Selected Short Stories Featuring Cockfight
by Nicolas
Wilson
Description
This collection contains fifteen short stories, in a variety of genres
including crime, science fiction, and military fiction.
Conflict: A woman becomes
possessed by the ancestors of those murdered to obtain the diamond for her
wedding ring.
Marvin's
Dead:
A woman mourns the man she loves.
Jahannam: A young man pays
a ransom for his kidnapped father, and waits at the morgue for news.
Font
of Youth:
A man discovers immortality, alone.
Four
Degrees Above Freezing: A detective questions a man who found a chilled
corpse.
Fallstaff: Sir John is the
King's man.
Check
Out:
A former killer-for-hire hides out after being unable to fulfill a contract.
Fainting
Game:
A man becomes obsessed tracking the deaths of several young boys.
Murder
on Holiday:
While on holiday, a serial-killer's activities lead to the birth of Jack The
Ripper's myth.
A
Life In Porn:
A man records and relives little moments with the women in his life.
Betty
Page Is Dead:
A young GI falls in love with a pinup picture.
DID
Have:
Four personalities in the same body reflect on the death of the fifth.
Spirit: A NASA probe
finds love. And note I didn't go for the obvious 'willing' joke.
PWI: An astronaut
fights with his ship's computer about his habit of getting drunk while
piloting.
Baby
Back:
A pregnancy re-kindles a failing relationship.
Cockfight: A rooster,
irresistible to hens and humans alike, upsets the pecking order.
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About the Author
Nicolas Wilson is a published journalist, graphic novelist, and novelist.
He lives in the rainy wastes of Portland, Oregon with his wife, two cats and a
dog.
Nic has written eight novels: Whores: not intended to be a factual account of the gender war, and Dag
are currently available for eReader and will soon be available in paperback; Nexus, The Necromancer's Gambit, Banksters,
Homeless, The Singularity, and Lunacy
are all due for publication in the next two years. Nic has also written several
short story collections.
Nic's work spans a variety of genres, from political thriller to science
fiction and urban fantasy.
For information on Nic's books, and behind-the-scenes looks at his
writing, visit nicolaswilson.com.
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of War.
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