Writing
ONE WAY TICKET
”One Way Ticket is a riveting collection of stories that explore the jagged psychic journey of characters forced by circumstance and fate to rewrite their life narrative or be destroyed by it. These powerful character-driven stories, told with wit and sensitivity, challenge us to examine our own lives and the personal choices we make.”
Bookland Press
Stories include:
- The Hurricane Baby: Years after a near-miraculous birth imposes impossible life expectations on him, a lonely and unfulfilled man tries to radically reinvent himself.
- Paper Trail: A prominent female author is stricken with writer’s block just a few hours before she is scheduled to deliver the keynote speech of her life.
- Train of Thought: On a train, a struggling former advertising executive becomes paralyzed by the silent presence of a young woman who reminds him of a lost love who derailed his life and career.
- The Hurricane Baby: Years after a near-miraculous birth imposes impossible life expectations on him, a lonely and unfulfilled man tries to radically reinvent himself.
- Paper Trail: A prominent female author is stricken with writer’s block just a few hours before she is scheduled to deliver the keynote speech of her life.
- Train of Thought: On a train, a struggling former advertising executive becomes paralyzed by the silent presence of a young woman who reminds him of a lost love who derailed his life and career.
Reviews of One Way Ticket
For 38 years I toiled as a TV critic and always came to expect the highest standards from David Tucker’s award-winning TV documentaries. So, I’m not entirely surprised he had transferred his skills to writing fiction. What is astonishing is the ease of that transition and his expertly spare prose that entraps readers in stories of delicious irony. The delicious vein of irony makes every story worth savouring.
James Bawden: The Toronto Star
Skilled storytellers are often insightful social writers and One Way Ticket is an outstanding example of that skill. David Tucker obviously loves language and these stories show that he knows how to use it. Writing shorter stories is often a great challenge in grabbing the reader than penning a novel. Tucker grabs you and doesn’t let go, even after the final work is read.
