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By Joanne Hale

From February 2020 though July 2020 I wrote 9 short stories:

Prophets are Like Foxes Among the Ruin - Cultures clash and persecution of those that are different has begun. Tillot and Frahnk have to roam the hills under guise to find sanctuary or they are threatened with certain death. Is love stronger than the winter temperatures and exhaustion that are starting to set in?

Catch us the Foxes - Reynard, a humanoid grey fox, falls in love with an off limits species, an orange fox. Set in an overwrought society that is separated by a wall, Reynard is nothing more than a drunk who finds himself at the beginning of a large battle. A short story that is on its way to becoming a full-length novel.

Always, San Francisco: Its 1972 and Charles James, a young man from South Carolina, spends his first summer away from home with his Uncle, Aunt and Cousin in San Francisco, CA. If you love Tales of the City, you'll love this first part of a serial novel that takes you from 1972 through the culture and love feast to the 2000s of today.

Return: 1930's, Freya is just a girl and unbeknownst to her is just a pawn in her father's game with the mob. Sometimes to disconnect we have find our own fairy tales and magick, its better than reality.

Shank End: It's all just meat. Flesh. None of it matters.Stringed: What if falling apart ment something more.

Sweet Breads: When a fixation becomes more than just a thought.

Articulation: A fixation, a love, a desire to create and build but not understand the entirety of the world around you.

Release: This story, a cathartic horror, is an emotional roller coaster, a self exposing story that is more than just mere words on a page.

Goodreads Review:

This is a fascinating collection of stories that defy genre conventions. They lie somewhere in the murk between Kafka and the Twilight Zone with de Sade occasionally dipping his toes in the water. That last allusion comes to mind because the stories all share a visceral nature. Whether outright gruesome, comparatively tame, or featuring foxes as characters, they reach into your guts and give a yank. They confront the reader with uncomfortable ideas, not letting them look away.

Goodreads review:

Great stories This book is creative and entertaining. This book kept me engaged and interested on what was going to happen next. I also have a short attention span when it comes to reading, so the change of stories definitely helped keep my head in the book. Kudos to the author We want more

Facebook Messenger Review:

I just finished your book I wanted to be reading this book with someone so we can stop and look at each other and say, "what just happened?" "Omg " and "let me read this out loud to you " I can't believe your mind, your wit, your knowledge, your gift for building suspense. I don't think I have ever read anything like, "Stringed." You transported me into the chaos of his unraveling-really genius. Thank you for sharing that gift

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08DSVK16R
• ISBN13: 9798671360882
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"