My Friend Whitey at The Piker Press

A New Noir Short Story at The Piker Press

How about a new noir short story to assuage your reading jones? Here at MEF, we’ve got you covered. My short story My Friend Whitey has just been published by The Piker Press. My Friend Whitey tells the tale of a lonely bookseller, a dubious new friend, a police investigation, and the nature of loyalty. The genre is literary fiction with a patina of noir.

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First, let me offer thanks and a shout-out to the editors of The Piker Press. This is my second story with the press. I am eternally grateful to the editors for their continuing support. Secondly, you gotta know that The Piker Press is chock full of fine literary treats. Sure, please read my story My Friend Whitey, but there are many other great stories crying out to be read. With that said, why don’t you run over to The Piker Press and check out all the stories on offer? Just mash the big button, and you’re on your way!

As I said, this is the second of two stories featured in The Piker Press. Besides My Friend Whitey, my story Super Emergence is available as well. Just search for my name in online archives. Not only that, The Piker Press is a FREE online read. Follow the link below and–Bingo!–you’re reading online. Easey-peasey. Show the editors some love, support an Indie Author (yours truly!), and all without forking over a dime. You can’t lose!

https://www.pikerpress.com/

Oh, Wouldn’t it be Loverly…

In My Fair Lady, Eliza Doolittle sings of the simple joy of a snug room and coal:

Lots of chocolate for me to eat
Lots of coal makin’ lots of heat
Warm face, warm hands, warm feet
Oh, wouldn’t it be loverly?

The last seven days shivering in a frozen apartment with no heat and no hot water are now a memory. The new heater is purring away like a fat mechanical kitten. The stories, however, are still running amok. Just as I catch up, two more break free. How will you know when a new story escapes? Glad you asked, Friends. Read On! Drum roll and… Meanwhile, don’t miss any upcoming stories. You can stay tuned for all the latest by following the MEF blog:

https://www.marcoetheridgefiction.com/whats-new-in-marcos-world-the-blog/

And finally, with your indulgence, allow me to plug a short story collection. What can I say? I need to pay for the new heater and you need some winter reading. So… how about some great short fiction? That’s right, folks, it’s here! U6 Stories awaits your hungry reader’s eyes.

U6 Stories – Vienna Underground Tales

Every train carries a story.

The U6 is one line of the Vienna underground transit system. The silver and red trains carry stories, many stories. A woman mourns her musical lover, and a man discovers his courage. A Syrian family flees to a fragile new beginning, and a young man helps circus performers during a pandemic. Lovers rediscover each other after decades apart, and a man finds a father he never knew. A contract is broken, and neighbors defend their own. Eighteen tales of love lost and found, of the darkness within us, and the glimmering light that keeps us afloat. Unforgettable characters struggle against the pressures of an impersonal world, and against the burdens they carry within. Welcome, Reader, to the stories of the U6.

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About the Book

Marco Etheridge is a writer of fiction, an occasional playwright, and a part-time poet. He lives and writes in Vienna, Austria. His stories have been published in more than seventy reviews, journals, and magazines in Canada, Australia, the UK, and the USA. U6 Stories gathers eighteen of his best short stories into one collection. The U6 is one line of the Vienna underground transit system. The trains transport more than people. Each silver and red carriage carries stories, many stories. A woman mourns the death of her musical lover, and a man discovers his courage. A Syrian family flees to a fragile new beginning, and a young man helps circus performers during a pandemic. Lovers rediscover each other after decades apart, and a man finds a father he never knew. A contract is broken, and neighbors defend their own. These eighteen stories tell tales of love lost and love found, of the darkness that lies within us, and the glimmering light that keeps us afloat. Unforgettable characters struggle against the tides and pressures of an impersonal world, and against the burdens they carry within. Welcome, Reader, to the stories of the U6.

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Genre: Short Stories
Tags: Recommended Books, Short Stories
Publisher: Marco Etheridge Fiction
Publication Year: 2022
ASIN: B0BLLQN8WB
ISBN: 9798362399221
List Price: 8.95
eBook Price: 2.99

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