Darren Sant "Community Spirit" Volume 2 The Longcroft Estate series

Last week I was lucky enough to speak with Darren Sant, the author of “Flash of Revenge” and “The Longcroft Estate” series on my blogtalk radio show The G-ZONE.  I will include the link for that down below for you to enjoy. It was a nice interview and very telling. Why telling? For me it is very simple and the answer obvious if you get to know Darren at all: he is a really nice guy; his intentions are good, and he cares about his readers. Each of the digital short stories he has published have gone very quickly onto the charts on Amazon UK; I don’t think that is a coincidence.

“Community Spirit” is volume 2 of “The Longcroft Estate” Series. Words one could use to describe the vibe and feel Sant gives this series are cheeky, brutally honest, cutting, insightful, edgy…The brutality of the honesty is what I think, once he gets more installments under his belt, is going to be the hallmark of this series. Darren Sant infuses the work with humor, although dark at times, that seems to fit right in, not forced, not artificially injected, but necessary and well placed. Life needs and does have humor, even at times like those he describes, those that may lurk below the surface, in dark corners we may not want to acknowledge or believe even exists.

If you haven’t had a chance to get a read on any of Darren Sant’s work, now is a great time to do so, all his titles and those of all Trestle Press authors are BOGO, buy one get one free. If you purchase any of his or other Trestle Press authors by the end of Sept.,  just email me or the author with your POP and we will be happy to send you another Trestle title of equal value, your choice of titles.

Here are the links, emails, and synopsis:

The Interview:  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gelatisscoop/2011/09/13/amazon-uk-best...

my email: gelati.giovanni@gmail.com

The story synopsis:

“From the shadowy streets of the Longcroft Estate comes another gritty story. New to the area, single mother Tracy finds herself falling upon hard times. She has no friends or support network only her sweet little boy Tom.

When money troubles become too much for her she finds herself turning to the wrong person for help. Will she escape from the clutches of despair or sink beyond redemption?

Elsewhere on the Estate what shocking surprise awaits the Mayor?

Darren Sant brings you another stand alone story in this believable setting that could be just down the road from you. Sant's tales bring you realism, hope and heart as he brings the Longcroft Estate kicking and screaming to life one story at a time.

Praise for the first Longcroft Tale A Good Day:

“In ‘A Good Day’, Darren tackles difficult and emotive issues head on. He doesn’t flinch from showing us the grim horror of life for the underclass he’s writing about, neither sugars the pill nor dwells on the horror. He just tells it like it is. What I really love about this story is how Darren manages to give such a need-driven, self-obsessed waster as the main character layers and complexities, and yet to contain those within the essentially flawed nature of that character.” – Julie Morrigan.

“This book has a prologue and an epilogue that work spectacularly well as bread for the meat in this wonderful sandwich. Excellent.” – Nigel P. Bird.

A Good Day by Darren Sant has that characteristic. It’s set in a colourless, hopeless world at the bottom of the heap. In a place as dark as the abyss. So dark that the abyss has a clearer view of things than the people existing there.” – AJ Hayes.

“You're in for a treat - a story with a story! This author grabs the reader's attention from the first opening hook and doesn't let go until the very last word.” – Leona Bodie.

 “Well, Darren Sant has the ability to convey a true human being: someone who has made some wrong turns but isn't entirely rotten to the core. This portrayal is well written and balanced, representing humanity in a way that many mainstream stories can't.” – Victoria Watson.

“The brave use of the anti-hero is really refreshing to read; as the reader I was left needing more, which is perfect for the first in a series. The author has an interesting and, in my experience, unique way of setting the scene and bringing the reader into the story which I loved.” – Martin G. Dale

Check out the newest releases from Trestle Press: April Pohren ”Welcome to the Land of Insanity” , Angelique LaFontaine & Eddie Frantom ”Thirty -1: Salvation”, B.R. Stateham ”Insatiable” from the “Drunk on the Moon” series by Paul D. Brazill, David Hoof ”Sharpshooter”, Karen Anna Vogel “The Amish Knitting Circle”, Lisa Taylor “Shana Black: The Invention” , Mark Cooper “Infection” ,Mark Cooper “How I met Your Mother: First Date”, De Miller “12 Steps” volume 2 of the “One” series by Mark Miller, Sam Lang “Reprisal: Shadow Boxing” volume 3, Michelle Vasquez “’Til Death Do Us Part”, Darren Sant ”Community Spirit” volume 2 of “The Tales of the Longcroft Estates”, J.E. Seymour “Pale Horse”, Tom Sumner “All I wanted was a Haircut #5”, Jeffrey Martin & Giovanni Gelati from The Author’s Lab/Collaboration series “Forsaken”, CQ Scafidi “Time Couriers” (Barnes & Noble’s Nook version), Darren Sant “Flashes of Revenge”,S.L. Schmidtz “Mina’s Daughter…The Harker Chronicles, Vol.1”, Chantal Boudreau “Weird,Wicked & Wonderful: Technopathy ,Volume 2”, Werner Lind & Giovanni Gelati from The Author’s Lab/Collaboration series “Mrs. G’s Vampires” , Sam Lang & Giovanni Gelati “Two John’s” from The Author’s Lab/Collaboration series.