The Snow Globe and Other Tales

By MJ Keskeys

THE SNOW GLOBE AND OTHER TALES brings its readers four tales about love and life, each ranging from dramatic to comedic in nature. 

"The Snow Globe" brings us to a motel room where married couple Jim and Lorraine Ballentine's marriage is on the rocks, and a fateful conversation could be the very tipping point of their relationship.

 

"Bold Moves" takes us to the town of Mount Tybun, where, during the town's biggest day of the year, a young man named Ryan Matthews sets out to make some bold moves to tell his long time crush, and the Mayor's daughter, Luna Morganstern, how he feels about her, with the help of his grandfather's ring.

 

"High Score" is set in a laundromat in Ohio, where mild mannered accountant Bob Wilson has an encounter with an arcade machine from his youth that gives him a chance to right a wrong against him from his childhood.

 

And in the final story, "The Importance of Timing" we return back to Jim Ballentine, but at an earlier time, in another motel room, where he is tempted by his co-worker Samantha, but is it all in his head?

• Language: English
• Publisher: MJ Keskeys
• Release date: May 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223558125

MJ Keskeys

MJ Keskeys is a comic book writer specializing in the superhero genre.  He is in the process of earning his bachelor of fine arts in creative writing at Full Sail University.   He is the creator of the comic books Allibat and Bloodknight, and has also been a comic book critic for SheHulkExpert.com, and a guest analyst on The Heroic Age Podcast. He also appeared as an extra in Kevin Smith’s film Chasing Amy.  He can be found online at his blog, The Geek Intersect, discussing comic books and other aspects of geek culture, or on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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The Snow Globe- by MJ Keskeys

THE MOTEL ROOM HAD seen so many people come and go over the years. Families visiting a local theme park, people in town for work assignments, strictly business those types, they are in the room to sleep and prepare their upcoming presentations and conferences. It had seen plenty of random hookups, one-night stands, and affairs, seedy, lusty stuff. It was so grateful when the house cleaner came in the next morning to give everything a good cleaning and to have its sheets changed.  But it had never seen anything like this happen just outside its doors in its enclosed patio, a relationship was about to end, like a snow globe rocking on a table, about to fall off and shatter to pieces.

At least at work I’m appreciated! Jim yelled at his wife of 6 years.  I come home at the end of the day, and it’s never how was your day Jim, it’s oh you didn’t pay this bill, or you didn’t take out the hamburger last night so I could cook dinner in the morning.  It’s always what I didn’t do as opposed to what I did do, which is go to work so I can provide for us!

I cannot believe you just said that to me?!  Lorraine replied, taken aback by this statement that came out of nowhere when all she did was ask him if he