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The Summer Collection
The Summer Collection
The Summer Collection
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The Summer Collection is the seasonal collection of stories that the author labels his favorite collection of all the books in his famous seasonal series. This book is a collection of short stories, novellas, poetry, and novelettes all with summer settings and themes and all set once again, within that unique place known as northern New Jersey. This collection of stories includes some of the author's most famous and popular stories, including the classic military-themed and his (perhaps, arguably) most popular short story Flying in its original and unrevised version.

The Dance is a classic novella with the author's famous characters of Harry and Paul in a glorious romp laced with humor and the normally outlandish adventures of Harry and Paul. When two gorgeous young women invite Harry and Paul to an end-of-high-school-year dance, and Harry purchases an old car, the fun begins for our two favorite characters. They enlist the aid of the old man to resurrect the old car and the old neighborhood's most famous mobster with a heart of gold, Sal Zucchini comes to their rescue in this hilarious story, filled with not only classic adventures and humor, but emotion too.

Hot Coals and Sparks is a novelette with everybody's favorite character of the old man starring front and center as the old man battles hilarious obstacles during a Fourth of July celebration that climaxes in one of the author's most famous final scenes.

Flying is the remarkable short story that tells the story of one of the old neighborhood's favorite characters of Mr. Porter and how underneath his jolly exterior was a humble war hero and how his stories of combat lore and adventure captivated a young man and influenced his life. This emotional tearjerker of a short story is the story that critics and readers alike all consider some of Paul John Hausleben's finest writing.

Unreasonable Expectations is another novella filled with Harry and Paul fun, adventure, and emotions, as this time, our two heroes purchase an old boat to fix up and they use it to lure their two girlfriends to a lake for a Labor Day weekend getaway. Of course, nothing goes as planned for our two heroes, yet in the end, it turns out to be many lessons learned and a barrel of fun. This story contains many of the author's most famous humorous scenes with an encounter with a grouchy traffic police officer, the "assistance" of the old neighborhood's most famous drunkard, Cliffy, and the hilarious adventure of the installation of a television antenna on the perilous roof of a mile-high Catholic convent building. This story is hilarious fun from start to finish with an emotional ending that is sure to bring a sniffle and tear between the rounds of laughter.

The Old Chair is a short story filled with heart-wrenching emotion and poignancy, as the character of Pastor Paul John Henson inherits an old chair from a long-time parishioner of his congregation and then tells the story behind the chair. This, too, is one of the author's finest moments in short stories and an outstanding example of one of his classic short stories.

The Summer Collection finishes off with some words from the author with one of his most popular love poems. Start to finish, The Summer Collection is an undeniable classic and a collection of stories sure to inspire the reader to recall their own summer adventures and to laugh and shed a tear or two along the way.

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Release dateJun 6, 2020
ISBN9781393781318
The Summer Collection
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Paul John Hausleben

Way back in time, when the dinosaurs first died off, at the ripe old age of sixteen, Paul John Hausleben, wrote three stories for a creative writing class in high school. Enrolled in a vocational school, and immersed in trade courses and apprenticeship, left little time for writing ventures but PJH wrote three exceptional and entertaining stories. Paul John Hausleben’s stories caught the eye of two English teachers in the college-preparatory academic programs and they pulled the author out of his basic courses and plopped him in advanced English and writing courses. One of the English teachers had immense faith in Paul’s talents, and she took PJH’s stories, helped him brush them up and submitted them to a periodical for publication. To PJH’s astonishment, the periodical published all three of the stories and sent him a royalty check for fifty dollars and . . . that was it. PJH did not write anymore because life got in his way. Fast forward to 2009 and while living on the road in Atlanta, Georgia (and struggling to communicate with the locals who did not speak New Jersey) for his full-time job, PJH took a part-time job writing music reviews for a progressive rock website, and that gig caused the writing bug to bite PJH once more. He recalled those old stories and found the old manuscripts hiding in a dusty box. After some doodling around with them, PJH decided to revisit them. Two stories became the nucleus for the anthology now known as, The Time Bomb in The Cupboard and Other Adventures of Harry and Paul. The other story became the anchor story for the collection known as, The Christmas Tree and Other Christmas Stories, Tales for a Christmas Evening. Now, many years and over thirty-five published works later, along with countless blogs and other work, PJH continues to write. Where and when it stops, only the author really knows. On the other hand, does he really know? If you ask Paul John Hausleben, he will tell you that he is not an author, he is just a storyteller. Other than writing, among many careers both paid and unpaid, he is a former semi-professional hockey goaltender, a music fan and music reviewer, an avid sports fan, photographer and amateur radio operator.

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