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A Friend of Charley Boles – New Short Fiction

New short fiction – A Friend of Charley Boles. Hot off the presses, I’m thrilled to announce my latest short story! That’s right, my story A Friend of Charley Boles, chosen by the fine editors at The Yard: Crime Blog. Hot off the presses, A Friend of Charley Boles is the story of a young man meeting a cranky old gentleman in a Honolulu boarding house, circa 1898. The old man tells the tale of his friend Charley Boles. Charley Boles is the alias of the infamous stagecoach bandit Black Bart, who had disappeared from California a decade prior.

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The Publishing Games

To tell the truth, my Lovely Readers, July has followed June with a wasteland of rejections. But wait, what’s this? Two acceptances have flown across the MEF threshold. So, rejoice! Look for four, (count ’em, FOUR!) new stories coming in August. It’s going to be a good summer! Read all about it on the MEF blog!

https://www.marcoetheridgefiction.com/blog/

Meanwhile…

How about a brand new collection of short stories to tide you over? Stay strong, be kind, and keep reading!

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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