TROUBLE BRUIN
"There’s a pathos underpinning the occasional but overt humour which, over thirty-four pages, enables the reader to empathise with the characters...My only gripe is that there currently isn’t a follow-up story/issue..."
"Matthew turns the tale from straight retelling of a life into a heartfelt and touching recounting of a hero’s death and all the emotional fall-out that comes along."
Trouble Bruin is a family memoir with a superhuman twist. Spanning eight decades in the life of Birmingham and its citizens, the story of the father is told through the eyes of the son, the eponymous hero. In Trouble Bruin, we learn that life, not death, is truly inspirational, and that there can be a price to pay for unconditional love - for people, for places, and for adventure...
I hope you enjoy Trouble Bruin. Feel free to email me with comments and/or questions. Once you have read the story, please enjoy the Afterword, this behind-the-scenes Interview, and the Bibilography, in which you will find all the websites and books I consumed while researching the story.
A print edition of the novella is available through The Matthew Craig Dot Com Shop.
Trouble Bruin is dedicated to my Mum and Dad, as well as the City of Birmingham. It's all their fault.
Now read on...