Possibilities

The Short Story is a place where an idea can get bones. Where a concept could either die a quiet death or possibly become a storyline. Where a hidden novel could come out of hiding. Where a hundred possibilities can achieve completion in the same time a novel is tediously developed. It's a place where campfire folklore and things that go bump in the night can become alive. In short they are fun to write and can sometimes lead an author down an unexpected path "Possibilities" contains nineteen stories that tell, among other things, of a dying father's anguish, the self-penance exacted by years of overfishing, the hysteria caused by a false space invasion, the seduction of ultimate beauty, and native tribe's first encounter with manifest destiny.