Time for a Short One

By Edwin P. Zabrocki

This book is a collection of short stories and poems inspired by actual events and experiences. It is a mixture of fact, exaggeration, fantasy, humor, sarcasm and unanswered questions. If you are looking for a literary classic, you wont find it here, but if you have time for a short one, you might find something enlightening or amusing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jul 23, 2018
• ISBN: 9781982208059

Edwin P. Zabrocki

Edwin P. Zabrocki, a retired baby boomer began writing when multiple surgeries curtailed his physical activities for eighteen months. He is originally from Minnesota and relocated in 2002 and currently resides in Santa Clara, California. This is his first attempt at publishing.

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ISBN: 978-1-9822-0804-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-9822-0805-9 (e)

Balboa Press rev. date:  07/20/2018

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Sure Bet

Ancient Entrepreneurs

Breaking News

California – Why Would You Live Anywhere Else?

Calling All Dummies

Could I?

Diary of a Tire

Election Night

Enjoy

Five Miles North

He

I Used To

In a Minute

Just Another Day

Myron’s Faith Has Been Restored

No Problem Here

Reverse Financial Corporation

Senior Dating

The Acknowledgement

The Best of Times

The Great Migration

The Hell with Tradition

The Most Gratifying Profession

The Ultimate Getaway Plan

Tipping the Scale

Unusual Remedies

Warning -Do Not Feed the Poets

Why

Words of Wisdom

X-Rated Musician

You Know You’re Old When

You Wouldn’t Believe

Your Choice

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the following people for the help that I needed to bring this book to publication. Foremost would be my partner in life, Mai Vu. Without her knowledge of computers (I have none) this book would have never been completed. Next would be the instructor and my classmates in a Creative Writing Class. They gave me the confidence that my stories were worth reading

A Sure Bet

Norville was a basic, scrawny older man who recently joined a fitness