Book Genre: Short Stories
Financial downturns affect all walks of life.
Even the criminal underworld.
Gary and Horace believe they've come up with a way to make the act of kidnapping a pleasant experience for all involved. Including, and especially, the kidnapee.
The problem is, Stephanie Monroe might be completely the wrong person to kidnap...
Heather Patterson lives a life of converging and diverging lines.
Her husband had been incompatibly perpendicular, merely crossing her life temporarily on his way to 'better things.'
Her teenage son is gradually drifting away from her as he heads for adulthood.
And her father has completed the arc of sending her off into the world and then welcoming her back to his home in need of care.
Is it too much to expect that someone with matching tastes could converge with Heather's own continually straight line?
Can she find a parallel love?
Brandon loves pie.
Especially apple and blueberry pie.
The problem: if Brandon gets detention then he gets no pie!
The bigger problem: with school kids this annoying Brandon always gets detention!
But for pie, he will give anything a go!
Jump into this short but yummy tale of boy vs world.
Angie dreams of having a baby—of holding her own warm, tiny newborn to her chest—but always wakes to the reality of being childless.
So when Angie's sister, Marjorie, invites herself and her newborn baby around for dinner at Angie's place, Angie must face her emotions head-on.
Mr. Wilhelm Daniel Fahrenheit's surname causes him irritation and garners attention wherever he goes—from primary school days to now well past retirement.
Mr. Fahrenheit just wishes to be left in peace!
But when his daughter hatches a plan to force him into interacting with people, Mr. Fahrenheit might finally find understanding and friendship.
A warmhearted tale about discovering camaraderie and acceptance in unexpected places.
Earnestine is a consummate performer.
She lives for the roar of the audience: the waves of applause crashing down upon her as she entertains them, the ebb and flow of crowds coming and going from the Las Vegas stage she calls her own.
But as her audiences dwindle and her aching loneliness increases, Earnestine searches desperately for a solution to her problems.
Only one thing stands in her way.
One unavoidable fact.
Earnestine…
…is a walrus.