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Cold Callers: A Dark & Humorous short story
*A single short story that is more intended for KU (kindle Unlimited) readers rather than any expectation that it should be purchased as a regular book ...
Just about everyone has been pestered at one time or another by unwanted telephone calls or door-to-door salesmen, 'cold calling' at it's sometimes called. Cold callers come in a variety of guises, be it tele-marketing, someone trying to sell you doublle glazing, phone upgrades, or enquiring about the recent car accident you've been involved in - even if you don't and have never had a car! Such calls are all the more annoying when they persist and interrupt you when you're trying to work, especially writers when they're tapping away at their keyboards ... well, this is the tale of one such 'cold calling' victim and his novel way of dealing with it - and if/when that doesn't work, a more 'drastic' method of putting an end to it ... Enjoy!
Just about everyone has been pestered at one time or another by unwanted telephone calls or door-to-door salesmen, 'cold calling' at it's sometimes called. Cold callers come in a variety of guises, be it tele-marketing, someone trying to sell you doublle glazing, phone upgrades, or enquiring about the recent car accident you've been involved in - even if you don't and have never had a car! Such calls are all the more annoying when they persist and interrupt you when you're trying to work, especially writers when they're tapping away at their keyboards ... well, this is the tale of one such 'cold calling' victim and his novel way of dealing with it - and if/when that doesn't work, a more 'drastic' method of putting an end to it ... Enjoy!
12 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 16, 2025
About the author
P.A. Rudders
15 books6 followersFrom wielding a rifle and donning the gloves, a pen and a pad are now the tools of my trade ... Carry on Writing!
UK based writer, author, blogger, and book reviewer. Born in London, United Kingdom. Having retired, P.A. Rudders now lives in Wales, where he enjoys his love of the outdoors as well as pursuing his passion for creative writing.
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Never a tinker or even a tailor, though once a soldier and an occasional sailor. I’ve fought my battles in many a playground and field, with make-believe guns and then riot shields. I’ve stood my ground toe to toe in the ring. But now I’m older and maybe a tiny bit wiser, wondering now what the future may bring.
I’ve hung up my gloves and also the guns, put aside my days and life as a lad, exchanged them all for a screen and keypad. And now it’s my characters that march, where I fear to tread. And when they die they really stay dead, no miraculous recoveries or surreal shower scenes, or of waking up from a season-long dream.
Each word that I write strives to leap from the page, each page that I write urging the reader onto the next. I write what I know and imagine the rest. I write in black and white, leaving your imagination to make of it what you might. If all you want is simplicity and colour from the start, something to satisfy an instant entertainment fix, there’s always cable or even Netflix.
We live in an age of instant information, of every type of visual stimulation, and worst of all, of effortless entertainment. Read on then, dear reader, if you like what you’ve read, I promise I won’t let it go to my head (actually that’s a lie, we authors have an ego the size of a city).
UK based writer, author, blogger, and book reviewer. Born in London, United Kingdom. Having retired, P.A. Rudders now lives in Wales, where he enjoys his love of the outdoors as well as pursuing his passion for creative writing.
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Never a tinker or even a tailor, though once a soldier and an occasional sailor. I’ve fought my battles in many a playground and field, with make-believe guns and then riot shields. I’ve stood my ground toe to toe in the ring. But now I’m older and maybe a tiny bit wiser, wondering now what the future may bring.
I’ve hung up my gloves and also the guns, put aside my days and life as a lad, exchanged them all for a screen and keypad. And now it’s my characters that march, where I fear to tread. And when they die they really stay dead, no miraculous recoveries or surreal shower scenes, or of waking up from a season-long dream.
Each word that I write strives to leap from the page, each page that I write urging the reader onto the next. I write what I know and imagine the rest. I write in black and white, leaving your imagination to make of it what you might. If all you want is simplicity and colour from the start, something to satisfy an instant entertainment fix, there’s always cable or even Netflix.
We live in an age of instant information, of every type of visual stimulation, and worst of all, of effortless entertainment. Read on then, dear reader, if you like what you’ve read, I promise I won’t let it go to my head (actually that’s a lie, we authors have an ego the size of a city).
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