John Isaac Jones is a retired journalist currently living at Merritt Island, Florida. For more than thirty years, "John I.," as he prefers to be called, was a reporter for media outlets throughout the world. These included local newspapers in his native Alabama, The National Enquirer, News of the World in London, the Sydney Morning Herald, and NBC television. He is the author of eight novels, two short story collections and five novellas.
Thirteen Stories is a collection of the most popular short stories and novellas written by Author John Isaac Jones over the past ten years.
In the first tale, Going Home, a small-time hoodlum, being led to the electric chair, remembers he has a few things he wants to do before he leaves this earth.
In Boone, an eight-year-old tells the poignant story of an aging, crippled farmer who has a psychotic love for his invalid wife.
Two social misfits risk it all to love an unwanted child in For Love of Daniel.
Cousins Billy and Roy, constantly spying on tenants of their grandmother's rental houses, bite off more than they can chew in the haunting Gothic tale Annie.
Alma Dawson's life is turned upside down in The Agreement when she tries to raise money to pay for her daughter's last year of college.
In The Surrogate, a young woman conspires with her uncle to commit murder.
A dying ten-year-old takes revenge on his tormentor in Serpentus Saragossii.
In the suspenseful Tembo Makaburi, karma catches up with a greedy, arrogant big game hunter.
In the final novella, The Angel Years, the Johnsons get an unexpected visitor while trying to protect a family secret.
"Stories that hit your heart, your sense of whimsy and your memories of different times - – writing about the south of the fifties in a nostalgic and loving way - with the touch of darkness." - Amazon reviewer
Título : Thirteen Stories
EAN : 9781393518433
Editorial : John Isaac Jones
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