A Murder of Crows

By Alfredo Mori

A direct product of the Oxford University online short course in creative writing, this is a collection of fifteen ultra short works of fiction and prose poetry. Spanning personal memory, family history, contemporary political insight and future predictions, Alfredo has seen his world differently and interpreted the world for children and adults alike. If reading satisfies a basic human appetite for stories, then enjoy theses canape`s of ficta exiguua - ulta short fiction for every body in every time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alfredo Mori
• Release date: Jul 18, 2019
• ISBN: 9781646333806

Alfredo Mori

Alfredo Mori is an emergency physician based in Victoria, Australia.When he is not working, reading or writing, Alfredo studies aikido, sings in a choir, and plays the cello very badly.He lives at home with his gorgeous wife, beautiful daughters and their labrador, Homer Potato.A Murder of Crows is his first published book

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A Murder of Crows

A Collection of Exiguus Fiction

Alfredo Mori

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Copyright 2019 by Alfredo Mori

The moral right of the author has been asserted

ISBN 978-1-64633-380-6

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Contents

Acknowledgments

About This Book

Happiness Is Not a Warm Gun Mama

Three Seats On A Plane

Before Aikido Class

Friday Night Jazz At The North Perth Hotel

Red Dragon Of County Down

Study Night Gone Bad

The House Of Usher

Blind Date

Smoker’s Cough

Nonna's Coffee

Friday Lunch In Fitzroy

Botticelli’s Angel

Safe Beyond

The Tomorrow Doctor

Nature Hates A Vacuum: A Victorian Crime Story

Mildura Muppets

The Shepherd’s Crook : Life And Death In The Time Of Ebola

The Sea Breather Of Bunker Bay

About the Author

All good writing is swimming underwater and holding your breath

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Acknowledgments

Usually this part of the book thanks people the author couldn’t do without. The fact is, I could have written all this and more without any of these others, but I wouldn’t have wanted to. This hardy group of writers and readers have been my fellow students, mentors, critics and friends, all in ten short weeks. And I have never met any of them in person.

So, thank you, and adieu: Stephanie, Jodie, Kate and Kate, Bill, Hanela, Kristyna, Adina, David, Takasu and Jayanti.

And for letting us all be honest with each other; for your own personal, pithy, honest comments and support; our course tutor: Amal Chatterjee.

Write on and live longer, my friend.

Once again its usual thanks to partners. My wife hated me doing this course - I was up late at night writing assignments and stories: up later still reading and commenting on fellow students’ works and feedback.

But, she's stayed with me throughout, and for that, and so much more, well, you know the rest...

Bunker Bay, WA

July 8 2019

About This Book

It’s not that I've always wanted to write. I've always written. The time has come in my life when I must publish. If only because I like some of the stories and the way they sound, and think others might too. I can assure you these stories have written themselves. As Stephen King teaches - stories arrive fully formed; you just dig them out of the ground and polish or dust off a bit of dirt. Some dirt you leave behind.

This book is the direct result of a course I completed online through Oxford University. Each piece is a brief assignment. If you want to know the ins and outs and whys of each work then read on, else skip to the stories.

All I can promise you is their explanations are as true as the stories themselves. Cross my heart. Hope to write.

I love the sound