A New Short Story

The Contract Broken

My short story The Contract Broken, just been published by the lovely editors at Literary Heist. The Contract Broken tells the story of the ghosts of Rousseau and Voltaire conversing in the crypt of the Paris Pantheon while a pandemic keeps the mini-skirted tourists away.

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Good news, Friends and Neighbors! Literary Heist is a FREE read for your hungry eyes. Mash the big button! Once you’re there, you’ll find my latest short story as well as other great literary treats. What are you waiting for?

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More to Come!

Happy days, my Lovely Readers, the tough summer months are behind us. Acceptances are rolling in, and new stories are riding out into submission land. There are more stories to come! Read all about it on the MEF blog! Or, better yet, sign up for my alerts so you won’t miss a single story.

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

Speaking of Summer…

It ain’t over yet, folks! Are you reveling in the last days of summer, or planning a journey to far-off lands? I hope so! How about a brand new collection of short fiction for your reading needs? 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.

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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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