Tales from 2 A.M‪.‬

Nominated for the 2005 Minnesota Book Award: Best Short Story Collection

Two A.M.
A time when someone can’t sleep.
The darkest time of the night.
These are tales for such times, from such times.

These tales will not let you will sleep soundly. They will not let you lie on the comfortable mattress that is your life. They will make you dream with your eyes wide open.

These are tales of vampires and vengeance, of biological engineering and ghosts, of astronauts escaping the past and of young people fearing the future. Bitterness, betrayal, and murder lurk within these pages.

But all is not dark. The dawn will come. These are also stories of hope. Of second chances. Of redemption.

Look! It’s two o’clock in the morning.
Time to read.

"Schreiber has a wide range of imagination and the talent to put it into words. . . . His imagination invents word pictures that spark the mind to envision a screen larger than Hollywood is capable of."

– News-Enterprise, December 1, 2004


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What others are saying about Hillcrest Journal:
“Skillfully told . . . very realistic . . . recommend not only to teenage readers but also to parents who may have a slightly hazy recollection of adolescence.”
— West Concord Enterprise

What others are saying about Passing Through Paradise:

“Tough to put down. The themes are masterfully interwoven.”
— Byron Review

Helpful Link:

Schreiber has posted some of his published articles, essays, and poems along with book group discussion questions for Tales from 2 A.M. at John Schreiber´s Books