THE MISFITS AND OTHER SHORT FICTIONS is a collection of short pieces with styles ranging from the reflective, to the fantastic, to the dreamlike (both benevolent and malevolent), often with surprising results.
SHORT FICTION WITH OPENING AND CLOSING WORDS BY THOMAS HARDY: a troubled woman reflects on her solitariness.
THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE: a man falls asleep on a train and has an odd dream; when he wakes up the nightmare becomes reality...
SUNLIGHT IN AN EMPTY ROOM: a woman reflects on her life with her painter husband, and upon the passage of time.
THE MISFITS: Marilyn Monroe, President Kennedy, Elvis Presley, Clark Gable―and the author―meet at a ranch house on the edge of the desert. Appearance and reality intermingle.
TENANTS OF THE HOUSE: the reader, as a spirit, is invited to enter and observe the inhabitants of a house.
THREE THIRDS: a man is only one-third engaged with his partner; two-thirds engaged with trying to write story. As the conversation advances, he realises that more of him will be required.
WALKING ALONG THE BEACH: a woman trapped in a relationship takes a walk to be alone, and comes to a conclusion.
BEYOND THE WRECKAGE: a man who has suffered a train crash, tries to find the courage to travel again by train.
Solve a murder, save her mother, and stop the apocalypse? No problem. She has a foul-mouthed troll on her side. For Austin homicide detective Leira Berens, happy is running down bad guys and solving crimes. And she’s damn good at it. Which is why when the Light Elf prince is murdered, the king breaks a centuries old treaty and crosses between worlds to seek her help. Wait a min...
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