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Texas Short Stories

By: Bryant Val Jeane Faubion
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 A compilation of eleven stories reveals the character and temperament of Texans. In The Last Wolf In Travis County an aged veteran of WWI and WWII thinks wolves have returned to Travis County when his pet goats are attacked. His wife returns from Austin to discover her home in an uproar. In The Fishing Trip two older women venture a road trip to Lake Whitney where they tell stories while fishing and experience a thrilling encounter with a large snake and a big fish. In The Suitcase lives are changed when a young girl insists on buying a certain dilapidated suitcase against her mother’s wishes. In Summer Of ‘46 funny things abound when neighborhood children play at war and discover the miracle of laxative in their attempts to avoid the neighborhood’s enema bag toting nurse. The Quick And The Flat tells the true story of a fly invasion fought to the last housefly in a motel room in Midland, Texas. Two athletic college girls swat the night away trying to eliminate the last and most cunning fly. Slipping And Sliding is about two soldiers in 1950's El Paso who, against the temper of the times, decide to sneak one of them into a ‘white’ movie theater. Couch Boy is a gothic tale about strange noises and a possibly enchanted and dangerous piece of furniture in a house inherited from a young man’s grandmother. The Odyssey tells of a young girl who begins a trip to the ocean from her backyard. She and her companion, who is only interested in finding sites to build dams, follow running water to a creek, and then follow the creek which leads them to an old abandoned bridge and a chance encounter. The Little Lighter Girl tells of a spoiled teenage girl who is spending Christmas alone in her sorority house and craving a pizza but having no cash to pay for it. The Hinterland is a story about the effect of high property taxes upon the lifestyle of a man with an artist’s soul and an aversion to Monday mornings. “My Trip To Yesterday” is a strange bus trip back in time. Anthologies & Short Stories Literature & Fiction Satire Short Stories
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