Delightfully Twisted Tales: The Weirdos Next Door (Volume Three)

By Nicky Drayden

A washed-up pirate gets one last chance at pirating again, a mother learns that an apple a day is not all it's cracked up to be, a knock at the door causes terror at the end of the world, and an old peach farmer suspects his plants have a spicier love life than he does. This delightfully twisted collection of four short stories is easily devoured in one sitting and will leave you hungry for more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nicky Drayden
• Release date: May 30, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458074157

Nicky Drayden

Nicky Drayden’s short fiction has appeared in publications such as Shimmer and Space and Time. She is a systems analyst and resides in Austin, Texas, where being weird is highly encouraged, if not required. Her debut novel, The Prey of Gods, was a best of the year pick by Book Riot, Vulture, and RT Book Reviews.

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DELIGHTFULLY TWISTED TALES:

VOLUME THREE

THE WEIRDOS NEXT DOOR

by

Nicky Drayden

SMASHWORDS EDITION

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Delightfully Twisted Tales:

Volume Three

The Weirdos Next Door

Copyright © 2011 by Nicky Drayden

Doorknocker photograph by Dominic Alves, Creative Commons

Discover other Delightfully Twisted Tales by Nicky Drayden at Smashwords.com:

Volume One – Close Encounters of the Worst Kind

Volume Two – Fire, Fangs and Brimstone

Volume Three – The Weirdos Next Door

Volume Four – Wisps, Spells and Faerie Tales

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Extreme Pirates

Burt's Home Hydroponics

Post: Apocalyptic

A Peach Farmer's Predicament (or How Stellar Got His Grove Back)

EXTREME PIRATES

BY NICKY DRAYDEN

First Published by Flash Me Magazine, 2008

Three times Archibald Smithe had been made to walk the plank, and every time he'd deserved it. Forgetting to batten down the hatches, spilling an entire vat of steaming gruel belowdecks, and once he'd accidentally started a mutiny when he'd taken a few liberties relaying the captain's