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    Annelise and Barney: An A to Z Collection of 26 Short Stories
    Annelise and Barney: An A to Z Collection of 26 Short Stories
    Annelise and Barney: An A to Z Collection of 26 Short Stories
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    Annelise and Barney: An A to Z Collection of 26 Short Stories

    By Donna Florack

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    Annelise meets Barney in the park on a regular basis, and they become fast friends. Enjoy this heartwarming story of a little girl and an old man with Alzheimer's disease. Each story in this collection is written following the letters of the alphabet. Each story represents a different letter and a new character. Each story is told from a new character's point of view, but each story continues the theme and the tale of Annelise and Barney.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDonna Florack
    Release dateMay 5, 2015
    ISBN9781311533623
    Annelise and Barney: An A to Z Collection of 26 Short Stories
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    Donna Florack

    Donna Florack is a first-time ebook author, freelancer and blogger. She is a member of Writing.com and Lilac City Rochester Writers. Her ebook, Annelise and Barney: An A to Z Collection of Short Stories was self-published on Amazon and Smashwords. Her latest project is a continuation of Annelise's story she is writing that will be published later this year.

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      Annelise and Barney - Donna Florack

      Annelise

      And

      Barney

      An A to Z Collection

      Of 26 Short Stories

      By

      Donna L. Florack

      INTRODUCTION

      The story of Annelise and Barney was originally written for a WordPress annual challenge, and it was written on my blog – Heron There & Everywhere (http://heronthereeverywhere.us/). I began blogging in August 2012, and I write about a little bit of everything (I go here, there and everywhere, and I’m crazy about herons). I normally post nature photographs, or write about life in general, or dabble in poetry or review books.

      I work full-time, and I’m also a part-time student, pursuing my second degree. As a consequence, I don’t often have as much time to write as I would like. The A to Z Blogging Challenge seemed a great way to commit to writing something daily, and it is a fun way to make new friends along the way.

      The Blogging from A to Z Challenge is held every April, and the Challenge’s main website is located at http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/. This challenge began in 2010 and has been held annually for six years. I learned of the challenge from a fellow blogger, and this was my first year to participate. The Challenge runs for the entire month of April. On April 1st, the blogger writes about a topic that starts with A. On April 2nd, the blogger writes about a topic that starts with B, and so on. Sundays are a day off from the Challenge. The goal is that by April 30th, the blogger will have written a post for each letter of the alphabet.

      When I began to write on April 1st, I didn’t plan to have a theme; I was just going to wing it. I had not published any short stories on my blog before this challenge. The first two posts came to me out of the blue, and I began to write about a little girl named Annelise and an old man named Barney. As the days passed, I added more characters to their story. Each story was written from a particular character’s viewpoint, but the theme still centered on Annelise and Barney. I thought at first that the story would be lighthearted and whimsical. Annelise and Barney had other ideas, and their story seemed to write itself as the days went by.

      I ended up with 26 short stories (one for each letter of the alphabet, as planned), and they are all approximately 500 words each. I decided to self-publish the entire series to get all 26 short stories in one place. I hope that you enjoy reading about Annelise and Barney as much as I enjoyed writing about them.

      Donna L. Florack

      April 27, 2015

      ANNELISE

      Annelise could never decide if she liked chocolate or pistachio the best. She stood with her small nose pressed up against the glass display case, gazing at the large round containers of ice cream. The chocolate looked so rich and thick and fudgy.  But the pistachio was such a lovely shade of green. Green reminded her of spring and grass and flowers.

      Come on, child, I don’t have all day, the man behind the counter said. Although you are my prettiest customer, I do have others waiting.

      I’ll have the fudge ripple, a stout man huffed from behind Annelise.

      You can wait a moment, Bill, the clerk said, Annelise was here first. What will you have, my girly?

      Pistach… NO! Chocolate! she decided. She waited patiently while Mr. Stevens scooped out a large round scoop of the rich chocolate ice cream. Her eyes widened as he carefully packed it into a waffle cone wrapped in a paper napkin. He bent down to give the ice cream cone to the little girl, and she handed him her handful of tightly clutched change in payment.

      Careful, don’t drop it, he smiled.

      I won’t. Thanks!

      She turned to skip out of the store, proudly holding her prize. She turned right as she left the store and started down the sidewalk. She was careful not to step on any of the broken pavement. She didn’t want to drop the cone.

      She noticed a group of boys hanging around outside the newsstand so she hurried to catch up with a mom pushing a stroller with two little babies inside. She walked just behind the mom, pretending she was with her. She saw one or two of

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