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    A Short Story Collection

    By Joe Barfield

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    About this ebook

    These shorts are based on actual events, and parts from my novels. Sebring, the Rainman is based on a race my son, Beaux, who is Race Director for Izod IndyCar, actually completed. Some of the dialog from Flight 223 occurred when I was on the flight from Seattle to Houston during the 911.

    Chem Storm is about a chemical disaster on the Houston Ship Channel where I worked for 25 years.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoe Barfield
    Release dateNov 29, 2010
    ISBN9781458165961
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    A Short Story Collection
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    Joe Barfield

    You might say I have led an adventurous life. I was married at midnight in a jail in Mexico when I was eighteen. Raising my children has proved helpful in my writing. Including my humorous; The Single Male Parent’s Cookbook.Some of my other activities include scuba diving, weightlifting, building houses, and even racing cars professionally; winning the 6-Hours of Sebring. On a wild adventure to Cali, Colombia, fifteen years ago, I met my wife Lucia. She is one of the best things that ever happened in my life. While in the mountains of Colombia, I thought guerrillas had captured me but it was the military. I still remember my first thoughts when I saw their 50 caliber machine guns, “Oh my God I’m going to be kidnapped.” To reassure my thoughts, Lucia turned to me and said, “Don’t say anything I don’t want them to hear your accent.” Do you know what my next thought was? “OH Boy! I’m going to become a bestseller!”

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