Night Clinic by David Gelber #BookTour, Author Interview, & $50 Gift Card Giveaway

Night Clinic by David Gelber

“Night Clinic” is a collection of short stories which tell the unusual events which occur at the free clinic attended by Dr. Barnes and Nurse James. Monsters, magical beasts, villains along with ordinary folks come to the clinic looking for health and hope.

“Night Clinic” is a unique melding of medicine and magic.

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“Speaking of bizarre and crazy, you are aware that the Interga¬lactic Convention is in town again? Star Trek, Star Wars, and every other outer space franchise all together. So I’m sure we’ll get our share of phaser burns, blaster bruises, and transporter malfunc¬tions. Oh, and to get us off on the right foot, Derek is back with his annual ‘Trouble with Tribbles.’ I’ve left all the usual instruments in the room for you.”

“Not again,” I moaned. “You would think that after four, no five years, he would learn.”

I picked up the chart and gave it a careless glance. Before I saw the words I knew the problem. I walked into the exam room and saw Derek, a regular visitor, lying on his side on the exam table.

Seated on a sterile tray were a rigid sigmoidoscope and a tenacu¬lum.

“Derek, we’ve got to stop meeting like this,” I scolded. “And think of the poor Tribbles. They’re supposed to be comforting, I know, but you’re just supposed to hold them.”

“I do hold them, Dr. Barnes; for a little while. But, the way they coo and vibrate and shake, the possibilities are endless.”

“I hope it’s as simple as last year,” I remarked.

I put on a glove and lubed up my index finger and checked up in Derek’s rectum. Sure enough there was a furry object vibrating just inside. Past experience told me not to try to grab it with my hand; it would just slip away. I greased up the scope and passed it into his rectum. Immediately

I visualized a furry yellow ball which was shaking and making low Tribble noises. I reached in with the tenaculum and grabbed the object in its mid portion like a pro and pulled scope and tenaculum out with a single, gentle pull. The Tribble, which was a toy available at the convention, popped out.

“Just one this year?” I asked, although I already knew there would be more.

“No, three,” he replied.

I repeated the routine, pulling out one purple and one red Trib¬ble, both larger that the first and still vibrating.

“I’ll dispose of these for you, Derek. And, please, stay away from Tribbles. You know they’re nothing but trouble.”

He gave a short grunt as I walked out of the exam room.

“What’s next, Nurse?”

Interview With The Author

Where does you inspiration come from?

Very often I will hear a comment from another person which causes an idea o pop into my head. For instance, years ago, I was joking with my assistant in surgery about her love of fine wine. Somehow the topic wandered to religion and, in the contest of the conversation, she blurted out, “Jesus was a Wino… like me.” Well her comments led to an article I posted on my blog about how true and profound those words were.

http://heardintheor.blogspot.com/2010/11/jesus-was-winolike-me.html

However, just as often, ideas will randomly appear and start the ball rolling, leading to the creation of an article or, sometimes, a book. This was how “Night Clinic” was born.

 

Would you ever want to change genre’s and if so what would you like to experiment with?

I’ve considered writing a murder mystery set in a small town. I actually have a plot line worked out in my head with the story set in a town similar to one where I grew up. Such a story would be very different from my usual combination of fiction and fantasy.

 

 Are your characters/ideas drawn from people that you know personally in any way?

Some of the principal characters have elements of myself. For instance, Dr. Barnes in “Night Clinic” has a lot of my bedside manner and my medical expertise. Otherwise, the characters I invent are just that, invented to fit the needs of the story.

 

Where would you like to be in 10 years with life or career?

In 10 years I hope to be retired from practicing surgery and writing full time. I would love to open an animal rescue shelter when I stop saving human lives. My wife and I have rescued dogs over the years, three of whom are living with us now. My wife has said she would have ten dogs if we had enough room to keep them.

 

What book or books are you reading now?

The Last Lion, Volume 1 which is a biography of Winston Churchill. Wiston Churchill is regarded as one of the, if not the most important person of the twentieth century. I decided it was time to learn more about this very important historical figure.

 

What do you do with your free-time when you are not writing or brain-storming?

I help my wife take care of our five dogs. I also have an Eclectus Parrot named Isaac. He makes an appearance in my second book, “Joshua and Aaron, ITP Book Two.” And, my day job merely involves cutting people open, rooting around inside of them and then closing them up.

 

What is your fondest memory from childhood that left an impact on your life?

From the age of nine until about thirty I was very interested in horse racing. I won the first bet I ever placed and this left me hooked. For once in my life, I actually was able to make money by being smart (or lucky). This was a far cry from school where the rewards for being intelligent were some sort of future promise. For that reason, I would say that winning the first bet I ever on a horse race had a great impact. Now that I’m older and wiser, I don’t bet much. Instead I use my mind for writing and practicing medicine.

 

 

David Gelber, a New York native, is the seventh of nine sons and one of three to pursue medicine. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1980 and went on to graduate medical school in 1984 from the University of Rochester.

He completed a residency in General Surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, and Nassau County Medical Center on Long Island, NY, in 1989. Dr. Gelber now is in private practice in Houston, TX.

Gelber has been performing surgery for more than 25 years, but over the last few years he began to pursue his passion for writing, initially with his debut novel, “Future Hope”, followed by its sequel “Joshua and Aaron.”

These were followed by two books about surgery “Behind the Mask” and “Under the Drapes.”

The apocalyptic “Last Light” and historical fantasy “Minotaur Revisited” round out his published works, while numerous articles have appeared on his blog “Heard in the OR.” Now he presents “Little Bit’s Story” and his collection of magical medical short stories, “Night Clinic.”

He has been married to Laura for 28 years and has three college aged children. He and Laura share their home with five dogs and numerous birds.

Books Published

Future Hope ITP Book One

Joshua and Aaron ITP Book Two

Minotaur Revisited

Behind the Mask: The Mystique of Surgery and the Surgeons who Perform Them

Under the Drapes: More Mystique of Surgery

Last Light (e-book only)

 

Blog:

Heard in the OR (http://heardintheor.blogspot.com)

http://www.davidgelber.com

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2747647.David_Gelber

 

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