Specimen Box & Other Short Stories

De: Stan Jensen

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

“There is that moment in the writing of a story, and it usually happens after I begin to rewrite the rough draft, that my characters become real and take over the story and begin to tell the story on their own. They make of me a scribe. I have no choice, for you see at this point, they’ve become flesh and blood to me, and they must do what flesh and blood does. They love and hate each other. They lie and tell the truth to each other. They steal from each other and are generous to each other. They murder each other and save each other’s lives. And they carry on in this astonishing fashion until at last the story is told and I can know a brief peace until I begin to write a new story. “And so it is with this collection of stories. There’s love and hate, lies and truth, thievery and generosity, and, of course, murder and the saving of lives. But be warned, the stories here are not merely quaint and extraordinary. Some subjects made certain stories not easy to write. And if you listen to the characters, some stories are not easy to tell.” ~SDJ About the Author Stan D. Jensen received his bachelor’s degree in history and his master’s degree in education from the University of Northern Iowa. His novel Black Deuce is an Amazon best-seller, and his short stories have been published in the magazine “The Backstretch.” Mr. Jensen lives in Clinton, Iowa and continues to write. Also by Stan D. Jensen: Black Deuce Red Otter Ethan’s Peach Tree First-Time Starter