Unexpected Outcomes

By Jim Lazarus

"It Began with Wilkie's Song" Jim McKee, an American GI serving in Korea in 1968, meets Hati-Ja, a beautiful and complex woman. Their story is one of bittersweet love, kismet, and the impact of war on personal lives. "A Magical Sojourn" Jeff Brickley, inexplicably, finds himself as a teacher in Wisconsin in 1941, a few years before he was born. Jeff's adventure blends historical realism with a possible connection to his birth family. "Shane McCaaren's First Experience" is a further development of the author's award-winning short-short story, "The Candle, the Spoon and the Needle." It explores the themes of innocence, urban danger, the complexity of human relationships, and a police investigation. "Brilliance from a Damaged Mind" Colonel Clifford Rozale is a disgraced former Army officer living in Milwaukee, WI, who suffers from paranoia and schizophrenia. He has a plan to get even with the person he feels is the foundation of his woes: President Adler Entsorgen. Out in Patzau is a novella about Stan Elliott of Superior, WI, in 1940. It is a story of justice gone awry, revenge, danger, redemption and (possible) salvation and atonement. "Shelter in the Storm" is a story from the future of writing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977287964
• ISBN13: 9781977287960
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"