Men in the Making

Well narrated, but this might be better read in text. The stories are brutally dark, yet very good. Good old boys & girls baring their darkest secrets in a way that twisted my guts each time. I should have just read a story a day with a lighter book in between. They weren't dark just to be dark, but......more

I was halfway through Bruce Machart's debut collection of short stories, Men in the Making, when I rushed over to Facebook and posted this somewhat breathless message: "I can only read one story per day because they are like miniature razor blades bumping through my bloodstream. This is fiction that......more

Bruce Machart is one hell of a writer. I'd go so far as to say that he is a "3-D writer"--his stories jump off the page in vivid Technicolor with perfect Dolby sound and the grit of Texas sand in your mouth. He has a mastery of language that makes even a four page story a deep and enriching experien......more

I’ll recommend this book to men I respect and love for the rest of my life (much like I do for The Old Man and the Sea). MacHart has the ability to core out the essence of what it means to face loss and struggle, as a modern man, while maintaining dignity and honor. The way MacHart crafts his prose,......more

A collection of short stories that explores the question of What makes a Man? Some were better than others, but I enjoyed the author's perspective.......more