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Collected Works: Short Stories & First Chapters
A free and continually updated collection of short stories, old and new, by Tom Stewart, author of Immortal North and Under Big-Hearted Skies.
A boy being taught to fish by an old man catching his last. A master in mindfulness meditation achieves a lasting state of morbid equanimity. Death's lullaby written by society at large. God in the machine. Love at the end of the world. Read early works from Tom and see glimpses of themes that would influence later publications!
Available for free at Lucky Dollar Media.
A boy being taught to fish by an old man catching his last. A master in mindfulness meditation achieves a lasting state of morbid equanimity. Death's lullaby written by society at large. God in the machine. Love at the end of the world. Read early works from Tom and see glimpses of themes that would influence later publications!
Available for free at Lucky Dollar Media.
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Published September 29, 2022
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About the author
Tom Stewart
5 books204 followersI aspire to contribute to the craft that I value so highly. I hope you see something in my books, that would matter to me.
***** 2023 Whistler Independent Book Awards Winner in Fiction*****
***** 2022 Chanticleer International Book Awards finalist in Literary & Contemporary Fiction *****
***** 2022 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book notable author *****
***** A Readers’ Favorite Five Star Author *****
I grow as a writer when I improve as a human. Reading helps. I value this community of readers for its shared love of meaningful words. I feel a type of connection.
Thank you.
For a FREE copy of Immortal North visit: Immortal North
Tom grew up near Winnipeg, Canada where he studied literature and philosophy at University of Manitoba. He worked in northern Canada as a fishing and hunting guide and bush-plane pilot. Tom now lives in Tofino on Vancouver Island.
https://tomswords.substack.com/
***** 2023 Whistler Independent Book Awards Winner in Fiction*****
***** 2022 Chanticleer International Book Awards finalist in Literary & Contemporary Fiction *****
***** 2022 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book notable author *****
***** A Readers’ Favorite Five Star Author *****
I grow as a writer when I improve as a human. Reading helps. I value this community of readers for its shared love of meaningful words. I feel a type of connection.
Thank you.
For a FREE copy of Immortal North visit: Immortal North
Tom grew up near Winnipeg, Canada where he studied literature and philosophy at University of Manitoba. He worked in northern Canada as a fishing and hunting guide and bush-plane pilot. Tom now lives in Tofino on Vancouver Island.
https://tomswords.substack.com/
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January 10, 2023
Update Jan 7, 2023
Mostly things don’t live up to your expectations, nevermind your memories.
After decades have passed, a husband and wife return to an old-favourite restaurant in a small town on Vancouver Island. But the menu selection is nostalgia and the patio full of flies. Is there redemption in tiramisu?
I worked on this story between novels and I’m really happy with how it turned out. I like Susan. She’s cute. I might even have a little crush on her, whatever that means, given that she’s late-sixties, early-seventies and a figment of my imagination.
Comfortable with Silence is available as a free download, part of the larger collection, at https://www.luckydollarmedia.com/
Update Dec 15 2022
Paul Cezanne painted Mont Sainte-Victoire over sixty times. In his still life “Dish of Apples” the background napkin is shaped as that mountain. Was that intentional? Or had he become so obsessed with that subject that its shape through his subconscious began to manifest in how he saw the world? I wondered why he would obsess over the same mountain. To capture its changing beauty through the seasons and over the years? Or did he want to try different painting techniques on the same subject? Or did he believe that he never rendered it the way he wanted to? I thought an interesting short story could tell of an artist obsessing--nearly trapped--by a particular subject. Trapped because he did not know that what he was trying to render was not inherent within it. What would it take for him to be freed? Sometimes I know where I want the story to end before I start it, but this time I didn’t. You can read Still Life for free in my continually updated collection where I introduce readers to my work. The link gives the option of subscribing to my monthly newsletter. If you check out my work, I truly hope you like it.
https://www.luckydollarmedia.com/
Mostly things don’t live up to your expectations, nevermind your memories.
After decades have passed, a husband and wife return to an old-favourite restaurant in a small town on Vancouver Island. But the menu selection is nostalgia and the patio full of flies. Is there redemption in tiramisu?
I worked on this story between novels and I’m really happy with how it turned out. I like Susan. She’s cute. I might even have a little crush on her, whatever that means, given that she’s late-sixties, early-seventies and a figment of my imagination.
Comfortable with Silence is available as a free download, part of the larger collection, at https://www.luckydollarmedia.com/
Update Dec 15 2022
Paul Cezanne painted Mont Sainte-Victoire over sixty times. In his still life “Dish of Apples” the background napkin is shaped as that mountain. Was that intentional? Or had he become so obsessed with that subject that its shape through his subconscious began to manifest in how he saw the world? I wondered why he would obsess over the same mountain. To capture its changing beauty through the seasons and over the years? Or did he want to try different painting techniques on the same subject? Or did he believe that he never rendered it the way he wanted to? I thought an interesting short story could tell of an artist obsessing--nearly trapped--by a particular subject. Trapped because he did not know that what he was trying to render was not inherent within it. What would it take for him to be freed? Sometimes I know where I want the story to end before I start it, but this time I didn’t. You can read Still Life for free in my continually updated collection where I introduce readers to my work. The link gives the option of subscribing to my monthly newsletter. If you check out my work, I truly hope you like it.
https://www.luckydollarmedia.com/
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