Short Stories Collection Vol. 1

By Victor Brautigan

A Collection of 5 Short Stories:

DINDER FREE
Jerry and Jenny fall in love with each other after stopping using Dinder app.
In this short story fiction, two veterans of the dating app Dinder decide that the time has come for them to change something in their lives. After they both realize that perhaps happiness is somewhere else, destiny will be by their sides organizing a fortuitous meeting that will change their lives forever.

KILLER KEBAB
Three young friends pay the consequences of recording a fat gangster eating a very big kebab.
Not a good day for Danny, who comforts himself by going to a kebab shop. Outside, next to the tables, there is the glass window of a coffee shop with few customers inside. Three guys happened to be in a special spot, unaware of the reputation of the man who was devouring a huge kebab. Above all, they happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

THE ELEVATOR
An office worker experiences an attack of acute diarrhea in an inconvenient environment.
It can happen to anyone, of course, we are all human beings made of flash and bones. But it is also true that we all make choices, and bad ones can transform an already bad situation in a nightmare.
In this smelly short story, the main character describes thoroughly one of the worst days of his life.

2030
Big brother cameras suddenly appear in a small village where people fight against hunger.
Set in 2030, virtual reality (VR) has reached a point where people wearing a headset experience the virtual world as if it was real. Full immersion and human eye resolution devices give people the opportunity to be in a different place without being physically there. However, someone is exploiting VR in a totally illegal way.
In this dystopian short story, the inhabitant of Lost Valley struggle to get enough food as the village has been isolated from the rest of the world. The appearance of black rounded devices, in every corner of the village, is the proof that someone is watching them and that the miserable destiny of Lost Valley is not due to natural causes.

JANUARY
A girl with a marked dark side discovers a tragic event at the police station.
Barbara was considered a good girl. Her boyfriend, Ben, was unaware of what happened sometimes behind the curtains. The long-distance relationship allowed the existence of unpleasant secrets, but what happen when Ben decides to make a surprise appearance?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Victor Brautigan
• Release date: Nov 15, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005302030

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