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The Novel
Every Day A Bird Learns How To Fly
By Frank Arcilesi
Midwest Book Review gives this novel 5 of 5 stars ***** and writes:
"Jimmy and Carol are stuck in a conflict of love and respect, and have no idea which will win out.....a fine addition to any romance shelf and for anyone who wants a controversial love story." (click here for complete review)
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Book Description:
A teenager, Jimmy Trenton, falls in love with his best friend's young attractive stepmother.
The novel is set back in 1958, in that era when Buddy Holley and the Big Bopper were still alive, in a small conservative Maryland town.
Everything changed when her '57 blue Ford Fairlane pulled up beside him one day after school. Carol had beautiful green eyes, smelled wonderfully, dressed elegantly and wore a gold chain around her neck that disappeared oh so mysteriously into her blouse. It captured Jimmy's imagination and so did she.......
A teenager, Jimmy Trenton, falls in love with his best friend's young attractive stepmother.
The novel is set back in 1958, in that era when Buddy Holley and the Big Bopper were still alive, in a small conservative Maryland town.
Everything changed when her '57 blue Ford Fairlane pulled up beside him one day after school. Carol had beautiful green eyes, smelled wonderfully, dressed elegantly and wore a gold chain around her neck that disappeared oh so mysteriously into her blouse. It captured Jimmy's imagination and so did she.......
Excerpt:
It was the final step I would take to cross that line away from Lakewood and into that other reality whose boundaries I had been toying with for so long. All the debates about right, wrong and righteousness were for parents, schoolteachers, and others to debate.
I had put them aside as obstacles I did not wish to deal with, but if I had struggled with them, the result would not have changed what I was about to do. For in this place I could forget who she was. She was just Carol with the green eyes which were glowing with the flickering light of the fireplace reflecting in them. (click here for longer excerpt)
I had put them aside as obstacles I did not wish to deal with, but if I had struggled with them, the result would not have changed what I was about to do. For in this place I could forget who she was. She was just Carol with the green eyes which were glowing with the flickering light of the fireplace reflecting in them. (click here for longer excerpt)
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VAMPIRES NEVER DIE (A novella 22702 words)
This novella (22699 words) by the author of Every Day a Bird Learns How to Fly is now available on Amazon Kindle (click here) and Barnes and Noble (click here) as an e-book.
For John McFarland, a chance meeting with a beautiful woman in a wine shop leads him into a strange romance--love and the pursuit of death--hers. Vampires don’t really exist and walk among us do they? John doesn’t believe so but he’ll change his mind soon enough.
Excerpt:
Her face frowned into a look of madness and I heard a hissing sound emanate from her. It was as if I had interrupted an animal that had just killed its prey and was feeding. “You fool! What are you doing here?!” she shouted in a strange tone I had never heard come from her before—half human and half animal.
Unbelievably, before my eyes, the long teeth began to retract and the color slowly returned to her face. “You shouldn’t have come here,” she said.
For John McFarland, a chance meeting with a beautiful woman in a wine shop leads him into a strange romance--love and the pursuit of death--hers. Vampires don’t really exist and walk among us do they? John doesn’t believe so but he’ll change his mind soon enough.
Excerpt:
Her face frowned into a look of madness and I heard a hissing sound emanate from her. It was as if I had interrupted an animal that had just killed its prey and was feeding. “You fool! What are you doing here?!” she shouted in a strange tone I had never heard come from her before—half human and half animal.
Unbelievably, before my eyes, the long teeth began to retract and the color slowly returned to her face. “You shouldn’t have come here,” she said.
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Alien Abduction (A short Story)
Avaialble on Amazon Kindle. Click here.
Using his craft's advanced capabilities, the alien captain of a UFO gives his abductee a chance to go back in time to meet a woman he is attracted to from only a picture on his granmother's wall.
Using his craft's advanced capabilities, the alien captain of a UFO gives his abductee a chance to go back in time to meet a woman he is attracted to from only a picture on his granmother's wall.
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Bigfoot: I Want Him ! (A short story)
Available on Amazon Kindle. Click here.
The basis for this story is for the reader to decide. Those with imagination and faith will believe it is based on fact. Those others, the realists, will be certain it is fiction. Mark and Brenda took a short vacation to an isolated cabin in Oregon that belonged to a friend. Their little vacation, however, did not turn out as planned. Now Mark seeks revenge on Bigfoot.
The basis for this story is for the reader to decide. Those with imagination and faith will believe it is based on fact. Those others, the realists, will be certain it is fiction. Mark and Brenda took a short vacation to an isolated cabin in Oregon that belonged to a friend. Their little vacation, however, did not turn out as planned. Now Mark seeks revenge on Bigfoot.
The following short stories by this author are available in ebook format for download on Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords websites include (Click on selection to go to Amazon):
VAMPIRES NEVER DIE (A Novella Sci Fi Drama)
Bigfoot and the Boundary (Sci Fi)
ABDUCTED By ALIENS (a UFO adventure)
Sydney, the Beagle, is my Analyst (Sci Fi Humor)
Bigfoot: I Want Him ! (Sci Fi)
Execute Him in the 13th Hour (Sci Fi)
Janet's Mysterious Journey Back to Her Kite Loft and the Ghostly Kite (ScI Fi)
The Haunted Yellow Rose (Sci Fi)
The Governor's Aide (Political Humor)
Bigfoot and the Boundary (Sci Fi)
ABDUCTED By ALIENS (a UFO adventure)
Sydney, the Beagle, is my Analyst (Sci Fi Humor)
Bigfoot: I Want Him ! (Sci Fi)
Execute Him in the 13th Hour (Sci Fi)
Janet's Mysterious Journey Back to Her Kite Loft and the Ghostly Kite (ScI Fi)
The Haunted Yellow Rose (Sci Fi)
The Governor's Aide (Political Humor)