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    29 Short Stories
    29 Short Stories
    29 Short Stories
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    29 Short Stories

    By John Hoel

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    Variety is the hallmark of this book called 29 Short Stories. The Author includes stories for just about every age group, color, creed, religion and sexual preference.


    The stories are as passionate as they are whimsical and make you want to come back for more. Topics vary in issues from friendship, humor, suicide, prison, comradery, drug abuse, love and cruelty, ethics and morality, and is written in a way that puts entertainment at a premium. This is a fun book, especially designed for those who cant find what they want to read. Stories are listed alphabetically and are featured in large print. Youll want to keep this book in the guest bedroom after youve read it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateAug 10, 2005
    ISBN9781463455422
    29 Short Stories
    Author

    John Hoel

        John H. Hoel took the usual writing classes in college, choosing to study at night because of his enlistment in the Air Force during the early 1970's.  When one of his professors told him he should write for a living--he was flattered but admits he had no clue as to what that might entail or even why he should.  The prospect of writing was never seriously considered.  He was young and full of other ideas.     One Sunday afternoon, about thirty years later, when faced with the dilemma of a premature second retirement because of illness, he remembered what this teacher had said to him when he handed back Sergeant Hoel's term paper with an "A" written across the top:  "You should write."

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