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    Old Wine & Black Hearts

    By L. Joseph Shosty

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    About this ebook

    Gather ‘round for 20 tales of science, magic, and horror from the author of Abattoir in the Aether and the Achilles & Swiss series! Storyteller L. Joseph Shosty delivers new takes on classic themes in this collection of hand-picked tales from a career lasting nearly two decades. The stories are authentic, charming, and at times darkly brutal. Old Wine & Black Hearts is a fine vintage of imagination sure to stay with you long after you’ve closed the cover.

    THE DIFFICULTY OF SAVAGES – Patrons at a cafe near Roswell, New Mexico wonder if the oddball among them is an alien with a purpose or just someone slumming through the universe.

    OF ALL BEAUTIFUL THINGS - A Vietnam vet stricken with PTSD meets a mysterious woman who holds the key to the gates of Paradise. WORMS - Religious dissension develops among worms in a graveyard when the gravedigger runs out of decaying bodies to feed them.

    STRINGS – A dark retelling of Pinocchio is the backdrop for introspection on the relationship between father and son.

    THE SOUL OF THE SEA – An ancient myth merges with the 20th Century in a capitalist- fueled fairy tale when a man with a destiny returns to an island resort near the Bahamas.

    THE GRACKLE’S PLAN – This Aesop fable goes off the rails when a bird decides morality does not apply to his ambition to be popular.

    THAT TIME OF THE MONTH – Three rowdy pipeline workers hook up with a good-time girl only to learn the rent has come due on a sinister contract.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherL. Joseph Shosty
    Release dateNov 8, 2018
    ISBN9780463786437
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