Fortune Favors
the Brave
By: Roz Siegel
In this collection of twenty-one stories, everyday objects—cameras, garbage cans, rings—transform into vessels of eerie intrigue. A woman swears she hears a baby crying in the seemingly empty house next door, but is it a real baby? And is it her business? A simple clerical error forces a man to prove he’s still alive. A renowned pianist returns home to find every one of his expensive suits ominously slit down one sleeve. A stranger on a plane confesses to terrible deeds—but why is he telling his seatmate, and could it be the truth?
Reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, but infused with Siegel’s own distinctive voice, these tales will challenge how you see the world, as the familiar becomes unsettling and the mundane turns magical. That is, if you dare to believe.
Praise
“Mysterious, haunting and inventive, these stories by Roz Siegel put me in mind of Edgar Allen Poe—if Poe had been funny and a woman.”
—Barbara Wasserman, author of Love of My Life
"What if you don’t know the people in your life as well as you think you do? What if there’s a side to them stranger than anything you could imagine? That’s the question the stories in Roz Siegel’s book pose. Reading them, you’re always on the edge of your seat, wanting to know what comes next.”
—Jeffrey Banks, fashion designer and author of Norell
“Fortune Favors the Brave is a must read for mystery fans!”
—Stan Herman, fashion designer and author of Uncross Your Legs
“Some of these stories will make you laugh; some will make you shiver. All of them, like powerful medicine, will cure your boredom and whatever else ails you.”
—Sue T. Cohen, psychotherapist