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The Faulty Television Receiver: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #2
The Tinsel-Free Christmas Tree: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #3
The Four and a Half Minute Boiled Egg: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #1
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Bertha and Alfred, married for twenty years, enjoy a truly science fictional life in the twenty-first century. But in spite of all the technological marvels surrounding them, an argument about sharing a dessert at an upscale restaurant escalates and threatens their friendship with their neighbours, the Hoppenstedts.

This parodistic piece is a mundane short story of 6000 words or approximately 20 print pages, written in the style of science fiction’s “golden age” of the 1940s and 1950s. With bonus recipe.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 17, 2015
The Faulty Television Receiver: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #2
The Tinsel-Free Christmas Tree: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #3
The Four and a Half Minute Boiled Egg: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #1

Titles in the series (4)

  • The Four and a Half Minute Boiled Egg: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #1

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    The Four and a Half Minute Boiled Egg: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #1
    The Four and a Half Minute Boiled Egg: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #1

    Bertha and Alfred, married for twenty years, enjoy all a truly science fictional life in the twenty-first century. But in spite of all the technological marvels surrounding them, an argument at the breakfast table about egg boiling times escalates and threatens to end their marriage. This parodistic piece is a mundane short story of 3500 words, written in the style of science fiction's "golden age" of the 1940s and 1950s.

  • The Faulty Television Receiver: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #2

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    The Faulty Television Receiver: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #2
    The Faulty Television Receiver: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #2

    Bertha and Alfred, married for twenty years, enjoy a truly science fictional life in the twenty-first century. But in spite of all the technological marvels surrounding them, a faulty television receiver can still lead to argument and cause them to examine their marriage. This parodistic piece is a mundane short story of 4100 words, written in the style of science fiction's "golden age" of the 1940s and 1950s.

  • The Tinsel-Free Christmas Tree: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #3

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    The Tinsel-Free Christmas Tree: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #3
    The Tinsel-Free Christmas Tree: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #3

    Bertha and Alfred, married for twenty years, enjoy a truly science fictional life in the twenty-first century. But in spite of all the technological marvels surrounding them, an argument about how to decorate the Christmas tree escalates and threatens their marriage. This parodistic piece is a mundane short story of 2900 words or approximately 12 print pages, written in the style of science fiction’s “golden age” of the 1940s and 1950s.

  • The Three Quarters Eaten Dessert: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #4

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    The Three Quarters Eaten Dessert: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #4
    The Three Quarters Eaten Dessert: Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, #4

    Bertha and Alfred, married for twenty years, enjoy a truly science fictional life in the twenty-first century. But in spite of all the technological marvels surrounding them, an argument about sharing a dessert at an upscale restaurant escalates and threatens their friendship with their neighbours, the Hoppenstedts. This parodistic piece is a mundane short story of 6000 words or approximately 20 print pages, written in the style of science fiction’s “golden age” of the 1940s and 1950s. With bonus recipe.

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