Title: Traveling Left of Center by Nancy
Christie
Synopsis:
There
are some people who, whether by accident or design, find themselves traveling
left of center. Unable or unwilling to seize control over their lives, they
allow fate to dictate the path they take—often with disastrous results.
Traveling
Left of Center and Other Stories
details characters in life situations for which they are emotionally or
mentally unprepared. Their methods of coping range from the passive (“The
Healer”) and the aggressive (“The Clock”) to the humorous (“Traveling Left of
Center”) and hopeful (“Skating on Thin Ice”).
The
eighteen stories in Traveling Left of Center and Other Stories depict those types
of situations, from the close calls to the disastrous. Not all the stories have
happy endings—like life, sometimes things work out and sometimes they don’t.
In
these stories, the characters’ choices—or non-choices—are their own. But the
outcomes may not be what they anticipated or desired. Will they have time to
correct their course or will they crash?
Author Bio:
Nancy Christie is a professional writer, whose credits
include both fiction and non-fiction. In addition to her fiction collection, Traveling
Left of Center and Other Stories and two short story e-books, Annabelle
and Alice
in Wonderland (all published by Pixel Hall Press), her stories have
also appeared in literary publications such as Wild Violet, EWR: Short Stories,
Hypertext, Full of Crow, Fiction365, Red Fez, and The Chaffin Journal.
Her inspirational book, The Gifts of Change, (Beyond
Words/Atria) encourages readers to take a closer look at how they deal with the
inevitability of change and ways in which they can use change to gain a new
perspective, re-evaluate their goals and reconsider their options. Since its
release in 2004, it has also been published in three foreign editions: Turkish,
Korean and English Indian.
Currently Christie is working on several book projects,
including a second collection, a novel and a book for writers.
Christie is the founder of “Celebrate Short Fiction” Day,
and a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and Short
Fiction Writers Guild (SFWG). She also hosts the monthly Monday Night Writers
group in Canfield, OH.
Christie is available for speaking engagements, book club
visits and workshops. For more information, go to the Workshops tab on her
website: www.nancychristie.com/workshops/ or contact her at 330-793-3675 or by
email to nancy@nancychristie.com.
Member:
American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA)
Short Fiction Writers Guild (SFWG)
Poets and Writers
Links:
Amazon: Traveling Left of Center: http://amzn.to/1Sp3bgh
Amazon: Alice in
Wonderland: http://amzn.to/1Qxz8RD
Amazon: Annbelle: http://amzn.to/1KfLoXn
Amazon: Gift of Change:
http://amzn.to/1P2hi6t
Twitter: @NChristie_OH
Google+ Books by Nancy Christie: https://plus.google.com/117630709856334394410
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/nancychristiewr/
LibraryThing: http://www.librarything.com/author/christienancy-2
Publisher Links: Simon & Schuster http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Nancy-Christie/41127232
Beyond Words: http://www.beyondword.com/authors/Nancy_Christie
Pixel Hall Press: http://pixelhallpress.com/
“Girl,”
my mama had said to me the minute she entered my hospital room, “on the highway
of life, you’re always traveling left of center.” (from “Traveling Left Of
Center”)
And
if they should call again, she would be politely unavailable. Chloe could not
support a return engagement. Her story was only strong enough for a single
run.” (from “The Sugar Bowl”
Everything
tasted of the hot baking sun and the dry ground, and he had to swallow twice
before his parched throat felt any relief. (from “The Shop on the Square”)
But
as winter drew near and the days grew shorter, she found herself turning the
alarm on at the first sign of dusk, feeling for the first time a little unsure,
a little vulnerable, in the house where she had lived for six decades. (from
“Watching for Billy”)
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