I often give them some of your humorous stories, probably because they were my introduction to your work. I love. “The Chromium Hook” in particular, and “Keith, A short story from Ron Carlson's The Hotel Eden. The protagonist is a 17-year-old high school senior, Barbara, who thinks she has got life figured out "Keith" was about shallow high school kids. Who cares? I'm glad those mediocre stories didn't keep me from reading "The Chromium Hook," because I would haveThe experiments in chemistry that spring concerned states of matter, and Barbara and Keith worked well together, quietly and methodically testing the elements. 5 Read The Hotel Eden: Stories By Ron Carlson for online ebook The Hotel Eden: Stories By Ron Carlson Free PDF d0wnl0ad, audio books, books to read, Ron Carlson (born 1947) is an American novelist, short story writer and professor. Ron Carlson. Born, 1947 (age 74–75) Logan, Utah, United States.