Ten Cents a Dime

An employee walks off the job, stumbles into familiar remnants of the past and hurries toward a destination that promises hope and relief.
If anyone, the willing subject and investor of an autobiography would blow the fuse of a lie detector.
The stage is set in a family home, the camera is rolling, but it doesn’t take long for the action to veer from the script.
There is so much to share in a personal blog, with no limits to show and tell.
Two men face off in a round of pain and ideology, not sparing either blows or punches or blood.
There is a serious health hazard lurking under the allure of adventure and profit in Silicon Valley.
A few drinks, some memories, and a few more shots can radically change your view of people.
Car navigation apps have never been flawless; the outcome of a contest between man and machine remains wide open.
When two men and a pretty woman are on a business trip of sorts, with no end stop in sight, routine and a tight budget are bound to prompt any of them to take the initiative.
A company charter flight is boarded by commandos and the questions are not only raised by the security forces.

“Have you wondered what it’s like to engage in a slugfest without so much as lifting a finger? You may also be curious to know how phone charging and app updates contribute to the drainage of reason and emotion, or why blogging of the carpet-bombing kind is a convenient form of therapy. This collection of ten short stories takes funny jabs at the flaws we are eager to hide, but end up flaunting.” â€"Herbert Pummel, literato

“These are the stories I carried with me into the elevator and mistakenly got out on the floor of the pooch parlor and building maintenance. I was enthralled. A must read for those who are bored of getting out on the same, familiar floors and seek a flash of the new.”¬â€"Wayne McRudd, Transatlantic Literary Supplement

“The stories are short, but the worlds they reveal are deep.” â€"Jane Oppenheimer, Avenue Books

“Lane’s debut blew my socks off and I’m still looking for the other half. If you’re hitchhiking for a ride with swift, funny prose on the congested electronic highways, hesitate no further and buckle up. The author takes you on a detour and you won’t regret either his route or his gear shifts. Lane has a natural flair to avoid speed bumps and speed guns, and to cruise at the pace of engrossing entertainment ... Whether they go about with a sledgehammer to keep up appearances, give a toast in their lonely hearts club, redact a memoir with the zeal of a North Korean censor, or give a dubious account of people’s involvement in a crime, the characters in Ten Cents a Dime come to life as we would expect them in fiction that strives to be more than a two-dimensional portrayal of life behind a shop window. Buy the book. You won’t be shortchanged.”â€"The Bookish Herald

“I have a confession to make: I shelved Lane with the rest. It was a mistake ... When you think you have reached the end, find those reading glasses and go back to the beginning and start over, because there are hidden gems to be found.”â€"Octogenarian Literary Review

“Ten cents a dime or a buck a dollarâ€"these stories come full circle. Hilarious reading.”â€"Fiction Flux

“Yeah, the stories are really good and all. With all this fanfare, I only wish Jack would return my pliers.”â€"Fred K., a disgruntled neighbor