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  • And So Forth

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    When the curtain falls on the life of a bitter, self-absorbed actor, he leaves behind two resentful children—Sophie and Ambrose—and one final act of cruelty: his entire estate bequeathed not to them but to his office geranium, Henrietta. Under...


  • Topology of Sexy Shoes

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    A middle-aged mathematician meets a mysterious Gypsy in a bar. A nutty math whiz disappears from his home, leaving behind his cellphone and a series of cryptic notes. A jilted sessional lecturer flounders for solid ground—no small feat now that...


  • H-Huh?

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    Something strange sits hungrily in a teenager’s closet, an obsessive scientist meddles with ageing, a squirrel pays an early-morning visit and an unlikely friendships develops between prey and predator… In these four quirky short stories of the...


  • Reel to Real

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    A tragic accident decimates the family of Leon Schmutz, leaving him captured in the throes of Retrograde Amnesia, and deprived of any recollection of his life prior to the incident. With no one to remind him about his past, Leon struggles to find...


  • California Bound and Gagged

    Fear and loathing in San-Dementia
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    Doctor Nigel Fetherstonhaugh (pronounced Fanshaw) leaves the dreary museum he curates in London for the job of a lifetime, head of works on paper in one of the world's biggest, most prestigious museums: the Algur and Elizabeth Paddocks Museum of...


  • Palmsvale

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    A short distance up the West Coast you will find Palmsvale. Home to a thriving movie industry some may say it is just another sun-drenched paradise, but there is much more to it than palm trees and suntans. Living among its citizens is a weirdo...


  • The Pope Moves to Manyberries

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    The Pope walks out of the Vatican and into the rest of the world. He quickly becomes more famous than he ever was, and sightings of the Pope are reported across the globe including The Last Ranchman bar in Manyberries, a village in the lower...


  • Camp Funhouse

    Senior Fun Adventures Series
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    When fourteen seniors from Heaven’s Ridge Retirement Home sign up for a weeklong getaway at Mystic Senior Camp, they have no idea what they’re in for! They may be wise in years, but these seniors still have a thing or two to learn about life. At...


  • The Book of Justin

    A lost gospel
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    The small book you hold in your hand is the collected account of Justin of Caesarea, a companion of the Apostles of Jesus and a witness to his ministry. The veracity of the account Justin gives has been debated by scholars and theologians since...


  • God Grants His First Divorce

    And other absurdities of contemporary times
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    What does a technology-dependent family need to bring on a canoe trip? What happens when teachers work remotely while their students are in the school building? Who is the real expert on cleaning out a cluttered basement? Each comedy sketch in...