Singing the Winn/Dixie Blues and Other Short Stories.
Autor Kenneth G. Allen Jren Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 aug 2022
My Listening Corner: A middle aged, store bookkeeper and head cashier Birdie-Lee, wages passive aggressive warfare against a young brash arrogant impulsive store manager who is short-tempered and temperamental. She finds a place in the store where she can overhear what people are saying about her in the manager's office nearby but doesn't always like what she hears.
Dancing With the Devil: Doris Ann, a young somewhat disturbed cashier visits a therapist and describes in detail her involvement in a religious cult.
Singing the Winn/Dixie Blues: A black store manager, Mr. Prichard, has to deal daily with surly employees, arrogant executives, and insane customers. He's a true tragic hero who deals with racial, moral and ethical issues.
Moon Dreamer: Is a story about a produce clerk who struggles to find meaning in a mindless job.
My Lucky Creed: A young burglar breaks into a store and gets seriously injured in a fall through the ceiling. While he lays on the backroom floor, he reflects on what happened in his life to get him to this point.
Up In Smoke: Is a fable about a man who comes into a store and passes out fifty dollars to anyone who would sell their soul to the devil. Is he really the devil? Who knows?
Need: Looks at employee theft from the point of view of a young stocking clerk who is stealing asthma inhaler medicine for his sister and gets caught.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781667849614
ISBN-10: 1667849611
Pagini: 148
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Neil Investments Inc
ISBN-10: 1667849611
Pagini: 148
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Neil Investments Inc
Notă biografică
Kenneth Allen lives in Decatur Georgia and has published eleven short stories in the literary market. His stories have appeared in: The Chattahoochee Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, Storyteller, Love's Lost and Found, an anthology, Struggle, Long Story Short, and an honorable mention in Writers Digest story contest. He has been a guest speaker at Mercer University where he gives a short story class. Kenneth has two novels published and a third soon to be published. He was a store location manager for Winn/Dixie and worked for them for twenty years from 1970-1990. He takes the lives of ordinary working people and shows how they deal with moral and ethical issues. He has two published novels, The Golden Cockerel: A New Odyssey and Dragon Curse. These novels are set in the Ancient Roman World. A third one will be out soon called The Red Cord.