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James Henry Taylor
Books in Order: 16 titles
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Sleeping Life and Other Stories
Fiction, like dreams, reflects our reality -- past, present, and future -- opening our minds and our hearts to new possibilities and understanding.�In his third collection, physicist, educator, and author James Henry Taylor explores the rich and h...
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Can Chamomile Cure Colic?
(Short story.) A young woman with a fussy baby calls up her grandmother for advice....
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How the Snake Got His Poison Teeth
(Myth) A continuation of the story of Sissra, explaining why and how he obtained his deadly bite....
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Kite Kills Kenneth Kendall
(Flash fiction) A faux newspaper article about the death of a local businessman....
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Rabbits Reject Religion
(Short story) A man meets three rabbits in a meadow, and tells them a story to lure them to salvation....
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The Whipping-Boy
(Short story.) An encounter in the woods between a young boy playing "soldiers" and his older brother's authoritarian friend....
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Historical Imperative
(Short story.) In a world where time travel is commonplace, a man tries to change his present by visiting the past--"and the grandfather paradox be damned."...
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A Voyage to Italy
(Short story.) A small boy's favorite toy is a little wooden hammer; as he grows up, his childish infatuation turns into an obsession....
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Out of the Bag
(Short story.) Bert and Liz live in a house they cannot leave. A rumpled paper bag on the coffee table is filled with slips of paper; when a slip is drawn, whatever is written on it soon appears in their little world. But words can have more than one...
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The Fortune-Teller
(Flash fiction.) A middle-aged man sees his future in a series of small, chance encounters....
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Everyday Wonder or the Quick Brown Box Jumps over the Lazy Dog
Do you ever wonder if wanting will work wonders? What your cats do all day long? How magical a toad might appear to a toddler? Or imagine an anteater digesting ants? Using the simplicity of the alphabet to delve into the complexity of the natural wor...
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Convenience Store Vampire
In a near-future world where vampirism is a recognized medical condition, Walt Sanger is an undead clerk in a downtown convenience store who buys his blood from the local Red Cross. Soon after putting a hold-up man in the hospital, he finds himself s...
