Those Plums and Other Stories

By Harley Crowley

Seven flash fiction stories, previously published in various on-line journals, are gathered here in one volume, and include tales about:
-- a good-hearted neighbor
-- some surprisingly helpful family members
-- a night that might possibly be the end of the world
-- an ill-advised dietary choice
-- a romance that is doomed before it starts
-- memories of loss
-- a chance to interrupt a family pattern

Some humor, some drama, some pathos, these stories are short and pithy, and will leave you wanting more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Harley Crowley
• Release date: Oct 7, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466191785

Harley Crowley

Harley Crowley resides in Escondido. She and her husband, who is a painter, have recently returned to their southern California roots, and she is appreciating the climate and environment she grew up with. But she misses and is grateful to her writing community in Bellingham, WA, who gave her the opportunity and encouragement to finally get to work. She writes mostly flash fiction and prose poetry, but has finished editing a short novel with the help of her splendid new writing group in Escondido. That book, "Clean Slate" is now available at Smashwords, along with a collection of very short stories, "Those Plums," that have been previously published in online literary magazines. Beyond that, she enjoys reading -- short stories in particular; traveling, especially by train; and staying in touch with family and friends. It's a good life. (The cover image for "Those Plums" was created by Mike Crowley, who manipulated one of his watercolor sketches until it achieved the proper weirdness to illustrate the title story.)

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Those Plums and Other Stories

Published by Harley Crowley at Smashwords

Copyright 2011 Harley Crowley

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THOSE PLUMS and other stories

by Harley Crowley

Table of Contents

Good Neighbor

Star-Crossed Love

Inheritance

Last Trip

There When You Need Them

Those Plums

I Think About You, Maggie

About the Author

Good Neighbor

In the early 1950s all sorts of salesmen came to the door during the day. Mrs. Patterson’s habit was to personally entertain as many as she could manage. It was said in the neighborhood that the Fuller Brush man had his route taken away