Out of Joint
()
About this ebook
Mitchell Tanner, an ex-convict struggling to get his life back on track hasn't faced his family in year. Not since his conviction, not since his move to Indiana, not since moving in with his half-sister. When he attends an uncles' funeral in Tampa, old hurts come back to slap him in the face. Take a journey to a tropical paradise ... where sometimes paradise is just an illusion.
This story was a finalist for the 2010 Florida Review's Editor Choice Award and an Honorable Mention at the 2007 Writers in Paradise competition. It appears in the author's print collection, Out of Joint and Other Stories.
Belea T. Keeney
Belea T. Keeney was born and raised in the balmy tropics of Florida and still dreams of velvet-humid nights, the smell of orange blossoms, and the croak of alligators. Her writing has appeared in Florida Horror: Dark Tales from the Sunshine State, The Beast Within, Sniplits, Boundoff, WordKnot, along with many other outlets. Her stories have placed in the Writers in Paradise Short Story competition, the 2010 Florida Review Editor's Choice Award, the 2007 Left Coast Writing Contest, and the 2011 Saints & Sinners Literary Festival. She works as an editor and spends her time off collecting caladiums, feeding birds, and, of course, reading. For more information, visit beleakeeney.com.
Read more from Belea T. Keeney
Boxes Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Lure of the Wolf Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCaged Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOff Balance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Tiger Whisperer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStag Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Out of Joint
Related ebooks
Out of Joint Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEncounter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOf Mourning Doves and Heroes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIntoxinated: An Urban Fantasy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Unwilling: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Wolves of Fairmount Park Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5City on Fire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeath and the Devil's Henchmen Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Shady Side: Shortcut to Uneasy Street: The Uneasy Series, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPenance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blood Angel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hostage: Dan Mason Series Book #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsForsaking All Others: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Let the Sauce Simmer: A Novel. Not a Cookbook. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDon't Forget to Smile (Hometown Memories, Book 2) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dead and Gone: An Inspector Luke Thanet Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Family Reunion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the Land of Dreamy Dreams Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Black Tide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Old Ghosts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ridge: A John Lawrence Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStorm Over Sydney Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAcid Reflux Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHer Texas Rebel: A Clean Romance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Rising Tide Of People Swept Away Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCitrus County Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Funk and Die in LA Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Piranha Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tangle in Tijuana: Miss Adventure #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Avenging Angel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Literary Fiction For You
A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Piranesi Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prophet Song: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Flowers for Algernon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leave the World Behind: A Read with Jenna Pick Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Confederacy of Dunces Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Queen's Gambit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pride and Prejudice: Bestsellers and famous Books Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Master & Margarita Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Catch-22: 50th Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Ugly and Wonderful Things: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tender Is the Flesh Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Little Birds: Erotica Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Farewell to Arms Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life of Pi: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Salvage the Bones: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Old Man and the Sea: The Hemingway Library Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Tattooist of Auschwitz: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Handmaid's Tale Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Only Woman in the Room: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anna Karenina: Bestsellers and famous Books Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ulysses: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Out of Joint
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Out of Joint - Belea T. Keeney
Out of Joint
By Belea T. Keeney
Published by JMS Books LLC at Smashwords
Visit jms-books.com for more information
Copyright 2011 Belea T. Keeney
ISBN: 978-1-61152-135-1
For more titles by Belea T. Keeney at Smashwords visit
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/beleatkeeney
* * * *
Cover Credits: Dafnanb
Used under a Standard Royalty-Free License.
Cover Design: J.M. Snyder
All rights reserved.
WARNING: This book is not transferable. It is for your own personal use. If it is sold, shared, or given away, it is an infringement of the copyright of this work and violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
No portion of this book may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher, with the exception of brief excerpts used for the purposes of review.
This book is for ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY. It contains substantial sexually explicit scenes and graphic language which may be considered offensive by some readers. Please store your files where they cannot be accessed by minors.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are solely the product of the author’s imagination and/or are used fictitiously, though reference may be made to actual historical events or existing locations. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Published in the United States of America.
* * * *
Out of Joint
By Belea T. Keeney
Mitchell Tanner steered his twelve-year-old Altima into the funeral home parking lot, found a spot beneath a dying magnolia tree, and lit a joint. His frayed shirt sleeves pulled back to reveal barbed wire tattoos curled around each