Neil Chandler

The Day Tinker Johnson Died: Selected Short Stories, Including Neil Chandler

Great short stories feature a small cast of characters and focus on an incident with the intent to evoke an effect or mood. Within this book lay 58 incidents that allow a reader to explore human behavior, laugh with the ridiculousness of unusual characters, recall personal experiences, and ponder life's journey. The book begins with the feature story, The Day Tinker Johnson Died, a fictional account of the life-long dedication and love of a father for his daughter. This first section contains a dozen award winning stories, then follows with twenty humorous yarns, one telling of a stranger from Clenver, Dolorado and his twisted vocabulary in town for a shurkey toot, one about a childhood taunt not completed until death, and another of a town mayor who allows the citizens to berate him savagely one evening in exchange for a year of letting him run the operation without interference. A reader will move through a maze of seven paranormal events beginning with a final gift of love and concluding with a homeless woman's scavenged pistol and its use in finding her redemption. The book concludes with remembrances from the last half of the 20th century, reflections on war and terrorism, and musings about families, history, communities and the uncertainty of answers to life's ongoing questions. Tag along with the author as he weaves memorable pathways through real and fictional happenings.