Frostproof808: 88 books

In this collection of five intense short stories, a writer and his friend travel to Pamplona for the running of the bulls, the friend's attempt to truly live just one more time; Training can take many forms, from a good old-fashioned thumping to much worse treatment (that will leave you smiling);...

This is a collection of ten intense short stories. In "Pete & Repeat," c'mon, everyone knows the old non-joke about Pete and his buddy, right? Still, seems like there's always one more young'un wantin' to put an old timer to shame. Only it doesn't always happen just that way. "The...

Mavis sets out to find her husband, who's been gone longer than she thinks he should. Who can blame Harold for wanting to disappear? But she finds him. Boy does she find him.

How important is finishing what you start? Important enough to risk your life?

This is a collection of five intense short stories. In "Desecration," only a god could walk forever without leaving anything behind or approaching anything else. But how? And why? In "Barbecue," two buddies on a camping trip in a remote desert location. A town full of women nearby....

These five stories run the gamut from one foolish man to another through an incredible future to a morgue to a pastoral home. In "The Unfortunate Life of Thomas Mercer," led astray by a woman, a young preacher wrests his mind from the silly to the serious to give his death the dignity it...

It's the end of a hot, tired, sweaty day. Along with the other dock hands, you're waiting for your pay. Then a guy has to pop off.

This is not your typical Christmas story. The unnamed speaker is unnamed for a reason that becomes clear later in the story. But what he has to say is more interesting than who he is anyway. Why won't he get in the Christmas spirit and just go along? And what's he doing with that shovel?

What happens to the earth when we're attacked by aliens from outer space? Independence Day? But what if they don't come in space ships, ray guns blazing? What if they are much smaller than the millions of mibrobial creatures we breath in every day? And what if they're deadly on contact?  

Angela is very very good at her job. Still, there are some places in which a woman just shouldn't play. Aren't there? Some of the men in the story think so. Will she change their minds? Will they be alive to know it? Come along.

You're just sittin' around with the boys, playin' dealer's choice poker, and keepin' an eye on the girl locked away in the next room. Only somethin' goes wrong. Is there any way the big boss will unnerstan'? Whaddya think? Really, is there any way outta a deal like that?

In these five short stories you attend a new kind of ink blot test, meet a man in an airport who will render you normal, lie mute and unmoving as a spider transports you to the next world, live and run with the wolves, and strive, strive to meet a goal as a writer and fail, badly.

Come along as Consuela goes about her morning chores while her husband seems to be sleeping longer than usual; an elderly woman is last seen on a soggy, dreary day by two of her neighbors who are playing checkers on a porch—maybe one knows her better than he lets on; a childhood friendship takes...

Three of the first five stories feature Charlie Task. Ever wonder what goes into making a psychopath? Find out in "The Odd Task." Ever wonder what it might be like to sit down in a psychopath's home and interview him? Check out "A View to the Curious." In "A False Sense of...