A Writer's Wane and Other Short Stories, Plus a Mini Mystery

Book excerpt: Throughout history, the human condition has been depicted in many forms, including fireside tales, street performances, plays, dramas, poems, short stories and the novel, just to name the most obvious. Every conceivable aspect of human existence has been confronted in multiple episodes of truths, half-truths, as well as fictionalized from the Real. Nothing new, of course, could be written about the many foibles and predicaments of human nature. But, for every tale, there is a different slant, a different set of characters, and a different drama unfolding. In the stories between the covers of this book, are characters who live only in the imagination of the author. Based upon reality, of course, but placed in their own settings, the stories are made up from the fabric of the human raw materials we each carry with us from Life's experiences. For every decision, there is a consequence, a payoff. Some outcomes are desirable and some are undesirable. But, with each decision we make, in large measure, we are creating our own lives. So... BEWARE!!