Selected: Very Short Stories by Gail

by Gail Matelson

In the year 2089, disaster hits the global world. Aldiss Finer, the leader of the tiny island nation called Alutta, speaks before the global leaders of the All-Nations Summit. Aldiss tells the council that she feels her nation of Alutta could be the answer to their problem. She suggests that she has the solution to human survival. She asks that her nation be selected to survive this terrible threat to humankind.Included is the very short story titled, “Albatross.”These short stories are included in the multi-genre short story anthology, "Short Stories with a Quick Impact, the Complete Short Story Collection, Volume One."

15 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 31, 2021

About the author

It wasn't until I returned from a year-long, solo driving trip around the United States that I wrote my first book, a personal memoir that I haven't as yet published. Thoroughly enjoying the experience of writing, I spontaneously wrote my first mystery novel. The experience was so 'novel', the characters so willing to tell their own story, that I never stopped writing. Twenty-one books and seventeen years later, my unique stories cover a wide spectrum, from humorous metaphysical fantasy in "Last 90 Days, Archie Trilogy Book 1," and magical realism in "Between the Trees," to a psychological thriller in "The Building." Blending multiple genres, my stories have inspiring stories of transformation, as well as humorous and romantic threads woven into the plots.