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    Celebrating the Short Story
    Celebrating the Short Story
    Celebrating the Short Story
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    Celebrating the Short Story

    By C.D. Sutherland, Beverly Flanders, Judy Buford and

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    The writing styles used in short stories can be somewhat unusual or surprising to its readers, sometimes their writers use literary techniques which might wear a reader down if employed through the length of a novel. Short stories make the perfect fodder to create anthologies. You will discover the seven short stories contained in this Celebrating of the Short Story are as diverse in technique and theme as one could hope for. Nevertheless, they are united in the fact that they are each in and of themselves short stories.

    Celebrating the Short Story takes you on seven diverse journeys. Go along with Delores Strong to what might be the end of the world in C. D. Sutherland's Roll Call. Experience a special Christmas celebration between a daughter and her mother in Beverly Flander's The Stroke of Christmas. See a widow solve a case of a missing prize rose in Judy Burford's The Theft. Follow a sister's adventure of discovery in Carole Lehr Johnson's Edge of the Sea. Discover how an entire clan was saved to alter history in Tammy Kirby's Saving the McKinnon. See how a young girl's life was changed because someone cared in Eileen K. Copeland's A Christmas Feral. Finally, experience a launch into space in Eileen K. Copeland's A Dream of Snow.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNarrow Way Press
    Release dateApr 21, 2018
    ISBN9781937366193
    Celebrating the Short Story
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    C.D. Sutherland

    Charles David Sutherland signs his books as C.D. Sutherland. Across three decades, he flew B-52s for the Air Force, where he was known among his fellow warfighters as The Chuck. Then he turned novelist with his "The Chronicles of Susah" series novels, which shook up the fiction world as they defied conventional classification. They blended action and emotional tension with technology and spiritual intrigue in a coming-of-age story wrapped in an epic adventure set in the antediluvian age marking the birth of a new literary genre. His readers called it Antediluvian Steampunk and declared C.D. Sutherland to be its father. If you like Biblically-based action adventures for all ages, then look at his books—you’ll be glad you did.Born in the Virginia foothills to a coalminer’s son, who long ago joined the Navy to escape a life in the dark Appalachian mines, C.D. Sutherland also joined the military. After high school, he served in the Air Force for thirty-two years, seeing much of the world, flying jets, and doing other things most men have only dreamed about doing.C.D. Sutherland married the love of his life, and they are well into their 45th year. The two of them are raising a couple of their grandsons. While C.D. Sutherland is a Baptist deacon, author, and ACFW Louisiana chapter President and project manager, he is also the owner and executive editor of Narrow Way Press, LLC, a small independent publishing company. His philosophy for life is to "do the best you can with what you have to work with.”His power verse is:“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Philippians 4:16 KJV) *(*note: You can too!)

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      Celebrating the Short Story - C.D. Sutherland

      Celebrating the Short Story

      Celebrating the Short Story is a collective work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and events either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      The following works were used by permission and agreement:

      Roll Call Copyright © 2018 by C. D. SUTHERLAND

      The Stroke of Christmas Copyright © 2018 by BEVERLY FLANDERS

      The Theft Copyright © 2018 by JUDY BURFORD

      Edge of the Sea Copyright © 2018 by CAROLE LEHR JOHNSON

      Saving the McKinnon Copyright © 2018 by TAMMY KIRBY

      A Christmas Feral Copyright © 2018 by EILEEN K. COPELAND

      A Dream of Snow Copyright © 2018 by EILEEN K. COPELAND

      Cover photography © 2017 by RAY POHL

      Concerning the anthology itself:

      Celebrating the Short Story Copyright © 2018 C. D. Sutherland

      Published by Narrow Way Press LLC, eBook via Smashwords

      www.narrowwaypress.com

      Cover design by C. D. SUTHERLAND

      Paperback ISBN: 978-1-937366-17-9

      eBook ISBN: 978-1-937366-18-6 (Kindle)

      eBook ISBN: 978-1-937366-19-3 (EPUB)

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the contributing authors.

      Dedication

      To Ruthanne

      Seitz for the

      introduction

      of story starters to our band of writers

      and your encouragement for us to share our work

      with each other. This book, you hold in your

      hand, is the

      maturation

      of those

      short stories

      we read to

      each other

      in the Bossier

      City library.

      We shared

      our muse,

      our hopes

      and dreams

      with you and

      we will always

      remember you.

      Matt 7:13-14

      Table of Contents

      About the Short Story

      Roll Call by C. D. SUTHERLAND

      The Stroke of Christmas by BEVERLY FLANDERS

      The Theft by JUDY BURFORD

      Edge of the Sea by CAROLE LEHR JOHNSON

      Saving the McKinnon by TAMMY KIRBY

      A Christmas Feral by EILEEN K. COPELAND

      A Dream of Snow by EILEEN K. COPELAND

      About the Authors

      Judy Burford

      Eileen K Copeland

      Beverly Flanders

      Carole Lehr Johnson

      Tammy Kirby

      C. D. Sutherland

      About the Short Story

      An aspiring writer named John Dory

      Planned to write a short story

      But with characters so deep

      And plot twists so steep

      He admitted he’d written a long story.

      The short story is a somewhat mysterious work of literature. Many folks have questions about it: How long can a short story be? How short can a novel be before it is reduced to a short story? Is a novella longer than a short story? How about a novelette? Who or what organization is in charge of the short definition?

      According to Merriam-Webster, a short story is an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at unity of effect and often concentrating on the creation of mood rather than plot. It is interesting that, among others, the words novelette and novella are listed as synonyms. Edgar Allen Poe is often credited with having said that a short story should be read in one sitting. The length of one sitting is presumably a variable dependent on the stamina of the affected person.

      While there is no single controlling legal authority as to the composition of a short story, it is popularly accepted that one can range anywhere from 1000 words to as much as 20,000 words. Whatever the length, a short story typically is centered around one plot, one main character, and one central theme. This stands in contrast to a novel, which is capable of weaving multiple plots and themes among an array of central characters. The writing styles used in short stories can be somewhat unusual or surprising to its readers, sometimes their writers use literary techniques which might wear a reader down if employed through the length of a novel.

      Short stories make the perfect fodder to create anthologies. You will discover the seven short stories contained in this Celebrating the Short Story are as diverse in technique and theme as one could hope for. Nevertheless, they are united in the fact that they are each in and of themselves short stories.

      ROLL CALL

      By: C. D. Sutherland

      After my father died in Vietnam, my mother moved us to Washington State. Within sight of the Olympic Mountains and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, she taught geography at Port Angeles High School. Go Roughriders. Geography was my only grade less than an A in high school. Though it cost me the Valedictorian award, at least I’d graduated as a member of the National Honor Society. Mom often lectured me that I should have taken advantage of the scholarship I was offered, but I’d fallen in love with a wiry young man in ROTC.

      Samuel Strong looked dashing in his Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps uniform. He was nearly a foot taller than me, even though I was a year older and a year ahead of him in high school. When I graduated, I couldn’t bear the thought of leaving him, so I enrolled at Peninsula College, much to my mother’s chagrin. She wanted me to take that four-year scholarship to Willamette University, in Salem, Oregon, but I couldn’t accept the prospect of being ten hours away from Sam. Whatever he saw in me, kept him interested. I feared that if I left town, even for a short time, then I might lose him forever. Besides, the best part of my daily schedule was our walks along the waterfront. He talked about the ocean and world political events, of which I had no interest, but his passion for them was great, which excited me. His favorite topic of conversation was how a stint in the Marine Corps would prepare him for life, for our life together. Not that he intended to make the military a career, his goal was three years of service and then back to civilian life. For some reason, he was convinced he needed to be a Marine before our wonderful life could begin. I feared to be apart from him, but the idea that he was planning our future was insanely attractive to me.

      Something in the way Samuel Strong said my name moved me like nothing else. Dolores is supposed to mean pain or sorrow (thanks Mom), but Sam said it means to delight. I knew he was making it up, but I preferred his definition. Trading my family surname, Books for Strong became my fantasy from the moment I met him at the library’s outside café in my senior year.

      * * * *

      What do we talk about when we talk about love? He sounded like Barry White, the singer, but looked like the actor, Patrick Swayze, except he was taller. His teeth flashed white against his tanned face as he looked in my direction. A glance over my shoulder revealed nobody was behind me. I turned back around. His eyes were fixed on mine. This handsome guy was talking to me.

      Excuse me?

      Your book. He pointed at the cover. The title says, ‘What we talk about when we talk about love,’ I was wondering what we’d say. His grin widened, revealing two symmetric dimples--I melted.

      After I caught my breath, I said, It’s the new Raymond Carver book. I looked down at the green, purple, and gold cover. I’m reading it for an English assignment.

      Raymond Carver? He moved closer and stood with his hand on the back of an empty chair at my table. "I read one of his short stories in an old copy of Quarterly West when I was waiting in the dentist office last

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