Ten Stories That Worried My Mother

<p><strong>Four award-recognized short stories three mysteries two subversive temps and one where the hero manages to spare-change John Lennon at the premiere of <em>A Hard Day's Night</em> in 1964</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Ten Stories That Worried My Mother</em> chronicles a 40-year literary journey that began with the publication of Winona Kent's first short tale <em>Tower of Power</em>-about one night in the life of a rock and roll radio newsman-which won first prize in<em> Flare Magazine's</em> fiction competition in 1982</p><p></p><p>The journey finishes with two mysteries starring Winona's professional musician/amateur sleuth Jason Davey: <em>Salty Dog Blues</em> and <em>Blue Devil Blues</em> the former being shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada's Awards of Excellence for Best Crime Novella in 2021.</p><p></p><p>Between these two milestones are seven more pieces of short fiction featuring an unhinged Saskatchewan farmer; a bored secretary in England taking on an opinionated tea lady named Mrs. Thatcher; a shy high school kid with a crush on his soon-to-be-married social studies teacher; a creative writing instructor whose main claim to fame is one episode of the 1960s tv spy series <em>The Man from U.N.C.L.E</em>.; a subversive temp working at a Canadian government office responsible for administering grants for cows; and two adventures featuring Winona's time-travelling romantic heroes Charlie Duran and Shaun Deeley.</p><p></p><p>And yes these stories really did worry Winona's mother...</p><p></p><p>Award-recognized stories in this anthology:</p><p>Tower of Power - Winner of the Flare Fiction Competition 1982 published in Flare in September 1982</p><p></p><p>Dietrich's Ash - Okanagan Short Fiction Award winner 1985. Originally published in Canadian Author & Bookman. Winter 1985. Anthologized in Pure Fiction: The Okanagan Short Story Award Winners. (Fitzhenry & Whiteside) 1986.</p><p></p><p>Creatures from Greek Mythology - Second Prize Winner WQ Editors Prize 1984. Published in Cross-Canada Writers Quarterly. Vol 6 No. 1 1984. </p><p></p><p>Salty Dog Blues - finalist in the Crime Writers of Canada's 2021 Awards of Excellence for Best Crime Novella </p><p></p>