Stories and poems by Jay MacLeod.
Contained herein:
A robot wife. A man who has lost the plot. A doggpleganger. An AC/DC concert. A kidnap victim. Zombies. Broke people. Ghosts. Space vampires. Call centre workers. Newlyweds. Bukowski.
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 50,270.
Language:
English.
Published: December 24, 2011
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Categories:
Fiction » Literature » Literary
Russell M. Waters is a substitute high school teacher. He has had a rough year. One of his sons has recently gone to prison. The other plans to move far away. His estranged wife is petitioning for a divorce. In September he gets a call to cover classes over the course of an entire school year. Russ undertakes a campaign of public improvement, beginning with the letters page of the local newspaper.