Divergent Dreams: A Short Fiction Collection

By Linda Jordan

A collection of stories following the lives of people no one notices. Mysteries and new dreams abound as lives shift and change.

 

Includes the stories: Mavis Forges Ahead, Murder at the Rosewood, The Beauty of Stars, A Hanging Offense, That One Summer and Eclipse.

 

Short story lovers looking for new voices should pick this one up.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Metamorphosis Press
• Release date: Apr 15, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393673859

Linda Jordan

Linda Jordan writes fascinating characters, visionary worlds, and imaginative fiction. She creates both long and short fiction, serious and silly. She believes in the power of healing and transformation, and many of her stories follow those themes.In a previous lifetime, Linda coordinated the Clarion West Writers’ Workshop as well as the Reading Series. She spent four years as Chair of the Board of Directors during Clarion West’s formative period. She’s also worked as a travel agent, a baker, and a pond plant/fish sales person, you know, the sort of things one does as a writer.Currently, she’s the Programming Director for the Writers Cooperative of the Pacific Northwest.Linda now lives in the rainy wilds of Washington state with her husband, daughter, four cats, a cluster of Koi and an infinite number of slugs and snails.

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