Harvey Stanbrough

This is Not a Mosquito! (Short Story Collections) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is a collection of ten intense short stories.

In "Jumper," a professional writer and conference speaker meets a wannabebutneverwill, and this one apparently is one over his limit. Maybe.

In "Theorem," on a porch out in the deep woods a couple watch a storm roll in and debate what happens at the momen of death. Janie is a collector, but a collector of what?

In "Shattered," a hard-luck woman gets mixed up with the mob but pays an unusual price.

In "This is Not a Mosquito!" a man - or something - is subjected to a miniature mosquito-like creature. He believes the creature is intent on sucking his blood. But the MM's intentions are actually quite different. And in "Granny Mose," an old woman reads signs, makes predictions, and maybe fulfills them deep in the swamps. They say gold can bring out the true character of a man, but how deep does that true character go?

In "The Maransky Nature Blot Test," the character (or maybe the reader) endures a new kind of ink blot test.

In "The Curious Events Surrounding Thomas Pilsen," a man more than absorbed by his fantasies, takes a cab to the airport. Along the way he becomes a mobster, and after he arrives he remembers an alien invasion, discovers a spaceport, and finds himself on the way to a mine on an alien planet.

In "Spider," Dorothy is brought into the hospital, the victim of an accident. While in the hospital bed with her head in a fixed position, she sees a spider that takes her back to a childhood regret. The rest is just payback.

In "Running with the Wolves," a post-apocalyptic tale, a character describes his life with the wolves. There are lessons here for humans, but not a lot of hope that they will listen.

And finally, in "Deadline," a writer is late publishing his short story of the week, or is he? Follow along as the deadline nears.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: StoneThread Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781516360918
• Artikelnr.: 43685723

Autorenporträt

Harvey Stanbrough was born in New Mexico, seasoned in Texas and baked in Arizona. For a time, he wrote under five personas and several pseudonyms, but he takes a pill for that now and writes only under his own name. Mostly.

Harvey is an award-winning writer who follows Heinlein's Rules avidly. He has written and published over 100 novels, 10 novellas, and over 270 short stories. He has also written 18 nonfiction books on writing, 8 of which are free to other writers. And he's compiled and published 27 collections of short fiction and 5 critically acclaimed poetry collections.

These days, the vendors through which Harvey licenses his works do not allow URLs in the back matter. To see his other works, please key "StoneThread Publishing" or "Harvey Stanbrough" into your favorite search engine.

Finally, for his best advice on writing, look for "The New Daily Journal Harvey Stanbrough Substack."