Bells & whistles, and Charles Bukowski

“Pinball Wizard,” by Michael D. Meloan (IF SF Publishing, 132 pp, $15) by Bondo Wyszpolski Michael Meloan’s short novel doesn’t have anything to do with either Elton John or The Who’s “Tommy,” but early on the protagonist, Ralph Hargraves, is asked this question: Are you the Pinball Wizard or the pinball? The book sort of […]