once, there was an ant. A really mean ant. I mean he was so mean, leaves would fall off trees when he walked by. He was so mean grapes would shrivel and turn into raisins when he just looked at them. This ant, this mean ant was so mean that dung beetles would...well, never mind what they'd do, they'd just do it when he was around. Brothers and sisters, this ant was mean."
- from "Mean!" by Arthur Yorinks,
available this Wednesday in Stories for Kids
from www.lostmarblesbooks.com

24/02/2014

This Wednesday on Lost Marbles:
in Fiction and Essays: "No Roof, No Ceiling, no Door",
in Stories for Kids: "Mean!"
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21/02/2014

Have a good and out- of- the-fog weekend everyone!

21/02/2014

"Mary stood the whole time. Her thin frame, skinny if you wanted to call it that, carried a simple navy dress, a compliment to her blue eyes and hair, once deep brown, now more salt than pepper. Mary was a beautiful woman, and much like the willow, more so now that age crept in and weathered her."
- from "Weeping Willow" by Arthur Yorinks
available in Short Fiction and Essays from www.lostmarblesbooks.com

20/02/2014

"He made things like eyeglasses that couldn't get lost or toasters that toasted and buttered bread. He made a car engine that ran on used paper towels. He was certainly clever; but..."
- from "The Inventor" by Arthur Yorinks
available in Stories for Kids from www.lostmarblesbooks.com

20/02/2014

Now available!
"The Inventor" - in Stories for Kids, and
"Weeping Willow" - in Fictions and Essays.
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18/02/2014

"It rained on Wednesday. Willow branches, bent from the sadness of growing old, were bowed with weight of water. Mary Simmons watched the willow gently sway as she thought of her husband on another Wednesday, seeing him in the gray car, seeing the car drive away, getting smaller and smaller until it was gone. And now so was he"
- from "Weeping Willow" by Arthur Yorinks
available this Wednesday on www.lostmarblesbooks.com

18/02/2014

"Now that the following events are long forgotten, thank heavens; I think it is safe to tell you, dear reader, about what happened to poor Sidney Stratton some years ago.
Sidney, from the time he was a young boy, fancied himself an inventor. He tinkered w this, he tinkered with that, and over time he made many ingenious devices that, sadly, no one seem to want."
- from "The Inventor" by Arthur Yorinks
available this Wednesday www.lostmarblesbooks.com

17/02/2014

This Wednesday on Lost Marbles:
in Fiction & Essays: - "Weeping Willow"
in Stories for Kids: - "The Inventor"
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14/02/2014

13/02/2014

"If those aspects of life that we cannot monetize, such as real love, actual self-worth, honest pride, for example, are meaningless to the economy, why give them any value at all?"
- "How Is It Possible?" by Arthur Yorinks
available in Fiction & Essays
from www.lostmarblesbooks.com

13/02/2014

"Special eyes it takes, so is heard, special eyes to see, to see those who chose not to be seen, eyes, eyes, who among us can see through the night, in the light, who among us can see the world beneath our feet, who can hear the beats of hearts so rare, who among us can feel the breeze from their flight, their leaps of faith, who can dance to the sound of music so light...."
- "A Magic Happened" by Arthur Yorinks
available in Stories for Kids
from www.lostmarblesbooks.com

13/02/2014

It's a perfect day to stay in and read!
Stay warm and safe!

12/02/2014

Available today!
"A Magic Happened" - in Stories for Kids, and
"How Is It Possible?" - in Fiction & Essays.
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12/02/2014

"I am ignorant, I admit, of economic science. I don't know even the fundamentals of how the economy works. But if this is where bright minds, and high finance kings and queens have brought us - if this is where economists have led us, then we've hired the wrong guides. We are in the jungle led by the lions whose only thought is what will they have for dessert after eating us alive."
- from "How Is It Possible?" by Arthur Yorinks
available tomorrow on www.lostmarblesbooks.com

11/02/2014

"Travel far, travel long, first by land, then by boat, across waters glistening and ripe, hear the buoy bell peal, and there outside over there, rise up the island, full with spruce, full with birch, rise up this tiny island in still waters, this island green with fir, this island wearing bracelets of rock, the isle of springs, rise up the sight, the light, rise up!"
- from "A Magic Happened" by Arthur Yorinks
available tomorrow on www.lostmarblesbooks.com

10/02/2014

This Wednesday on Lost Marbles:
in Fiction & Essays: - "How Is It Possible?"
in Stories for Kids: - "A Magic Happened"
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10/02/2014

To many book professionals, Amazon is a ruthless predator; recently, the company has even started publishing books. A monopoly is dangerous because it concentrates so much economic power, but in the book business the prospect is especially worrisome: it would give Amazon more control over the exchan...

09/02/2014

A touching story from NPR
http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=273577666&m=273577669

08/02/2014

Good weekend to all!

06/02/2014

"Eternity. It is an odd notion that time isn't meaningful anymore. Though punctuality remains. Even in death it's important to be on time. I must remember to attend my funeral tomorrow in the morning".
-from "Morning" by Arthur Yorinks
available from www.lostmarblesbooks.com

05/02/2014

Available today!
"Sid & Sol" (in Stories for Kids), and "Morning" (in Fiction & Essays). To purchase a single story or to subscribe go to www.lostmarblesbooks.com

04/02/2014

"I'm dead. I know this because of what happened on September 17. I watched the doors of the ambulance open, like the great maw welcoming Ahab, and then one inside, as I looked at the EMT's face, the sirens and beeps and anxious voices all turned silent. I died. Oh, well."
from "Morning" by Arthur Yorinks
available tomorrow on www.lostmarblesbooks.com

04/02/2014

"Once there was a giant. Tremendous. He was bigger than a thousand midgets on each other's shoulders. He was bigger than the tallest building. He was big."
- from "Sid & Sol" by Arthur Yorinks
available tomorrow on www.lostmarblesbooks.com

03/02/2014

This Wednesday on Lost Marbles:
in Fiction & Essays: - "Morning"
in Stories for Kids: - "Sid & Sol"
To subscribe go to www.lostmarblesbooks.com