Imaginary Boyfriends Short Stories

“ Midtown Manhattan was like a stifling greenhouse filled with exotic human orchids that couldn’ t survive anywhere else and its streets were littered with their broken blossoms. Adele, bless her heart, was one of them.” In his first collection, Imaginary Boyfriends, Manuel Igrejas spins eight tales of love, loss, sex, fantasy, and delusion, where characters who think they’ re clever often do foolish things.

Manuel Igrejas has worked on the railroad, driven a recycling truck, sold restaurant supplies, been an actor, bartender, and waiter, among other jobs.. His poems have been published and anthologized as have two of his short stories. Several of his plays have been produced in New York and garnered good reviews and a couple of prizes. He was a theatrical publicist for many years. If you’ ve heard of Blue Man Group, he did his job. Imaginary Boyfriends is his first book. Visit www.mannyigrejas.com for more details.

Contents Hassan and Sylvia 13 Tiago, My Love 53 Lovey 93 Inside Chateau Arbogast 133 The Little Trooper 157 Egghead Payne 195 Inside the Show Business 225 Madam Cluzet 257