A Literary Two-Fer

Two New Short Stories

Howdy, Friends and Neighbors! Welcome to a Literary Two-Fer, a Double Header of reading treats. Whilst I’ve been traveling, newly-published short stories have been popping out of the literary woodwork. With so many of the little rascals running about, I figured I’d cut two out of the herd with one go. Without further ado, here they are:

Story numero uno is Embracing Your Evil Twin. This dark tale features a heartbroken cancer survivor and his new hobby, a plan for revenge. The genre is dark second person POV gay revenge. Wait, is that a genre? Give it a read and decide for yourself!

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Story numero dos is Gumpendorfer Station. We soar across the ocean to Vienna for another dark tale. Gumpendorfer Station tells the story of a woman in a taxi, a grief-stricken man, and a memory.

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Back Home in Yurp…

I am back home in Vienna after a three-week sojourn in the USA. Whilst I was seeing old friends and smoking too many cigars, the literary machine ground on without me. Nine new stories clanged the acceptance bell for March. Nine! That a new all-time MEF record! W00T! Look for more stories coming your way, and lots of them.

How About Your Own Collection?

Grab your very own copy! Fear not, Good Readers! We’ve got your back on this one. How about 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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