In every life, there are sudden moments of transition, when a single decision can doom a relationship, or hold the promise of a rapturous future. The key is simply KNOWING WHEN TO LEAVE. In tales, such as: Dagger Reborn; Unbuckling The Bible Belt; The Stars And The Upholstery, Slow Dance With A Stranger, and the three connected stories; Her Touch/His Eyes/Their Fate,
characters from various walks of life either embrace the seemingly random kiss of fate, or gather
the courage to rediscover their long compressed dreams, in the hope of building new and deeper relationships.
Many of the stories in this collection have won awards as stage plays or works of short fiction.
Together, they offer an inspiring, and occasionally ironic mosaic of love, loss and our endless capacity for redefining our lives.
Author Biography:
Vin Morreale, Jr. is an award-winning screenwriter, published author and internationally-produced playwright. He was named to the INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITERS ASSOCIATION'S TOP 25 WRITERS in 2017 and 2018, as well as THE BLACKLIST'S TOP TV WRITERS STAFFING BOOK over thousands of writers considered. Vin has sold material to both network and cable TV, had multiple screenplays optioned and produced, and his work has been seen on screen, stage or print in more than 16 countries around the globe. He wrote, directed and produced the low-budget romantic comedy BREAKING & ENTERING, which holds the record for the largest screening premiere in the Southeast, with 2,619 ticketholders and an $18,550.00 box office for a single showing at the historic Palace Theater. Vin Morreale, Jr. was awarded the prestigious Al Smith Writing Fellowship, and his scripts, stage plays and radio comedy have received hundreds of productions around the world, and have been translated into Italian, Russian and Spanish. In addition to museum exhibits around the world, Vin Morreale, Jr. has written, directed or produced documentaries and educational videos, including the acclaimed PGA's Complete History of Golf, Kentucky Derby Collector's Showcase, Rand McNally's Florida, Altered Visions, and the Telly Award winning Louisville Ballet's "Cinderella." Vin was a founding member of the San Francisco Playwrights' Center and the Senseless Bickering Comedy Theatre. His book on theater, BURNING UP THE STAGE: Monologues, Short Scenes & Audition Pieces for Actors From Six To Seventy is distributed worldwide through Dramatic Publishing, which also carries a number of his published plays. He has more than a dozen plays in print, nationally and internationally, as well as three highly acclaimed acting resource books drawn from his nationally known acting workshops; 300 MONOLOGUES, TWO CHARACTER CHAOS and 150 ACTING SCENES, along with illustrated children's books MABEL THE MAPLE and TOO MANY RULES, and two collections of short fiction, KNOWING WHEN TO LEAVE and DARK WILDERNESS & OTHER STORIES. Vin is currently adapting his acclaimed screenplays THE STORM KING and CHALLENGE THE WIND as novels.
