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Short Stories

Having read short stories written over a few centuries, I created some of my own.

Shades of Coffee Pot Bayou 

Check these stories from my 2010 collection "Shades of Coffee Pot Bayou" and meet fictional characters who find their way to a charming locale in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Breaking the Seal
What happens when a cautious but lucky man finally decides to spend some money.

Gifted
A Tampa taxi driver gets to live the high life on Coffee Pot Bayou and opens his mansion to down at luck friends.

Flagg Flying Overhead
A skeptical artist gets a message for his own good.

Shades of Coffee Pot Bayou 

Note: The stories in this collection are graced by the pastel paintings of my husband, artist Vincent Mancuso.

New Shore, Peach Lake, NY

Working Stiffs

Meet some characters from "Working Stiffs," my first collection. Find them facing the future on the island of Martha's Vineyard, in upscale Atlanta, the Big Apple of New York, and not so merry old England.

Leaving the World
What happens when a heartless gambler bets on a dead give-a-way.

Manana
Wealthy Atlanta couple is above it all in a high rise heaven and private hell.

All Talk
They're young, educated, savvy New Yorkers. They want to move out of their parents' homes in the suburbs, and they have a plan.

Lord of the Grief
The age old answer to what we do when facing a future alone.

Zero to the Bone
How a millionaire multi-level marketeer plots her business of the century.

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