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Has Anybody Seen the Invisible Man? Jeffrey A. Brown


Has Anybody Seen the Invisible Man?
Available on Amazon!

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WHEN TED ELIOT, New York cabdriver and Army veteran, sees two men attempting to abduct a pair of young, struggling actresses—men who can turn both themselves and their victims invisible—he should:

A. Get his eyes checked.
B. Get his head checked.
C. Leap from his cab and attempt a daring rescue.

If you’re a wannabe hardboiled detective, the obvious answer is C.
Eliot, an old-school soul in a young man’s body, is crusty, rough around the edges, street smart, irreverent, often politically incorrect, snarky, sexist, funny, impulsive...
And oddly likable, despite his myriad faults.

Blessed with pluck and abundant dumb luck—and not much else—Eliot and actress Becky Towers manage to capture one “invisible man”—even as the other absconds with Tower’s roommate, Patty Robinson.
Eliot and Towers resolve to keep their captive’s abilities a secret. They want Robinson found and doubt that claims involving invisibility will persuade the police to take her disappearance seriously.
But when the “invisible man” escapes police custody and comes looking for Eliot and Towers, they soon learn that, in order to rescue Robinson, they must journey to a world of nightmarish monsters, megalomaniac psychics, and a traitor from their own world.
They learn that seeing isn’t always believing.

And vice versa, too.






“Kindle and Fire”: A Short Story, Jennifer Semple Siegel



Kindle and Fire (A Kindle Single)
Available on Amazon!
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What do a packet of letters, a felon, a pair of red bikini panties, a box of matches, auburn hair, a controlling husband, and a restless wife have in common?
All are pieces of a puzzle that make up this 6,000 word story of longing, smoldering anger, and secret obsession.







Are You EVER Going to be Thin? (and other stories), Jennifer Semple Siegel



Are You EVER Going to be Thin? (and other stories)
Available on Amazon!
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This short story collection chronicles artist Samantha Mallory’s battle with weight, family, molestation, love, marriage, sexuality, the Catholic church, traumatic cultural events, and death.
A family reunion awakens the voices of Samantha’s relatives, dead and alive.
“Time, An Other,” the opening story, describes Samantha’s first memory; other stories move forward and backward and forward in time. “In the Name of God” places Samantha’s daughter and granddaughter in New York City during 9/11; “Psychedelic Bingo” moves forward to 2035; “Time, Suspended,” the last story (set in 1990), reveals a family secret.
“Are You EVER Going to be Thin?,” the title story, interweaves childhood letters from an aunt with a grandmother’s dire warnings.
“Cut,” a bonus story added to the Kindle version, delves into Samantha’s fascination and fear of fire and her willingness to court danger as she befriends a prisoner via mail.
Also included: “Are You Thin Yet?” the essay that inspired the title story and this collection.

FOR EDUCATORS AND BOOK CLUBS:

The Kindle edition includes questions for discussion and 25+ creative writing exercises.

SAMPLES:

Sample Questions: In the title story “Are You EVER Going to be Thin?,” Samantha is a silent presence as two alternating voices address her in various ways. Who are they, and how do their own attitudes toward Samantha’s weight inform her own self awareness and body image? In what literary form does each voice address Samantha, and why are both forms important to Samantha’s understanding of her familial relationships? The author has said that she was influenced by Jamaica Kincaid’s classic short short story “Girl.” How are the two stories similar? How are they different?

Sample Writing Exercise (about 250 words): Based on a “voice” from your own past (or made up), write a short fictional passage in which an adult is addressing a child (who remains silent).




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