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    Six (sort of fiction ) Short Stories
    Six (sort of fiction ) Short Stories
    Six (sort of fiction ) Short Stories
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    Six (sort of fiction ) Short Stories

    By Mark Irwin

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                                                                         SIX SHORTICTION STORIES by Mark Irwin (15,000 Words)

     

    GEORGE AND THE CAT WOMAN ...  A man experiencing paranoid delusions deals with his cat and a woman as they plot against him. (2500)

    MIDNIGHT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ... An American ship salvager and an impoverished Mexican struggle to survive as their derelict ship battles a fierce gale. (1700)

    THE DEMON ... A young woman is possessed by the evil living in her house. (3200)

    TRAVELLI ... A small and imaginary band of elfin people bring a 'despondent to death' man back from the brink. (1200)

    ANOTHER MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DRE-... A sleeping man experiences the nightmarish horrors of Satanic hordes.(350)

    LILITH... A Wind Spirit accidentally finds herself caught up in the realities of a violent world and seeks only to escape.(5000) 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlsirat
    Release dateJan 28, 2023
    ISBN9798215027318
    Six (sort of fiction ) Short Stories
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    Mark Irwin

    Born in Toronto, and raised in the farm country of southwestern Ontario, Mark graduated from the University of Western Ontario and spent two years travelling and absorbing the cultural riches and diversity of Europe, Africa and the middle east. Upon returning to Canada, he pursued a career in education, having held tenure at four different Canadian colleges.  He is married and lives with his wife and two children in a small town in Ontario, Canada. He has been a writer since high school, publishing poetry, short stories, three fiction novels, and a three-act play. He is presently working on a new novel, ‘BOZIDAR’ to be published soon in both English and Bosnian and Croatian.

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