Fun & Games: A Short Story Adventure

by Beth Black

Come along for an adventure in short stories. Tales include “Star Player,” which twists Melville’s classic “Bartleby the Scrivener” to pitch some major league madness. Then, “The Snake-Catcher of Scottsdale” earned a Pushcart Prize nomination for its biting portrayal of a venomous marriage. Flip that around and enjoy an affectionate homage to James Thurber in “The Secret Wife of Walter Mitty.” And new to this collection, “What Goes Around” traces stream-of-consciousness finger-pointing along insanity’s underbelly when a serial dater dumps the wrong woman.

Your wild ride includes stories previously published in the literary press and then collected as Extraordinary Treasures. Now, this new fresh take delivers fresh surprises and amps up the joy, because in the end, it's all just fun & games.

112 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 16, 2021

About the author

Fade In Award winner Beth Black writes Romance novels for the Better Late Romance collection. She also tinkers with short stories for fun.

Beth spent six years on-staff at Toastmasters International as their Creative Writer. In her career, both on-staff and freelancing, this Pushcart Prize nominee has been published or produced in long and short fiction, journalism, creative nonfiction, magazine articles, technical writing, PR and commercial screenwriting. She holds a degree in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing from UC, Irvine.

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