Christopher Acker
Author Interview - Christopher Acker
Author of Things Happen
In these four stories, things happen.
A mother loses her son to a magic trick gone horribly wrong. Now a Google Maps car is trying to erase the last tangible memory she has of him.
Michelle lands her first big role in Hollywood as a prostitute in a Sam Cooke biopic. But her chance at stardom is jeopardized when riots break out after an innocent black man is murdered by the LAPD.
Everyone in St. Louis knows about the Salazar House of Horrors where a teenage girl was tortured and imprisoned. The prosecution asks Brandon—a model railroad enthusiast—to make a miniature replica of the infamous dungeon. The goal is to persuade the jury to put the monster behind bars forever. But constructing such degradation at 1/12th scale with his wife and two daughters lingering over his shoulder pushes Brandon and his family beyond their limit.
Disgraced journalist Alexander Reynolds is knee-deep in depression. Just about the only thing he can muster these days is slithering to his couch to watch The Maury Povich Show. In a sudden stroke of genius, a path out of his humiliation falls into his lap: he will fake his way to being a guest on Maury. There’s only one problem. He’ll need to convince his wife—the Oscar-winning filmmaker—to play a co-starring role.
The characters here are bruised, battered, and just plain exhausted. They’re like us. And like us, not everything works out for them. It’s this humanity that’s at the heart of this collection.
Author Interview - Christopher Acker
Author I draw inspiration from: Raymond Carver
Author Interview - Christopher Acker | Author I Draw Inspiration From
Favorite place to read a book: Coffee shop
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Judge Holden from Blood Meridian
Author Interview - Christopher Acker | Book Character I’d Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: Reading my very first Raymond Carver short story in college ("I Could See the Smallest Things")
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: Hardback
The last book I read: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel by Quentin Tarantino
Author Interview - Christopher Acker | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer: Pen and paper
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: A paleontologist
Favorite decade in fashion history: 70s
Place I’d most like to travel: Yellowstone
My signature drink: Coffee (black)
Favorite artist: Led Zeppelin
Number one on my bucket list: Get one of my horror screenplays produced into a movie
Anything else you'd like to add: The link to purchase THINGS HAPPEN (available 11/15/21 in both paperback and Kindle) is:
https://www.amazon.com/Things-Happen-Christopher-Acker-ebook/dp/B09HQ7ZFXM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=19O0Z97KKTUYS&dchild=1&keywords=things+happen+christopher+acker&qid=1633981218&sprefix=things+happen+chr%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-1
Find more from the author:
www.facebook.com/christopherhowardacker
www.goodreads.com/christopheracker
Author Bio: I am a husband, father, and full-time clinical social worker living in Bridgewater, New Jersey. My fiction has appeared in Change Seven, Crêpe & Penn, New Reader Magazine, Junto Magazine, The Ocotillo Review, Thing Magazine, Subtle Fiction, The Raven’s Perch, Inwood Indiana, Fictive Dream, Spelk, Firefly Magazine, The Molotov Cocktail, and No Extra Words. My work has also been featured on Wandsworth Radio in the UK.
