This short story collection, Gold Balls of Fur and Other
Snapshots of Life, contains eighteen stories ranging from 250-word flash
fiction to 3,500-word short stories. The stories cover a variety of topics and
genres, including humor, science fiction, and romance.
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Gold Balls of Fur involves three kids trying to manipulate their parents into
adopting a Golden Retriever puppy. The parents play along with the kids,
knowing full well they are being manipulated.
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In Tainted Reflection, a man wakes up on his wedding
day to find his bride-to-be not the woman he had been dating the past several
years, but instead, his best friend, now
his gay boyfriend. Confused and thinking everyone is playing a mean joke on
him, he comes to realize he had been transported into an alternate dimension
and, now, cannot get back to his former life. Despite the problems he meets, a
surprising outcome awaits him at the end of the story.
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These and
the other stories show brief snapshots in the lives of the characters as they
deal with their issues and conflicts.Â
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