Cover of the short story collection QUICK CHANGE

"KARDOS IS A MASTER OF THE CRAFT...A MUST-READ FOR ANY LOVER OF SHORT FICTION."

─SUSAN PERABO

"THESE ELECTRIFYING STORIES ALERT US TO OUR OWN HUMAN CAPACITY FOR GROWTH AND REGRESSION, THROUGH DOZENS OF LITERARY JUDO FLIPS."

─PHONG NGUYEN

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"I FLEW THROUGH THE PAGES OF THIS PERFECT SUMMER READ."

―PETER SWANSON

"THRILLING, HILARIOUS, AND DEEPLY ENTERTAINING."

―WILLIAM BOYLE

“KARDOS TRIUMPHS IN THIS PLAYFUL CAPER ."

―PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“HERE'S HOPING KARDOS PROVIDES HIS UNLIKELY HERO WITH A WELL-DESERVED ENCORE"

―KIRKUS REVIEWS

Michael Kardos is the Pushcart Prize-winning author of three previous novels, most recently Bluff, as well as the story collection One Last Good Time. Originally from the Jersey Shore, he co-directed the creative writing program at Mississippi State University for over a dozen years before moving with his family to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

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