The Ticket
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The Ticket
Genre: Mystery
There are numerous popular mystery books out there to choose from, but I’m quite certain, The Ticket, is unlike most of them. For starters it’s short, only the length of a typical novel chapter, making it an unusual length for an effective mystery. Second, it may be difficult to understand what is going on at times, but this is to be expected since it is told from the perspective of the confused narrator.
The story is somewhat similar to the type of narrative found in many episodes of The Twilight Zone, the wonderful Rod Serling series. Now, The Ticket is not as good, of course, but it is in that vein of a short, odd tale cloaked in mystery.
The beginning premise is very simple. A man wakes up, resting on his side. He is completely devoid of any feeling in his body. He cannot move. He cannot speak. He cannot even dream. Nor can he begin to remember who he is or why any of this is happening.
Q & A FOR THE TICKET
WHAT MAKES THE TICKET DIFFERENT FROM OTHER MYSTERIES?
It really stinks. I mean, have you looked at some of the reviews? They want me dead – or at the very least severely injured.
OKAY, LET ME ASK THE SAME QUESTION TO SOMEBODY AT THIS WEBSITE OTHER THAN THE AUTHOR. SO, AGAIN, WHAT MAKES THE TICKET, UM, TOTALLY UNIQUE?
Okay, first off, I sent Mr. Janz to his room, so he won’t bother you anymore. Now, to answer your question, mysteries that are solved without having to wait for multiple volumes are the best kind of mysteries. Readers want their questions answered soon, and they’re impatient to get to the end where the answers await. While that wait makes the resolution all the more satisfying, it can get tedious if the story rambles on for too long. Most popular mystery books often span a whole series and connect all the dots right at the end – but not The Ticket.
OKAY, THANK YOU. BY THE WAY, ANY CHANCE YOU CAN KEEP HIM LOCKED UP?
Actually, he prefers it that way. As he puts it, “I feel free – like a prisoner during the French Revolution! Only without the great cooking.”