Flash of the Pen

By Debrah Strait

A child is lost at the zoo. Footsteps are heard from around a bend in a tunnel. A teenager does chores for a neighbor lady. Feng shui becomes a weapon. A tattooed biker does dumb things. Here are twenty-two stories, glimpses into the lives of ordinary people (or wolf, or pixie) dealing with life the best way they can. Some of the stories are funny. Others are bittersweet. And a few are erotic. All are short.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Debrah Strait
• Release date: Mar 5, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310672651

Debrah Strait

Debrah Strait began her storytelling career during a rural Ohio childhood, making up tales to put herself to sleep at night, to keep herself awake at school, and to make cleaning horse stalls go faster. After graduating from college with a teaching certificate she went to work in a bank, then spent several years writing real estate advertising copy. Later, she drove off to Hollywood where she won cash and prizes on the game show "Tic Tac Dough' and collected many fine anecdotes to repeat at cocktail parties. She also learned another form of storytelling by typing movie and television scripts for five years. From Los Angeles, Debrah moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where she tried to sell cemetery plots, but didn't, despite the huge pool of potential customers. She did, however, finish her first novel, THE SWEET TRADE, as well as publish interviews and real estate articles in local papers. Then a vehicle ran her down in a crosswalk. Figuring it would be safer to recover from the injuries in a small, quiet town, she moved to Bisbee, Arizona, where killer bees attacked her. Still, she managed to finish a middle-grade novel, THE DRAGON'S GOLD. She also published a collection of very short stories, FLASH OF THE PEN. She's currently working on a sequel to her pirate tale, THE SWEET TRADE, a memoir, and more short stories.

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FLASH OF THE PEN

Twenty-two

Very Short Stories

One Haiku

by

Debrah Strait

Published by Peg-Leg Productions at Smashwords

Discover other titles by Debrah Strait:

THE SWEET TRADE

THE DRAGON’S GOLD

Copyright 2015 by Debrah Strait

This is a work of fiction, a product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance or similarity to any actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Although the author has made every effort to ensure there are no errors, inaccuracies, omissions, or inconsistencies herein, any slights to people, places, or organizations are unintentional.

Smashwords Edition, License Notes

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All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the author. For permission, write to Debrah Strait, P. O. Box 172, Bisbee, AZ 85603.

Published by Peg-Leg Productions, Bisbee, Arizona.

This collection of stories is dedicated to

James Coull

and

The Friends of the Copper Queen Library

With my gratitude for bringing the FreeWrite program to Bisbee.

THE STORIES

NEW HAIRCUT