Leisure's Edge: short stories

By David Ryan Popescu

It's weird. It's dark, and it is weird.

The world is under a microscope in Leisure's Edge, a collection of surrealist short stories that interweave elements of parable, modern koan, cyclical nightmare and Vanaprastha.

Exploring themes of self-importance, statistical probability, agoraphobia, legacy, cannibalism, infinity, mathematics, and the hypnotic lure of the permanence of art, the collection employs humour, not as a mere device, but as a weapon against itself.

Leisure's Edge holds up a mirror to society so that it may stare back and splash cold water in its own face. The stories have complexity and depth, they are thought-provoking with innovative literary structures yet wholly readable.

This work will resonate with admirers of Jos Saramago, Donald Barthelme, Jorge Luis Borges, and Dostoyevsky's The Crocodile.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 106968290X
• ISBN13: 9781069682901
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Pesky Artworks Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"