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    Odds and Ends Stories and Essays From the Sixties
    Odds and Ends Stories and Essays From the Sixties
    Odds and Ends Stories and Essays From the Sixties
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    Odds and Ends Stories and Essays From the Sixties

    By Paul David Robinson

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    Odds and Ends: Stories and Essays from the Sixties is a collection of thirty essays or stories written between 1959 and 1969. One or more could be labeled: Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, or Satire. They were written while the author was in high school, college and seminary in the sixties. They have never been published before. They are in the order for the best read. However, you can read them in any order that you choose. I hope you enjoy reading them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPaul David Robinson
    Release dateNov 29, 2018
    ISBN9780463720196
    Odds and Ends Stories and Essays From the Sixties
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    Paul David Robinson

    Dear Reader,I've been writing stories and poems for sixty years. I have a closet full of rejections and this year I decided to e-pub.The first novel I chose for this is dedicated to my wife, Carolyn. I wrote it in 1998. It is entitled: Summer. It is about pain and suffering, the difficult choices people face, and how love can overcome anything.As a pastor and theologian, I do not separate the sacred and the profane. The difference is in the human mind and not in life itself, just as evil is in the human mind and comes out of the choices people make and not from the devil who made me do it. The devil has nothing to do with it. We are the ones who choose to do evil or good. The whole world is in our hands. Enjoy the books.Paul David RobinsonReverend Paul David Robinson,BA, MDiv, Pastor, Retiredhttps://www.pauldavidrobinson.comhttps://www.pauldavidrobinson.com/blog/

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