Posts Tagged ‘short fiction’
The Blue Cross Study Edition eBook
The Blue Cross Study Edition is perfect for Chesterton clubs, book groups, parish study groups, homeschoolers, ladies book reading clubs and more.
12th Day of Chesterton: All About Art
The Artist bundle includes The Coloured Lands, G.K. Chesterton’s Sherlock Holmes, and The Club of Queer Trades, all containing the art of Chesterton!
11th Day of Chesterton: Everything Father Brown
This bundle includes Chesterton’s first collection of Father Brown stories read by Kevin O’Brien on audio CD, Julia Smith’s biography about the real priest who was the inspiration for Chesterton’s Father Brown, and John Peterson’s collection of Father Brown stories.
2nd Day of Chesterton: The Long Commute
The best way to read while you drive. These are the three classic Chesterton books−his two pillars of apologetics and his first Fr. Brown collection. Listen on the road!
Best Laid Plans – New book of short thrillers!
Outside, the wind howls. Inside, you’ve got a glass of wine on the end table and a comfortable couch to curl up on. Only one thing is missing: a good collection of thrilling short stories to read.
New e-book from James Bruen!
These five interlocking stories are inspired by G. K. Chesterton’s Tales of the Long Bow, eight interlocking tales of men who do the proverbially impossible.
Sunday Golfer
Duffy trembled slightly as he removed the pin. He jerked the ball from the cup and in the same motion threw the ball directly overhead. “My first hole in one!” he yelled repeatedly as he danced around the green.
Edited Out
Toremort was dead, sprawled on his back on the wooden floor, a blue pencil stuck into his chest, piercing his heart.
Follow the Plan
Both men were wrapped in trench coats to stave off the snappy October evening wind. Then, without warning, the bigger man leaned into his companion and shoved him out onto the road.
The Bottle
Immediately a wisp of blackish smoke began issuing from the mouth of the bottle. Harold tried to put the stopper back in, but the smoke began pouring out in a torrent, and his strength was not up to the task.
The Job
Jake was suddenly aware of two ominous looking figures in the room. They were clothed in hooded brown cloaks. Jake tried to see their faces, but all he could discern within the hoods was an impenetrable darkness.
The Two Friends
Carl studied his image in the mirror. He was getting old, and he didn’t like the way his face was beginning to look all gray and puffy; and he didn’t like the oversized belly he had managed to acquire over the years.
Wanted: Short Fiction Writers
Do you think you have it in you to write tight, entertaining detective fiction, or horror, or romance, or comedy, or adventure? We need contributors—not just one, but as many who want to contribute—who can write such stories.