Bouquet: Short Stories with a Buddhist Scent

By Bonnie Ferrante

A set of three speculative fiction stories with a twist of Buddhist philosophy.

Bouquet - Condemned to death for treason a pilot, who has made first contact with an alien species, gives a startling last confession.

The Eighteenth Vow - In a struggle for ultimate power, things are not what they seem.

Okasan - Is an eleven-year-old, who is obsessed with a video game, crazy or remembering something from his past?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bonnie Ferrante
• Release date: Dec 16, 2014
• ISBN: 9781928064060

Bonnie Ferrante

I'm Bonnie Ferrante, a hybrid author. I was born in Northern Ontario, Canada. I grew up in a mill town of about 1000 people. I moved to Thunder Bay (on the north shore of Lake Superior) to attend university, got a job teaching after graduation and stayed. I love being a grandmother and am so grateful my son and his family live near by.My short stories, newspaper articles and columns, and novels have been published traditionally beginning in my thirties. I was a grade school teacher for thirty-three years, ten of those as a teacher-librarian. Since retiring, I have begun simultaneously self-publishing novels and picture books and am doing my own illustrations. During the long cold winters, I spend most of my time reading, writing and drawing. Since developing Parkinson's Disease, I have switched from illustrating with acrylics and pencil crayon, to exploring methods of digital illustration I also have a blog where I talk about books (mostly for children), reading to/with children, parenting/families (both humorous and practical), writing tips, author interviews, and more.

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