This is Not a Mosquito! - Short Story Collections - E-book - ePub

This is a collection of ten intense short stories. In "Jumper, " a professional writer and conference speaker meets a wannabebutneverwill, and this one apparently is one over his limit. Maybe. In "Theorem, " on a porch out in the deep woods a couple watch a storm roll in and debate what happens at the momen of death. Janie is a collector, but a collector of what?In "Shattered, " a hard-luck woman gets mixed up with the mob but pays an unusual price.
In "This is Not a Mosquito!" a man - or something - is subjected to a miniature mosquito-like creature. He believes the creature is intent on sucking his blood. But the MM's intentions are actually quite different. And in "Granny Mose, " an old woman reads signs, makes predictions, and maybe fulfills them deep in the swamps. They say gold can bring out the true character of a man, but how deep does that true character go?In "The Maransky Nature Blot Test, " the character (or maybe the reader) endures a new kind of ink blot test.
In "The Curious Events Surrounding Thomas Pilsen, " a man more than absorbed by his fantasies, takes a cab to the airport. Along the way he becomes a mobster, and after he arrives he remembers an alien invasion, discovers a spaceport, and finds himself on the way to a mine on an alien planet. In "Spider, " Dorothy is brought into the hospital, the victim of an accident. While in the hospital bed with her head in a fixed position, she sees a spider that takes her back to a childhood regret.
The rest is just payback. In "Running with the Wolves, " a post-apocalyptic tale, a character describes his life with the wolves. There are lessons here for humans, but not a lot of hope that they will listen. And finally, in "Deadline, " a writer is late publishing his short story of the week, or is he? Follow along as the deadline nears.