Ride the Forbidden Horse
Publisher: Todd & Honeywell
Published: May 1984
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780899623443
Subjects: Popular American Fiction
First sentence: The sign read HORSES FOR RENT. The kid knew this was the place and he walked right in.
Description: RIDE THE FORBIDDEN HORSE by Gilbert Creutzberg, 1984 
A collection of five short stories
Contents
   Ride the Forbidden Horse
   The Last Client
   Macaroni and Tuna Salad
   The J.C. Syndrome
   Methadone Clinic
Notes: A review by the author 

Twenty-five years before I published THE MOSAIC, I wrote my first book, RIDE THE FORBIDDEN HORSE. The publisher, Todd & Honeywell, is no longer in business. The back cover reads: 

"RIDE THE FORBIDDEN HORSE is a collection of short stories with an emphasis on stark realism. These 'tales from the streets' are concerned with sexual love, drug addiction, crime, prostitution and mental illness. 


Readers will find every human emotion expressed in this fine collection. Each story has an unusual twist in plot and the characters are fully developed by the author. 

The scenes are true to life - the action takes place in the country side, hospitals, a methadone clinic and the city streets. The author has a keen eye for descriptive narrative and makes the characters come alive out of the pages and into the lives of the readers. 

RIDE THE FORBIDDEN HORSE is a collection for the Eighties - relevant, hard hitting and realistic." 

Twenty-five years later, the book has lost none of its relevance. The world may have changed with I-pods, cell phones and technological gadgets, but people are still people.