COVER
REVEAL
A
Change of Mind
and Other Stories
by
Nick
Wilford
A Change of Mind and Other Stories consists of a novella, four short stories
and one flash fiction piece. This collection puts the extremes of human
behaviour under the microscope with the help of lashings of dark humour, and
includes four pieces previously published in Writer’s Muse magazine.
In
A Change of Mind, Reuben is an office worker so
meek and mild he puts up with daily bullying from his boorish male colleagues
as if it’s just a normal part of his day. But when a stranger points him in the
direction of a surgeon offering a revolutionary new procedure, he can’t pass up
the chance to turn his life around.
But this isn’t your average surgeon. For a
start, he operates alone in a small room above a mechanic’s. And he promises to
alter his patients’ personality so they can be anything they want to be…
In Marissa,
a man who is determined to find evidence of his girlfriend’s infidelity ends up
wondering if he should have left well alone.
The
Dog God
finds a chink in the armour of a man with
a megalomaniacal desire to take over the world.
In The Insomniac,
a man who leads an obsessively regimented lifestyle on one hour’s sleep a night
finds a disruption to his routine doesn’t work for him.
Hole
In One
sees a dedicated golfer achieving a
lifelong ambition.
The
Loner
ends the collection on a note of hope as
two family members try to rebuild their lives after they are torn apart by
jealousy.
Genre: Contemporary speculative fiction
Cover Design: Rebekah Romani
Release Date: May 25th 2015
Bio
Nick
Wilford is a writer and stay-at-home dad. Once a journalist, he now makes use
of those rare times when the house is quiet to explore the realms of fiction,
with a little freelance editing and formatting thrown in. When not working, he
can usually be found spending time with his family or cleaning something. Nick
is also the editor of Overcoming Adversity: An Anthology for Andrew. You can
find him hanging out on his blog or
on Goodreads or Twitter.
