Tales from the Crying Room

<p>Originally published separately on Amazon in digital form only</p><p>♠</p><p>Three full short stories</p><p><strong>Family Obligations </strong>- A female private investigator meets the family from hell. Chaos ensues as a demon tries to enforce his traditional contractual rights over his offspring.<br>But we're not in Alabama now are we?</p><p><strong>Mark's Mistake </strong>- The devil came down to Mark's house she was looking for a soul to steal. Can Mark outsmart the devil? Many have tried. And failed. But Mark has special abilities.<br>Pssst… Mark… She gave them to you. Remember?<br>Oops.</p><p><strong>Olaf's Quest </strong>- A Viking warrior bites off more than he can chew when he underestimates three girls in a winter wasteland.</p><p>♠</p><p>One radio play</p><p><strong>Fiddlesticks</strong> - Corporate politics office relationships lies deceit dognapping and bodies buried in the backyard.</p><p>♠</p><p><strong>And 20 snippets</strong></p><p>At weekly meetings aspiring writers are often expected to write something at the drop of a hat. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't.<br>Sometimes the exercise spawns a semi-decent idea that can be tweaked and prodded into pretending it's a real story.<br>These aren't those.<br>These are the ones left bleeding on the floor of the operating theatre. They are not full stories. Just bits of scenes. Paragraphs. Snippets.<br>Most writers leave these tucked away in private notebooks. That's probably where they belong. But on the off-chance anyone wants to peek inside the mind of an aspiring writer to see how ideas develop - and often die - here's your chance to read 20 ad hoc short shorts that might at least raise a smile.</p>