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Words At Play
Copyright 2009
ISBN 978-1-4349-6265-2
16 Stories 183 pages $18.00

William Estabrook’s latest book, Words at Play, is now available on Amazon.com or direct from the publisher by going to redleadpress.com or calling
1-800-834-1803

 

 

Synopses of Stories in Word at Play:

A Boy Daddy gains a son but loses his wife in the process. If sweet love gives rise to bitter hate, what will be the catastrophic result?

An Early Mourning The townspeople discover how much they loved him only after he is gone. Is their idolization justified, or is there a secret about him?

Being Athad Life among the nobility back in the sixth century AD. Lots of hacking and slashing, billing and cooing. Not so different from today.

The Sweetish Girl There is a new girl in his first grade class, and she comes from a land where they speak Sweetish. But not really.

A Celebration If a man commits a great evil, but for an admirable reason, should he be punished for the bad or rewarded for the good? Or both?

A Call From Amy Do you ever wonder where those hunches and inklings and vague premonitions come from? That feeling of deja vu? Amy knows.

Pink Flamingos What is the attraction that binds opposites together? And is anyone ever truly what he appears to be?

The Message When death comes knocking and every second counts, how can a boy make sure that his urgent prayer for help will be heard in time?

Pretty She is a beautiful person, but not in any way that is visible. She finds a man to whom appearances mean nothing. Suddenly, everything changes.

If at First Humans are a cantankerous and ungrateful bunch. Take it from Him who knows.

The Benefit Women’s lib hits the mountain folk. And don’t you dare stand in its path.

The Palmer Method Dr. P. Peter Palmer knows why people talk to themselves, and also why that is a good thing to do.

One Magic Day What is paradise for one person can be prison for another. Beauty rests indeed in the eye of the beholder.

A Girl of Flanders She is a big girl, and she has great needs and desires that are unfulfilled. What is she to do?

Halvorsen’s Monster Reanimation is kind of a tricky business, best left to the professionals.

An Original Source What if you needed to know what things were really like way back when? And then you met somebody who was there.