Way back in time, when the dinosaurs first died off, at the ripe old age of sixteen, Paul John Hausleben, wrote three stories for a creative writing class in high school. Enrolled in a vocational school, and immersed in trade courses and apprenticeship, left little time for writing ventures but PJH wrote three exceptional and entertaining stories. Paul John Hausleben’s stories caught the eye of two English teachers in the college-preparatory academic programs and they pulled the author out of his basic courses and plopped him in advanced English and writing courses. One of the English teachers had immense faith in Paul’s talents, and she took PJH’s stories, helped him brush them up and submitted them to a periodical for publication. To PJH’s astonishment, the periodical published all three of the stories and sent him a royalty check for fifty dollars and . . . that was it. PJH did not write anymore because life got in his way. Fast forward to 2009 and while living on the road in Atlanta, Georgia (and struggling to communicate with the locals who did not speak New Jersey) for his full-time job, PJH took a part-time job writing music reviews for a progressive rock website, and that gig caused the writing bug to bite PJH once more. He recalled those old stories and found the old manuscripts hiding in a dusty box. After some doodling around with them, PJH decided to revisit them. Two stories became the nucleus for the anthology now known as, The Time Bomb in The Cupboard and Other Adventures of Harry and Paul. The other story became the anchor story for the collection known as, The Christmas Tree and Other Christmas Stories, Tales for a Christmas Evening. Now, many years and over thirty-five published works later, along with countless blogs and other work, PJH continues to write. Where and when it stops, only the author really knows.
On the other hand, does he really know?
If you ask Paul John Hausleben, he will tell you that he is not an author, he is just a storyteller. Other than writing, among many careers both paid and unpaid, he is a former semi-professional hockey goaltender, a music fan and music reviewer, an avid sports fan, photographer and amateur radio operator.
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Flash Fiction, Essays and Short Story Collections by Mr. Paul John Hausleben
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Be careful! Watch your eyes! The Flashes, Sparks, and Shorts are back! And so is the Master Storyteller, Mr. Paul John Hausleben! Flash Fiction and more! A follow-up to Flashes, Sparks, and Shorts: Flash One and Flash Two! Flash Three is the third book in the flash series and the fourth book in the series "Flash Fiction, Thoughts, Essays, and Short Stories" by Mr. Paul John Hausleben.
In Flashes, Sparks, and Shorts: Flash Three, the author combines flash fiction with his random thoughts of life and then includes two short stories to create a classic collection in the series. Flash Three contains some of the author's most poignant work, with the much-heralded flash fiction piece "A Few Beers with Jesus" and other classic flash fiction work. There are also two brand-new short stories that are sure to be classics within the author's astounding collection of classic short stories.
Once more, as was the case in the previous books in the series, this collection covers many diverse subjects between the two covers; such as humor, fantasy, real-life, passion, pain, and emotions, with a special emphasis in this book on religion and more than a touch of romance, too.
As the author mentions in his notes, "In this third series in the PJH-authored books of flash fiction, I ventured off into many stories with very heavy religious overtones. I am not exactly sure why, other than it was just my mood at the time that I wrote them."
Yet, the religious and romantic stories in this collection are not heavy or forced, or preached to the reader. Instead, it is typical of the author's other work that touches upon religion; genuine and laced with amazing storytelling.
Will there be a fourth book in the series? The author sure hints that there will be! Stay tuned!
This is another intriguing collection of thoughts, short stories, flash fiction, and general meanderings in this very popular series, all of which highlight and demonstrate the author's exceptional skills at writing shorter stories and flash fiction pieces. As did the other books in the series, Flashes, Sparks, and Shorts, Flash Three will capture the hearts and minds of faithful followers of Mr. Hausleben's previous work, and new readers that first experience the magical storytelling abilities of Mr. Paul John Hausleben.
Título : Flashes, Sparks, and Shorts. Flash Three
EAN : 9798224983919
Editorial : God Bless the Keg Publishing LLC
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