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Otis
It’s Christmas Eve and it’s snowing, but at least one creature is still stirring: a tabby cat with white paws named Otis. He’s protesting from his carrier in the backseat of a rented Kia, en route to a veterinarian clink. Otis is neither ill nor in need of vaccination; Jaston Calderone has come out from assisted living to tie what few loose ends his gay son Mitchell’s suicide left behind, and one of them is Otis.
As the wind whips up bluish columns of white, Jaston navigates the clogged streets in a town he doesn’t know, looking for someone to swiftly euthanize Otis. He doesn’t suspect something spectral is already at work ... that a guardian angel has crafted a plan not for Jaston’s redemption, but for Otis.
As the wind whips up bluish columns of white, Jaston navigates the clogged streets in a town he doesn’t know, looking for someone to swiftly euthanize Otis. He doesn’t suspect something spectral is already at work ... that a guardian angel has crafted a plan not for Jaston’s redemption, but for Otis.
19 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 1, 2017
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About the author
Rodney Ross
17 books48 followersAuthor Rodney Ross lives, writes and sweats in Southern California.
'Things To Aim For', a collection of five short fictions, was published by JMS Books in May, 2024.
His novel 'Diversionary Fires' was a Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards (NIEA) competition, in the Literary Fiction category.
His novel 'The Cool Part Of His Pillow', now in its 2nd edition from JMS Books, was the 1st Place Winner in the GLBT Fiction category from both the NIEA and the Next Generation Indie Book Awards; Silver Medalist in the 2013 Global EBook Awards; and Honorable Mention in the 2012 Rainbow Book Awards.
Also from JMS Books: 'O, Christmas T(h)ree'; The Old Man At My Door'; 'Smoking With Didi' ; 'Otis' ; 'Bended Knee'; and a non-fiction essay in the 'The Other Man: Twenty-One Top Writers Speak Candidly About Sex, Love, Infidelity, Heartbreak and Moving On'.
Other works include 'Signing Off' in the short story collection' Impact', from Other World Ink.
Past achievements include an optioned screenplay and play, both unproduced. Other screenplays earned Honorable Mentions or runners-up citations in the Monterey County Film Commission, FADE-IN and the LGBT One-In-Ten Screenwriting Competitions. Ross was also cited as 'Most Creative' in the Key West Mystery Fest Writing Competition.
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'Things To Aim For', a collection of five short fictions, was published by JMS Books in May, 2024.
His novel 'Diversionary Fires' was a Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards (NIEA) competition, in the Literary Fiction category.
His novel 'The Cool Part Of His Pillow', now in its 2nd edition from JMS Books, was the 1st Place Winner in the GLBT Fiction category from both the NIEA and the Next Generation Indie Book Awards; Silver Medalist in the 2013 Global EBook Awards; and Honorable Mention in the 2012 Rainbow Book Awards.
Also from JMS Books: 'O, Christmas T(h)ree'; The Old Man At My Door'; 'Smoking With Didi' ; 'Otis' ; 'Bended Knee'; and a non-fiction essay in the 'The Other Man: Twenty-One Top Writers Speak Candidly About Sex, Love, Infidelity, Heartbreak and Moving On'.
Other works include 'Signing Off' in the short story collection' Impact', from Other World Ink.
Past achievements include an optioned screenplay and play, both unproduced. Other screenplays earned Honorable Mentions or runners-up citations in the Monterey County Film Commission, FADE-IN and the LGBT One-In-Ten Screenwriting Competitions. Ross was also cited as 'Most Creative' in the Key West Mystery Fest Writing Competition.
Follow him on Facebook.
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December 11, 2017
Wow. Okay. When Scrooge looks positively decent and Karma might just - definitely should - run your sorry arse down.
If you want a different, non-jolly end of year seasonal tale, one that is well written, Rodney Ross delivers something familiar as a core, think Dickens, but unique...complete with a narrator I wanted to well and truly stick my claws into.
Short and interesting.
If you want a different, non-jolly end of year seasonal tale, one that is well written, Rodney Ross delivers something familiar as a core, think Dickens, but unique...complete with a narrator I wanted to well and truly stick my claws into.
Short and interesting.
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