A Man of Few Words is a collection of 50 flash fiction stories by Stephen L. Thompson. How does a teenager work up the courage to call a girl? What would happen if a "T-Rex on steroids" attacked a city? Why do science fiction writers make the best lovers? How does a company get to Second Base with VIPs? These questions and more are explored by Stephen using less than 1000 words and in various genres from humor to horror and general fiction to science fiction.
The majority of the stories have been previously published (most by Stephen himself on his website) but all have been revised for...

The All-You-Can-Read Buffet is a collection of forty stories covering various genres and themes ranging from six to over 4,200 words in length. They also cover a wide time range. Some of these stories I began writing a decade ago, while others were written especially for this collection. All together, they are a buffet of my writing. As such, I encourage you to read as much as you want. Go back for seconds, thirds, fourths even. I won't even mind if you skip over the stuff you don't like, but, to quote your mother, "How do you know you don't like it? Have you tried it?"
Book excerpt -...

Everybody complains about politics, but does anyone do anything about it? Stephen L. Thompson's attempt to do something about it is to collect forty of his short stories with a political element into his Political Pies anthology. His stories are either politically neutral or equally condemning of the national parties. Instead of trying to sway you to one ideology or another, his goal is to just get people thinking about politics in the hopes a rose might grow out of all the political manure.
Book excerpt - story "Is That How it Works?"
"Next question."
A middle-aged gentleman...

Suddenly, Jack and Laura Malone are yanked out of their calm, affluent lifestyle and thrust into a violent world they did not know existed. They fight to survive, hunted by an underworld gang of killers, Police, Federal Agencies, and a dark power that wants to destroy them. Out of options, and in sheer desperation, they are led to seek answers from a Pastor and find God's salvation just as the violent darkness closes in on them. They begin to realize that a scripture from Matthew holds a prophetic message regarding their future. Matthew 11:12 "From the days of John the Baptist until now the...