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Tim Trott

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I’ve heard that a lot of people wake up at 3 am. I wake up at 3 in the morning. That’s when I get a lot of my writing ideas. I was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s, which affects the memory, and I’m afraid I will forget the ideas by morning. But I can’t turn on a light to write them down. That would wake up my wife. Pilots use a pen that has a red light to protect their night vision. I bought a bunch of them, and I keep a notepad by the bed.

But there’s another problem: my hand shakes: so my handwriting could qualify as encryption.

I’ve probably written more than a hundred short stories, many of them begin with the question “what if”. What if a camera could see through time? What if an alien ran for political office? I published two short
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I just finished a short story collection (The Brown Bean Coffee Shoppe 9/30/23 release) centered on the paranormal abilities of a young barista. There are 13 chapters. So far we have explored remote viewing, clairvoyant dreams, time travel, and alternate dimensions.

My only problem is that it appears the market for short stories is very limited. Am I getting an accurate picture? Would Poe and Thurb Read more of this blog post »
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