Decision Paralysis

By Isaac Thorne

It's easy to become overwhelmed to the point of paralysis these days. Just ask grade-schooler Tina. Better yet, ask Tina's granny.

Her granny has had a rough time of late. First, Tina's grandfather, the family decision maker, died. Next, her granny was saddled with having to care for granddaughter Tina while Tina's mother went to work. That became especially burdensome after Tina's bus driver forgot to drop her off from school one day. However, the worst day of her granny's life was yet to come.

One afternoon Tina finds herself helplessly captive in the backseat of her granny's Lincoln. She can only watch as the pressure of daily decision-making forces away the last of her granny's sanity. Meanwhile, the Lincoln speeds and careens wildly down the streets of Tina's hometown with Tina trapped in the backseat and her granny paralyzed behind the wheel.

Can Tina help her granny break free from her spiral in time to save both their lives?

The decision is in her hands.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Isaac Thorne
• Release date: Mar 31, 2017
• ISBN: 9781938271328

Isaac Thorne

Isaac Thorne is a nice man who has, over the course of his life, developed a modest ability to spin a good yarn. Really. He promises. He also avoids public men’s restrooms at all costs.

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a short tale of dark comic horror

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ISBN: 978-1-938271-32-8

Copyright © 2017 by Isaac Thorne.

Cover design and interior illustration copyright © 2017 by Paula Rozelle Hanback.

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Decision Paralysis

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Also By Isaac Thorne

The scariest day of Tina’s life was the day that her granny’s mind broke, the day that her granny made her last decision. Her granny had driven to Tina’s school that day to pick her up because both of Tina’s parents worked hard at their jobs to make money so they

Reviews for Decision Paralysis

[kerryreis57 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Tina’s parents both work and depend upon Tina’s tough-minded grandmother to take care of her after school. Against her granny’s thoughts, Tina’s parents decided that Tina should take the bus to granny’s house, but after the bus failed to stop and drop Tina off after the first day of school, her granny’s decisive feeling that she should pick Tina up from school and drive her back home. Now, Tina is in the back of the car, as her granny is driving her back from school, while starting to rant that making decisions has become so difficult, she is about to make a final decision, a decision that Tina quickly realizes is not going to go well. This was a very interesting and engrossing tale driven on the comic, yet horrific mental gymnastics pushing granny’s actions. However, this is a short story which I was able to read in fifteen minutes, so I would expect that this should fit with more tales into a short story collection from the author.