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    The Best Short Story of 1976
    The Best Short Story of 1976
    The Best Short Story of 1976
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    The Best Short Story of 1976

    By JT Pearson

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    This is a story told from the point of view of a young boy that describes growing up with his twin sister, psychic mother, and his neurotic, supersticious father, and an incident they endured with one of their neighbors that the towns people referred to as The Bird Lady. A very old woman that many accused of being a witch. There is also a black cat that plays a prominent role in the family's lives. This is a very odd little story.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJT Pearson
    Release dateFeb 27, 2013
    ISBN9781301798940
    The Best Short Story of 1976
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    JT Pearson

    JT Pearson is possibly more myth than reality. It is widely believed that he has been around for thousands of years. Archeological digs have uncovered Grecian artwork that suggests that they prayed to him to cure ailments of the feet. Irish legend insists that JT Pearson is that movement in shadow that you’re not certain that you actually saw, or that image at the edge of your peripheral vision that vanishes when you turn toward it. In the upper Midwest of the United States people had claimed that they had several images of JT Pearson captured on film but they were all poor quality and eventually proven to be hoaxes. It is only recently that an artist rendering was discovered in the attic of an old convent that is believed to be authentic. President Richard Nixon had claimed before his death that JT Pearson was the specter that haunted his boyhood home, and quite possibly the reason that his mother left his father for a short time. Nestled among all of these legends and hearsay is the accusation that he is the author of this sight and responsible for the drivel that has been filling your head. Lawyers for JT Pearson advise that if you read his work you do so at your own peril and no form of compensation either monetary or otherwise will be offered for any injuries permanent or short term which are incurred within the pages of his stories. If you’d like to communicate with JT Pearson either burn a photograph of yourself and sprinkle the ashes into the wind at dusk or you may take the more conventional route at thehungryrobot2005@gmail.com P.S. look for novels coming in the near future. For now, please enjoy the many short stories that he has provided for you to read for free. Feedback is much appreciated.

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      The Best Short Story of 1976 - JT Pearson

      THE BEST SHORT STORY OF 1976

      By JT Pearson

      COPYRIGHT 2013 J T Pearson

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

      In our little town of Higby story telling is a tradition. Every year at the town’s Fourth of July celebration in the park we hold a competition for the best short story told that year. It is limited to fifteen minutes because Ida Haddler once droned on for two hours and forty five minutes about her dogs until people were leaving. Some thought that she was trying to win the prize by eliminating most of the other story tellers. She seems nice enough. I don’t think that’s the case. This year, being the country’s Bicentennial, the competition is going to be fierce, but I aim to win that prize in the park. All you get is a jar of Barb Mitchcock’s prize pickles, a free pass to our movie theater that has been recently renovated, and a small trophy of a man cupping his hand to his ear as if he’s listening to something really interesting. Walter Peevey, a local artist that has been featured in many of the papers from Gable to Meatwater, carves the trophy himself. But it’s not the fine prizes that I’m interested in. It’s the prestige. My Uncle Larry won it back in sixty four and he still gets to tell his tale down at his barbershop whenever he

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