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3 Powers: 3 Short Works
Stories about people with strange abilities.
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First published May 6, 2011
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Joshua Scribner
462 books33 followersJoshua Scribner is the author of the novels Mantis Nights, The Coma Lights and Nescata. His fiction won both second and fifth place in the 2008 Whispering Spirits Flash Fiction contest. Up to date information on his work can be found at joshuascribner.com. Joshua currently lives in Michigan with his wife and two daughters.
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December 3, 2023
A collection of three stories—tales of ordinary folks with extraordinary senses of smell, taste, and…empathy.
Scent
Sheriff Arn Cowan is caught unawares.
Someone has snuck into his back office. It’s Brody, a guy with outlandishly strong olfactory abilities.
Arn realizes that the young man is the real deal. So he accepts Brody’s offer—to lead him to the missing boy, Freddie Claypack.
Spirits, past lives, animals, and lots and lots of scents…
A delicious bite of a story.
“I’m going to have to protect myself, Brody.”
“Make your move, Sheriff, but remember, we run in packs.”
Licked
Dr. Lattie Tokel is with Parod, 12. She’s having an awfully difficult time trying to figure the boy out. He…licks…inanimate objects.
Turns out, Parod can garner information via his unusual taste buds.
The boy is sharp as a tack, especially for 12.
Wild.
“Do you know how snakes hunt, Doctor?”
“Yes. They use their tongues to taste the air.”
Onto The Next
Barry and Dani have just moved in together.
In fact, it’s their first day in their new place.
This one is less straightforward and more of a mindfuck.
“…you’ll hear the creatures begging to die.”
Scent
Sheriff Arn Cowan is caught unawares.
Someone has snuck into his back office. It’s Brody, a guy with outlandishly strong olfactory abilities.
Arn realizes that the young man is the real deal. So he accepts Brody’s offer—to lead him to the missing boy, Freddie Claypack.
Spirits, past lives, animals, and lots and lots of scents…
A delicious bite of a story.
“I’m going to have to protect myself, Brody.”
“Make your move, Sheriff, but remember, we run in packs.”
Licked
Dr. Lattie Tokel is with Parod, 12. She’s having an awfully difficult time trying to figure the boy out. He…licks…inanimate objects.
Turns out, Parod can garner information via his unusual taste buds.
The boy is sharp as a tack, especially for 12.
Wild.
“Do you know how snakes hunt, Doctor?”
“Yes. They use their tongues to taste the air.”
Onto The Next
Barry and Dani have just moved in together.
In fact, it’s their first day in their new place.
This one is less straightforward and more of a mindfuck.
“…you’ll hear the creatures begging to die.”
March 11, 2024
3 short stories as 1 in this one, 3 Powers.
Interesting concepts all set in the real world which make each outcome these stories take that much more disturbing.
Scent has a link to past lives with sinister implications.
Licked is more toe curling but less fatal to bystanders.
Onto the Next demonstrates what I like best about this author’s originality and creative processes. It throws up questions about mercy killing and trauma that can impact relationships going forward. This one is worth reading if the first two are less spectacular and memorable.
Interesting concepts all set in the real world which make each outcome these stories take that much more disturbing.
Scent has a link to past lives with sinister implications.
Licked is more toe curling but less fatal to bystanders.
Onto the Next demonstrates what I like best about this author’s originality and creative processes. It throws up questions about mercy killing and trauma that can impact relationships going forward. This one is worth reading if the first two are less spectacular and memorable.
August 17, 2011
Three short stories about the senses:
Scent: Do past lives dictate the present senses (and actions)?
Licked: Taste as a do-gooder attribute.
Onto the Next: Is it a good or bad thing to hear the thoughts of the dying?
Scent: Do past lives dictate the present senses (and actions)?
Licked: Taste as a do-gooder attribute.
Onto the Next: Is it a good or bad thing to hear the thoughts of the dying?
September 4, 2011
thought they were very good short stories will look for more of his work
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October 31, 2011yipes, don't remember
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