Location: United States
Member Since: Jan. 30, 2010

Robert Tell


Biography

Robert Tell is a full time writer who nurtured his creative writing habit while working as a hospital administrator, health planning agency executive, health policy professor, and business owner. His published books of fiction and poetry are described below.

Bob's award winning poetry, columns, articles, and creative non-fiction have appeared in many periodicals. Copyrighted selections may appear from time to time on his personal website.

Bob was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and was educated in Public Health and English at Columbia and Long Island Universities. He and his wife live in Farmington Hills, Michigan and winter in Boynton Beach, Florida.

Where to find Robert Tell online

Website: http://bobtell.com
Blog: http://caregiverchronicle.blogspot.com/

Where to buy in print

http://bobtell.com

Books

Police Story (and Other Spooky Story Poems)    by Robert Tell
Price: $0.99 USD. 3850 words. Published on January 13, 2011. Fiction.
Read these lighthearted verse adventures out loud on Halloween, around the campfire, or anytime just for fun. A Werewolf stalks New York in "Police Story." "Gorfagog" is a thirty-ton monster frog. "Why the Willow Weeps" explains the mythological origins of the weeping willow. "Higby Hyscorer," is off to the moon again. And in "Halloween Golf," a skull is found in the bunker at the 14th hole. Enjoy
The Medical Director's Divorce    by Robert Tell
Price: $0.99 USD. 4700 words. Published on December 25, 2010. Fiction.
Like a fly trapped in a spider's web, Dr. Vince Galardi spins a trap from which he cannot escape. When his wife, Renée, divorces him, the respected medical director of Bard Memorial Hospital sinks into a pit of despair. His behavior shocks his colleagues and leads inevitably to a conclusion worthy of a Greek tragedy.
He Says...She Says    by Robert Tell
Price: $0.99 USD. 6260 words. Published on December 24, 2010. Fiction.
A spoof on the eternal battle of the sexes. In a distant future where making babies no longer requires sexual intimacy, men and women are kept apart. The Church of the Originators has rewritten the Adam and Eve story to provide divine support for this social system. However, when Andrew Epsilon(8)finds himself attracted to a female insurgent, an heretical notion, things get interesting.
Conflict of Values    by Robert Tell
Price: $0.99 USD. 2980 words. Published on December 14, 2010. Fiction.
When six year old Isaiah Washington is seriously injured, the doctors say he needs blood to save his life. "Not so," say his parents. They believe that God will save Isaiah and that a blood transfusion will interfere with God's will. While they argue, the boy is dying.
Number 25    by Robert Tell
Price: $0.99 USD. 1920 words. Published on December 14, 2010. Fiction.
When a hospital executive gets a scary phone call, he is shocked to learn the caller's identity. Hospitals attract all sorts of flotsam and jetsam along with the pearls and stars. Mixed in with the medical magicians and do-gooders, are the disgruntled employees, sexually obsessive psychiatric outpatients, all kinds of broken hearts and bewildered psyches. What is the caller's story?
A Parable    by Robert Tell
Price: $0.99 USD. 2160 words. Published on December 13, 2010. Fiction.
Can today's friends become tomorrow's enemies? Does it ever pay to trade weapons with potential enemies? Can a people become too comfortable and miss the signals that its preeminence is threatened? This short story tells the tale of a prehistoric people who did just that. Does it have relevance for our leaders today?
The Ice Cream Giant    by Robert Tell
Price: $0.99 USD. 3490 words. Published on December 13, 2010. Fiction.
Things are often not as they appear and neither are people. Think about it. You believe you know someone and, suddenly, you don’t recognize him or her. Even your wife or husband…even your kids or parents…it doesn’t matter. The more intimate the relationship, the bigger the surprise.
A Question of Judgment    by Robert Tell
Price: $0.99 USD. 5450 words. Published on October 14, 2010. Fiction.
When baby Becky Kolb is diagnosed with breast cancer, her parent's are distraught. But they have confidence in her surgeon, Dr.James Riley. Dr. Riley wants to operate, but is his diagnosis correct? Some of Dr. Riley's colleagues are not so sure, but isn't this is just a question of medical judgment?
Bard Memorial Hospital (Poems & Narrative Miniatures)    by Robert Tell
Price: $0.99 USD. 8720 words. Published on March 23, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
This is a collection of vignettes about hospitals, doctors, and patients. The situations described are completely fictional but they depict the kinds of dramatic, life and death events, that can occur even in the best of hospitals.
Dementia Diary, A Caregiver's Journal    by Robert Tell
Price: $3.99 USD. 38820 words. Published on February 6, 2010. Nonfiction.
(3.00 from 1 review)
This full length memoir tells what it like to be the only son of a widowed Mom rapidly sinking into the fog of dementia, and who lives alone a plane trip away? Robert Tell tells this tale with compassion and humor. If you have watched helplessly as your parent, spouse or friend's identity vanished into the sinkhole of Alzheimer's Disease (or another dementia), "Dementia Diary" was written for you.
Thirsty Planet, A Novel    by Robert Tell
Price: $0.99 USD. 88610 words. Published on February 5, 2010. Fiction.
Thirsty Planet takes place in two time periods and is packed with political corruption, greed, murder, and even an inter-century love affair. Moss Leder is a 22nd Century scientist dabbling with time travel. The climate is collapsing. Cassie Lopez is a 21st Century environmentalist trying to bring about reform but is blocked by powerful political forces. Can they get together to change things?

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