On the Fringe : And Other Uncommon Tales of Golf

By Gregory G. Barton

Fly with an RAF pilot as he buzzes a golf course that no one else can see, come across a magical golf club that can change one's entire life, have your bag carried by a clairvoyant caddie, play a round for the hand of a beautiful girl, find out what heaven's really like, and get caught on a haunted links after dark. What else? Golf in a hurricane, in the Bermuda Triangle, on the devil's own train... These are just a few of the fourteen amazing adventures that await the reader in this extraordinary collection of tales about golf, life, and the uncommon nature of both.This book is certain to appeal to readers of all types of fiction, but especially, of course, those for whom golf is a way of life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966627288
• ISBN13: 9780966627282
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Triple Tree Pub
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

TOP NOTCH STORY TELLING

I uncovered this classic by pure chance, but enjoyed every page. Barton is wildly inventive and his love and respect for golf comes through in every tale. The stories are smoothly written with engaging characters and situations. I'd very much like to see what kind of work Barton would produce working at novel length. Great stuff.

Blends fantasy with golf gaming enthusiasm

On The Fringe And Other Uncommon Tales Of Golf by Gregory G. Barton is an eclectic and adventurous anthology of fourteen off-the-wall tales of life, golf, and mystical mysteries. From the hidden secrets of the Bermuda Triangle, to what it's like to have a clairvoyant caddie, On The Fringe And Other Uncommon Tales Of Golf blends fantasy with golf gaming enthusiasm for a unique experience which is enthusiastically recommended for golfers who are also connoisseurs of original and inventive storytelling.

Barton Scores a Birdie!

What a delightful collection of golf stories! Each chapter transports the reader to a unique period in time and on occasion, a different planet. These gentle stories are very sweet. Upon completion, the reader will feel as though they just finished eating chocolate chip cookies straight from the cooling rack.

Highly recommended...even non-golfers can enjoy!

Using golf as both a background and a metaphor for life, Barton has crafted 14 short stories with conventional, historical, supernatural, and/or paranormal elements. Although personal experience with the physical and mental challenges of golf make the book even more enjoyable, it is by no means a prerequisite. Readers will enjoy its stories of gateways to other worlds, ESP, heaven, hell, magic clubs, and love (both lost and found again). Even the Civil War provides a setting for one of the stories, and Barton's mixture of actual history with fictional elements in it - and in some other stories - makes for a fun read. While some of the stories were published previously in magazines, some are new as well. The collection certainly would make a great gift for anyone who's interested in golf and would enjoy a sometimes fanciful, sometimes reverential, look at the game in unusual settings.

On the Fringe : And Other Uncommon Tales of Golf

This exciting new author blew me away. He weaves a tale that binds you to the page. Page after page and I could not put it down. The best thing is that, unlike many authors, if you read one story you have not even started to get the feel for what his writing is about. I sure hope he writes more. I don't play golf but just the same I loved the stories.