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Anthologies that Include My Short Stories
Birds of a Feather
This book is a collection of fiction and nonfiction animal stories by NCPA (Northern California Publishers & Authors) authors and poets. All kinds of animals, a wide variety of writing styles, something to please every animal lover.
Be sure to check out my story, Lizard Love, a semi-tongue-in-cheek spoof on folks who become addicted to the joys of owning reptiles. If you'd like to hear the story read to you, it's under the storyteller tab.
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More Birds of a Feather
From their size, color, and the way they see the world, animals are diverse—and so are the delightful stories in this anthology. Ranging from legends and true tales of wildland bears to a memorable veterinary house call and stories of humans who become animals (or act like them), this collection is all about animals and our relationships with them. Meet rabbits, lizards, guinea pigs, potbelly pigs, horses, seals, owls, spiders, coyotes, wolves, elephants, and of course plenty of cats and dogs who will touch your heart and remind you that no matter how many legs we have, we all have much in common.
Be sure to check out my story, Introduction to Chickenese, a semi-tongue-in-cheek spoof on folks who take on backyard chickens. If you'd like to hear the story read to you, it's under the storyteller tab.
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All Holidays 2020
Our cover indicates winter holidays, but NCPA offers this warning: Don't Judge a Book by its Cover. ALL Holidays
means exactly that, ALL HOLIDAYS. NCPA's 1st Annual ALL Holiday 2020 anthology includes a variety of traditional and non-traditional holidays from New Year's Day to New Year's Eve, with celebrations from many lands, religions, and cultures. For the first time we introduce poetry in all forms: from rhyming and free form, to traditional and non-traditional Haiku, plus Haikai, Haibun, Renga and Cherita.
Be sure to check out my story, Hanukkah Paper, a funny true story about what happened to a on Christmas Eve when the poor husband was sent out for wrapping paper back in the 1970s when almost everything in town was closed.
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Destination: The World,
Volume One
Take a journey around the world with 35 authors from NCPA as they share their stories covering nearly every continent and a vast array of cultures. This collection of charming and endearing tales will take you on excursions beyond your own backyard from breathtaking trips of a lifetime to harrowing adventures and comical misadventures.
Enjoy more than thirty non-fiction stories, including: A Long-awaited Trip to Greece * "Wogging" in Ireland * China by Train * Ghosts in BC * and a First-Time Flight from Nigeria to America. If you're looking for fiction, discover the secret behind Lance's Toboggan of Miracles and continue the fantasy adventures of our favorite shape-shifters, Dex and Felicity as they take their romance on the road with a honeymoon in Hawaii.
Be sure to check out my story, Travel Means Flying, a true story about my love of flying, from a hot air balloon, glider, open-cockpit bi-plane, to a Cessna 172.
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Destination: The World,
Volume Two
Enjoy more than thirty stories, including: the Loma Prieta earthquake; a missing earring in Williamsburg, VA; a trip to Havana, Cuba; a mistaken identity in Italy; a little girl learns a lesson in humanities when her shopping dreams are crushed in the early 50s in Midwest USA. Find how a sanctuary in Scotland led to the battlefield in NY in 1758. Join a "sneaky boy" when he becomes a stowaway child aboard a ship migrating from Spain in 1907; thrill to a search for weapons in Israel; a close-call in Zambezi, and a near arrest in Italy.
Be sure to check out my story, First solo Trip, the true story of when I drove alone—at the ripe old age of nineteen—from my home in Sacramento to meet my Army husband in Tucson. It was my first drive outside of Sacramento in 100 degree heat, no air conditioner, no cell phones, no GPS, but I was sure we had everything under control.
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