SEPTENARY: SEVEN STORIES BY RALPH BLAND

by Ralph Bland

Ralph Bland's fourth collection of stories includes two new unpublished novellas (SOPHIA and WORLD ON A STRING) and five short stories covering the years 2020-2024. From a younger man's courtship of an older college girl to lost love, brooding angst, death bed memories, to the fantasy world of a retired widower, these stories present the narratives of narrative realms of real life drama interspersed with flashing moments of magical realism, a blend that when examined closely presents the dilemma of where one starts and the other begins and if the blending of the two has been present in everyday life all along.

202 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 19, 2024

About the author

Ralph Bland is the author of eleven novels. He lives with his wife, a pack of spoiled dogs, and an eccentric MG on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee.

Once In Love With Amy
Where Or When
Past Perfect
Ace
Long Long Time
Bright Red Devil
Super Sport
Stars Rain Sun Moon
Anticipation
Exeunt
Lockhart

Not Dead Again: Stories

Reviews

[Monte Lamb · Rating 4 out of 5]

7 stories by the author including 2 novellas. Sophia is one the I enjoyed the most. This is a different group of stories from the author's usual areas of interest and styles.