A Collection of Short Contemporary Stories: Stories about People Like You

ISBN-13: 9781450553162 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 198 str.

James W. Nelson

Opis

Stuff happens every day that could become a short story. You witness a skydive, then imagine what could go wrong. You visit a nursing home and imagine resident interactions. You see a group of cars go by that all look alike and with antennas; obviously they're in a caravan-what's happening? You see a squirrel gnawing on a walnut and you imagine what his day has been like. You suddenly want a coffee, but something is stopping you, and now you really want one... These are all things that happen every day. You witness this, you witness that, you add your own imagination of what's going on and there arises a short story. A List of the short stories: Thirty Seconds to the Ground (4000 words) (A skydive gone really bad.) My Husband, My Hero (1400 words) (A nursing home love affair.) Geek of the Road (3000 words)(Believe it or not, the geek sometimes gets the girl.) For a Cup of Coffee (3400 words) (Really, how much is a cup of coffee worth? For your sanity, sometimes quite a bit.) The Real Meaning of a Quarter (1700 words)(One shiny little quarter can mean the difference between a good day, and a really bad one.) Don't get too Close (1700 words)(A nursing home resident goes from down, to way up, to really down, in the space of a couple hours.) The one who Loves me (4200 words)(A little girl is the only one who knows who she should go live with.) Girlfriend for Mother (2300 words) (Sometimes a friend asked to help can become much more than a friend.) Waiting to Die (3300 words) (Since the 1918-1919 influenza mankind has feared return of the pandemic, an extraordinarily-mutated virus, that vicious creature that cannot be seen by the naked eye.) (Young people are dying, so many that hospitals can no longer provide for them. Derek Whitfield, 25-year Army vet, has volunteered for end-of-life hospice care. He sees nothing but darkness waiting on The Other Side, until he meets Susannah Brite, his forty-second client.) Voice From the Congregation (2400 words) (A crippled girl's voice creates new life in a young couple's marriage.) One Morning at Boxelder Cove (2400 words) (A young red squirrel learns a whole lot about life and survival.) He had it Coming (5900 words) (A boss is murdered, and nobody, not his family, and not even one employee, is sorry.) Into Tilovia (12,500 words) (a novella) (Nobody was helping the Tilovians; seven friends decide it's time somebody did.)