Bess Gets High

A New Short Story

A New Short Story – Bess Get High

Bess Gets High, a brand new short story! Just published at Fabula Argentea, Bess Gets High tells the tale of a ninety-nine-year-old woman in a nursing home, an oral history project, and a vape pen.

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Fabula Argentea is a great online ‘Zine and a FREE read! Not only will you find my newest short story, Fabula Argentea is chock-full of literary treats for your hungry reader eyes! Just mash the big button and off you go!

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Besides my latest story, Fabula Argentea is a treasure trove of great stories. Not only do you get a FREE read, you support independent literature. Good on ya! Fabula Argentea features short fiction and more. Top-notch content awaits you. I think you’ll dig it! Here is the link:

https://fabulaargentea.com/

Playing Catch Up…

April is less than two weeks old, yet the chaos at MEF is non-stop. I am only five days back from a sojourn to the USA. Mister Jetlag is kicking my ass and there is a backlog of accepted stories. Cue the drum roll! Nine accepted stories in March, which means more publishing announcements on the horizon. Stay tuned to the MEF blog for all the latest. What’s New In Marco’s World is here:

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

Ready for some Spring Reading?

Sure you are! Fear not, Good Readers! We’ve got your back on this one. How about your very own copy of my latest short story collection:

Broken Luggage Collected Flash Fiction

Broken Luggage: Two dozen flash fiction tales of love lost and love found, of darkness at the end of life, and light at the beginning.

A man's life condensed into the broken luggage that will contain it. A young woman alone in the Sonoran Desert. Memories of dangerous eggs, thunderstorms, and a gunshot man. A character tours his self-made hell. Another steps from between the pages. Parables of sand and migration A labyrinth into new love, and the remembrance of love past. These two dozen flash stories tell swift tales of love lost and love found, of darkness at the end of life, and light at the beginning.

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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 reviews, journals, and magazines in Canada, Australia, the UK, and the USA. Broken Luggage gathers twenty-four of his best flash stories into one collection. A man’s life condensed into the broken luggage that will contain it. A young woman alone in the Sonoran Desert. Memories of dangerous eggs, thunderstorms, and a gunshot man. A character tours his self-made hell. Another steps from between the pages. Parables of sand and migration A labyrinth into new love, and the remembrance of love past. These two dozen flash stories tell swift tales of love lost and love found, of darkness at the end of life, and light at the beginning. Unforgettable characters struggle against the tides and pressures of an impersonal world, and against the burdens they carry within. There is joy and despair, defiance and acceptance. The inhabitants of these pages learn who they are, and sometimes, who they are not. Welcome, Reader, to the world of Broken Luggage.

Details

Genre: Short Stories
Tags: Recommended Books, Short Stories
Publisher: Marco Etheridge Fiction
Publication Year: 2022
Format: Paperback & eBook
Length: 137 Pages
ASIN: B0B3CSJR2C
ISBN: 9798833773079
List Price: $8.95
eBook Price: $2.99

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Marco Etheridge

Marco Etheridge is a writer of prose, an occasional playwright, and a part-time poet. He lives and writes in Vienna, Austria. His work has been featured in over one hundred reviews and journals across Canada, Australia, the UK, and the USA. His story “Power Tools” has been nominated for Best of the Web for 2023. “Power Tools” is Marco’s latest collection of short fiction. When he isn’t crafting stories, Marco is a contributing editor for a new ‘Zine called Hotch Potch. In his other life, Marco travels the world with his lovely wife Sabine. Website: https://www.marcoetheridgefiction.com/