A Simpler Time: Three Stories

by Bryan Young

This is a collection of three mostly true short stories about youth and childhood from Bryan Young, author of Lost at the Con.The stories included Simpler Time - A pair of kids in modern times do their best to raft down the closest thing they have to a riverRespiratory Alert - A sad story about a father and sonThe Reckless Abandon of Youth - A vignette of life for a thirteen year old boyPraise for Bryan Young's "Young's style is terse and crisp. He writes in a way that compels you to keep flipping pages as you delve deeper and deeper" --Huffington Post"Young’s writing is direct and keeps a quick pace....funny, smart and thought provoking..." --[insertgeekhere]"The highest praise one can give is to say that it inspired me..." --Austin Post

24 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2010

About the author

Bryan Young (he/they) works across many different media. His work as a writer and producer has been called "filmmaking gold" by The New York Times. He's also published comic books with Slave Labor Graphics and Image Comics. He's been a regular contributor for the Huffington Post, StarWars.com, Star Wars Insider magazine, SYFY, /Film, and was the founder and editor in chief of the geek news and review site Big Shiny Robot! In 2014, he wrote the critically acclaimed history book, A Children’s Illustrated History of Presidential Assassination. He co-authored Robotech: The Macross Saga RPG and has written five books in the BattleTech Universe: Honor's Gauntlet, A Question of Survival, Fox Tales, Without Question, and the forthcoming VoidBreaker. His latest non-fiction tie-in book, The Big Bang Theory Book of Lists is a #1 Bestseller on Amazon. His work has won two Diamond Quill awards and in 2023 he was named Writer of the Year by the League of Utah Writers. He teaches writing for Writer’s Digest, Script Magazine, and at the University of Utah. Follow him across social media @swankmotron or visit swankmotron.com.

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Reviews

[Janine Spendlove · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read a few of Bryan Young's short stories in the past, but none that struck me as so autobiographical before. Whether they are or aren't doesn't really matter - they were short, sometimes sweet, sometimes sad, sometimes both, but always well written.

As for me, it called back memories of my own childhood, tubing down the canals and getting into "trouble."

A Simpler Time indeed.