Alex Issa has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is Bitter Ends.
Dry County: A Tale of Afterward
Summary
Michael and Barton Blink are back, and this time, their bounty takes them to, of all places, a town without a drop of alcohol for sale. The devil twins are here for a bounty that should be easy pickings, if they could just find a way to get a drink, first. Here is a preview: Michael holstered his gun and giving one last glare Barton’s direction, he opened his bags. “There’s a full bottle of whiskey and a 12-pack in there. That should keep you covered till we leave.” Michael let the flap fall down and started his horse back up on the trail. “Clever f--king monk, ain’tcha?” Barton just shook his head and started his own horse up. “We’ll be there shortly and no word to Swanson about your feelings on his name...he’s touchy.” “I bet.” “Just don’t say anything.” They rode on in silence minus a few curses and chuckles - the curses from Michael and the chuckles from Barton. They reached the gate to the city before the hour was out. There, they were greeted by a short but slender man whose hair looked like it hadn’t been touched by the desert and had robbed the grease from an eel. “That’s him,” said Barton. “Remember, no lip about his name.” Michael just shook his head. “I knew it. I knew he’d look like that, didn’t I, Monk?”
©2012 Cultural Fast Food (P)2019 North Star Audio
Choice of Sanity
Summary
In this dark but deeply satisfying story, Alex Issa explores the rights and obligations of men and women in world which has lost all rules. Can a woman refuse to give her body for the repopulation of the race? Is the extinction of mankind justification for rape? Tom, Mischa, and Ed may be the last three people on Earth, and for them these questions aren’t hypothetical but real, urgent, and immediate. From its opening sentence to its shocking conclusion, the story unfolds with the stark beauty that only Alex Issa can produce. Here is a preview: He had watched Tom start to shake and the 45 that had kept him worried for the last 10 minutes had finally come out in the open as judge and jury. "Why do you always have to push me Ed?" Tom croaked as sweat or possibly tears ran down from his eyes. “Don't make me do this...not now, not after everything that's happened with us." "Make you do what man?" Ed could tell Tom was breaking and he wasn’t going to slow down now. “She’s mine, something she agreed to when we married. I have a right to do this.” He pleaded a little at the end as if in that little inflection he had proved his innocence to the worn down mind of Tom. "Damn it, Ed, she isn't some doll you get to screw because you bought it, she’s a living person!" His hands were still shaking...f**k. Ed eyed Tom carefully, judging how close his friend seemed to breaking one way or the other. Then hoping for the best he decided to ignore him and shifting back atop the struggling and drugged Mischa, he continued to carefully unbutton her shirt.
©2012 Cultural Fast Food (P)2019 North Star Audio
Dancing with Bounties: A Tale of Afterward
Summary
The Blank Twins, violent bounty hunters, hired usually for their particular ability to forget the “Alive” part of “Wanted: Dead or Alive”, lie in wait for a serial killer with 19 brutal rapes and murders to his name. Dark, violent, and strangely comic, the unforgettable and more than a little disturbing world of Alex Issa is sure to please. This thriller short story is one of many in the Devil Twins series. A preview: Barton simply downed his whiskey shot and poured another quietly. “Hard to think he really killed nineteen men.” Michael added quickly around the beer swilling through his lips. “So you finally read the…" “F--king you go read it.” Michael spat out. “Everyone’s been talking about what that kid’s done.” Barton stared at the young man who was laughing girlishly and flirting with the waitress while still keeping time with his hips to the music. “Seems like it fits him perfectly.” He said quietly. “Fitting or not how do you want to do this.” “It’s still early, there’s no need to out and out shoot him right now. Besides...” Barton said while lifting his shot glass in a salute the direction of their bounty. “I think I want to talk to him first.”
©2012 Cultural Fast Food Press (P)2019 North Star Audio
Bitter Ends
Summary
Alex Issa's thought-provoking stories are difficult to classify. From post-apocalyptic fables tackling restraint in the absence of law, to tales of hit-man morality, his short fiction has challenged listeners and delighted critics with its minimalist sensibilities and ever-present subtext. Here, six almost surreal short stories lead the listener through disturbing and somehow beautiful locations in the mind. 1. Of Princesses and Freaks: Two Short Tales Bella's Slippers Locked in the tower, Bella laments her fate, the decisions she made about the liquidation of her mother's estate, and the ambitions that have left her helpless on unforgiving stone with rodents and roaches her only companions. Big Top Slick A father explains to his son why running away to the circus isn't the best option in this surrealistic and vaguely philosophical exploration of society, shunning, and human nature. 2. Swings Don't Grow Lonely: A Tale of Endings Richard, an old man awaiting the end, and Anne, a young girl with burdens no girl should bear, sit on the swings and circle around the only topic of import. In this moving and bleak story of both untimely and timely ends, Alex Issa draws emotion effortlessly and powerfully with the very picture of bittersweet truth. 3. Dancing with Bounties The Blank Twins, violent bounty hunters, hired usually for their particular ability to forget the "Alive" part of "Wanted: Dead or Alive", lie in wait for a serial killer with 19 brutal rapes and murders to his name. Dark, violent, and strangely comic, the unforgettable and more than a little disturbing world of Alex Issa is sure to please. This thrilling short story is one of many in the Devil Twins series. 4. Dry County (Devil Twins 2) Michael and Barton Blink are back, and this time, their bounty takes them to, of all places, a town without a drop of alcohol for sale. The Devil Twins are here for a bounty that should be easy pickings, if they could just find a way to get a drink first. 5. Choice of Sanity: A Post-Apocalyptic Fable In this dark but deeply satisfying story, Alex Issa explores the rights and obligations of men and women in world which has lost all rules. Can a woman refuse to give her body for the repopulation of the race? Is the extinction of mankind justification for rape? Tom, Mischa, and Ed may be the last three people on Earth, and for them these questions aren't hypothetical but real, urgent, and immediate. From its opening sentence to its shocking conclusion, the story unfolds with the stark beauty that only Alex Issa can produce.
©2013 Cultural Fast Food Press (P)2016 Ghost Cowboy, Inc.