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New Books for September 2009:
Untethered (Flash Fiction Anthology) - 1st Printing
Author: Victoria Underwood
This is a collection of flash fiction for the story lover. Fifty stories filled with familiar and not so familiar themes taken from the human, animal and mystical world.
A sample of this collection includes the following stories:
During an ice storm, a lost dog leads the way.
A pair of old fashioned winter boots appear in a nursing
home in the Deep South.
An unhappy man can't recall his wife's smile.
To avoid driving down a snowy hill, a young driver picks
up a hitchhiker.
An old recipe for preserves brightens the future.
Beloved flowers welcome a sad woman to a new home.
This is a collection of flash fiction for the story lover. Fifty stories filled with familiar and not so familiar themes taken from the human, animal and mystical world.
A sample of this collection includes the following stories:
Two exhausted travelers stay in the only available lodging
left in a small southern town.
A wrong turn in a snow storm puts a young woman in a
perilous situation.
A causal indiscretion has unforseen consequences.
Though blind, a mule leads the way.
Vague music accompanying a nightmare reveals a secret
about the the past.
Riparian Rites is a fascinating mystery set against the beautiful and mysterious gulf coast of Florida. Memorable characters and authentic locations take the reader aloft the gulf breeze on a dangerous journey.
When middle-aged Amanda and Jack Wayland leave snowy Syracuse, New York for remote Anna Maria, Florida, neither is aware of a violent crime committed some years earlier. It is a trip they have made many times and they both enjoy the familiarity of it.
However, a series of unexpected events unfold, including the disappearance of a young waitress, and Amanda is swept into a vortex of mounting anxiety and uncharted territory.
Gypsy Bay / Bean Point (Flash Fiction Anthology) - 1st Printing
Author: Victoria Underwood
This is a collection of flash fiction for the story lover. Fifty stories filled with familiar and not so familiar themes taken from the human, animal and mystical world.
A sample of this collection includes the following stories:
A woman living in an isolated area and a handyman find they
don’t have much in common.
A deceased family pet may lead the way.
A mirror may reveal more than a reflection.
A couple on a beach vacation find more than beautiful shells.