Priceless Short Stories

By JD Langert

JD Langert, with some of her first ever published short stories, delivers five tales that deal with both the negative and humorous repercussions of misconceptions and how life can go when one judges someone, or something, a bit too quickly.

In “It’s Good To Have Friends” the adulterous Henri Tudor, kicked out of his house by his wife, finds his luck changing when he is picked up by a mysterious driver named Del.

The flash fiction “Priceless” follows a grieving man, Louis, as he defaces and steals millions of dollars worth of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

In "Hitman's Wife" Basil, a professional hitman for the mafia, must keep his wife from discovering the body in the trunk when they go for a Sunday picnic.

“InseCARities” follows the comical Halloween adventure of Terry and his best friend Milo who wakes him up in the middle of the night about his car being possessed.

Meanwhile, in “Interstellar Interrogations” Elias Ngyuen, a vacationing photographer, is ripped out of his bed by military members who are convinced that he is hiding aliens on his grandparents’ farm.

And, last but not least, Melissa in “Hell’s Confectionaries” gives the two robbers, Hershel and Carmello, something to chew on when they attempt to rob her bakery.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JD Langert
• Release date: Apr 26, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463810101

JD Langert

JD Langert is pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida. She has been published in John Hopkins Imagine Magazine, Scarlet Leaf Review, Down in the Dirt, and other publications. She creates fantastical worlds and believes the best stories come from taking dynamic characters and throwing them into an emotional blender. You can find her working meticulously on her novels or television series while searching the world for inspiration--it's all about writing for her. You're more than welcome to connect with her on LinkedIn or friend her on Facebook.

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Priceless Short Stories

By JD Langert

Copyright  JD Langert, 2018.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Dedication Page

It's Good To Have Friends

Priceless

Hitman's Wife

InseCARities

Interstellar Interrogations

Hell's Confectionaries

About the Author

Dedicated To My Parents:

Marlene and Larry Langert

Definitely wouldn't have been able to get this far without you wonderful people in my life.

It’s Good To Have Friends

The furious screams of his wife echoed in his head as he walked down the highway in the pouring rain. Her reaction to discovering his… other interests was, without a doubt, unjustified. She had actually locked him out of the house and garage both! He knew he should be the one upset but, more than anything, he felt unsettled. It was ridiculous, given that he was the wronged party, but the idea that this wasn’t finished plagued him.

The sun had already set so when the ground behind him began to light up he immediately spun around. He was rewarded for his efforts at the sight of what appeared to be a pickup truck coming