In the Garden of Mistress Bloom

By Cle' Curbo

Strange short stories, whimsical and surreal. I loved writing the book and had many giggles at each rereading in editing. The book won 1st Place in Sci-Fi from Writer's Digest in 2021. The first story is In the Garden of Mistress Bloom, a bit of garden, galactic empire, and folktale complete with human and non-human characters. In The 19th Frustration, we find our hero and heroine caught up in a time and dimensional struggle with advanced alien culture. In Vanlines - The Driver, our hero couple must sort out an untimely trip to the Pleistocene. In Coyote Tower, all state workers will shudder as the characters suffer under new management. In Memory of Glass, we discover renewed action from a wheelchair-using dreamer forced to retire. Cle' Curbo's first collection of short stories. His name is pronounced "klay."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1497586550
• ISBN13: 9781497586550
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"