The Last Payphone on the West Coast
By Rich Perin
The Last Payphone on the West Coast is a short story collection of rare realness—centered around folks finding analog moments amongst the age of instantaneous expectation. The twelve stories wander around the North American continent, showing us an underground collector in New Orleans, a self-aware hearse facing retirement in New York, and an apparition in Mexico City. Told with a tint of the surreal, these stories are alive with the people that reside in them. Perin’s humanity shows, manifesting in the meaning of small but authentic gestures.
RIYL: Jack Kerouac, George Saunders, road trips.
By Rich Perin
The Last Payphone on the West Coast is a short story collection of rare realness—centered around folks finding analog moments amongst the age of instantaneous expectation. The twelve stories wander around the North American continent, showing us an underground collector in New Orleans, a self-aware hearse facing retirement in New York, and an apparition in Mexico City. Told with a tint of the surreal, these stories are alive with the people that reside in them. Perin’s humanity shows, manifesting in the meaning of small but authentic gestures.
RIYL: Jack Kerouac, George Saunders, road trips.
By Rich Perin
The Last Payphone on the West Coast is a short story collection of rare realness—centered around folks finding analog moments amongst the age of instantaneous expectation. The twelve stories wander around the North American continent, showing us an underground collector in New Orleans, a self-aware hearse facing retirement in New York, and an apparition in Mexico City. Told with a tint of the surreal, these stories are alive with the people that reside in them. Perin’s humanity shows, manifesting in the meaning of small but authentic gestures.
RIYL: Jack Kerouac, George Saunders, road trips.
Words & Photos: Rich Perin
Fiction, short stories. 5.0” x 8.0” trade paperback, 170 pages. Full color with eight images.
ISBN: 9781732391031
