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  A collection of stories that runs the gamut from serious to comic. Relationships, and reactions to traumatic experiences or change, all come under scrutiny. Life-changing events play out against a counterpoint of minutely observed details. Though you won't meet any bears in this volume, you will come across the real Dylan, delve into a literary feud, partake in preparations for a funeral rehearsal, share a musician's musings, find out the importance of gender-neutral watches and, perhaps, learn to stay clear of tigers, at least in the form of tattoos. L.F. Roth brings us thought-provoking stories in The Sound of Patriarchy and Other Stories .   Resilience is a single author collection from Bridge House Publishing. Jim Bates has a well-established voice and he brings us a substantial collection of emotionally-rich, thought-provoking stories. Behind the death of a person, a building or a place, life goes on. Here is a strong sense of many places: rural North W...

  Harry Burden is classically handsome, wildly eccentric and fiercely intelligent – but he is also the single biggest nitwit Charlie Bloom has ever met. And living together in moneyed London has caused Charlie to grow quite neurotic. So when Charlie is invited away for the weekend, he considers his options: Sit around insufflating hairspray with Harry, or get away for three days of peace and relaxation. Well, it’s no choice at all really. But when Charlie arrives in The Lake District, he quickly discovers that peace and relaxation are not what’s in store for him. Where Wild Birds Shriek is equal parts comedy, drama and madcap farce, featuring sword fights, car crashes, blackbirds, antique duelling pistols, several near-death experiences and a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle. Find your copy here Babel is the second part of the Peace Child trilogy. Kaleem has found his father and soon finds the love of his life, Rozia Laurence, but he is still not comfortable with his role as Peace Ch...

  These stories were written one a day throughout January 2013. They were originally published on a blog called Gill’s January Stones . In fact, they were published in reverse order. The first one you read here, When Physics Got Sick , was the last one to be written and originally published on 31 January 2016. Sometimes the stories would come right at the beginning of the day. Sometimes they would take a while longer. Do they have a theme? Not really, though the idea of ‘stones’ is one of turning them over slowly on the beach until we find the right one. It’s not a bad time of year, anyway, right at the beginning in January, as the New Year starts and the days slowly become longer. There was no strict word count. Each story is as long as it needs to be. It had to be finished, though, b y midnight of that day. See on Amazon    Note, this is an affiliate link and a small portion of what you pay, at no extra cost to you,   may go to Bridge House Publishing   A...