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BIO: George A. Davis - Philadelphia, PA native, formerly resided in Tampa, FL now resides Glenside PA; Recipient of Judith Stark Creative Writing Award at Community College of Philadelphia; Third Place Award, Tampa Writers Alliance 23rd annual writing contest; contributed to anthologies.
A collection of stories dazzling in variety.
Short Story Collections by George A. Davis
A COLLECTION of MICRO and FLASH FICTIONS (2022)
MARS ICE AND OTHER STORIES (2018) amazon.com/dp/1723157937
Residents wonder why ducks disappeared from the pond until they see the frog.
Jean loves Peter and marries him. And years later, she finds out why he married her.
Secret agents have to rescue their spy; a mechanic volunteers his daughter to help; she changes her appearance to resemble a boy because of the state's law against women driving. The spy believing in that law nearly stops his and his family's escape.
Monique and Eddie are college sweethearts until she meets her future husband. Many years later, Monique and Eddie casually bump into each and have a life update chat. A couple of years afterwards, they meet.
Prior to graduation, the high school students practice the tradition of pairing for upgoing events. After graduation they may go their own way or not, Renee wants to go her own way, but Carl warns her not to. He ruins her life dreams.
It is declared a dangerous intruder from Mars and dealt with on a need to know.
And 32 other flash fictions
ONCE UPON A TIME IN PHILADELPHIA, PA during Prohibition - short stories (2017) amazon.com/dp/1545486409
ONCE UPON A TIME IN PHILADELPHIA, PA during Prohibition - short stories (2017) amazon.com/dp/1545486409
Eddie Charles a Detroit gangster becomes a Philly gangster selling Canadian whiskey.
Al Miller took over her father's P-eye business after his death and continued doing jobs for the mob.
Pat is a boss gangster's bodyguard and fixer; he has to fix a problem that his sister has with her husband.
Carl 'smithy' Smith was chased from Tampa FL by rival gangsters to Georgia where he became a peach farmer. His mother sent for him to help his sister escape from her brutal husband. His stepfather refused to intervene. The husband wants his family back.
STREETLIGHT detective stories-these ladies are hardnosed street wise detectives (2013) amazon.com/dp/1492357596
Sammie Pryor a Philly homicide detective solves murders most foul.
Wylie is a P-eye hired by a mother to protect her daughter from her incestuous father.
Lisa is a federal police detective who tracks down homegrown terrorists.
Marty Edwards a homicide detective hunts a serial killer who does his evil acts based on the folklores of the Moon.
And other stories.
MEN ARE SOMETIMES LIKE CATS -short stories (2013) amazon.com/dp/1490433724
In 1947 CIA agency recruits an agent based on his WW2 war record not knowing that he is a in the closet homosexual.
Carl 'smithy' Smith soldiered in WW1. When he returned home, he resented that his widowed mother remarried. He's unable to find a job until a bootlegging gangster put him on his payroll.
Freddie owes a cabaret in a Havana barrio. He hates the U S gangster's casinos competitions.
And other stories.
IN THE ROUGH short stories (2008) Peppertree Press amazon.co/dp/0982047940
A serial rapist stalks downtown office building. Billie a lesbian security officer is hired to protect an office building employee. She stalks a pretty secretary.
Derrick recruits a butch lesbian to dress and act like a prostitute to rob an armored car.
Tracie's husband was killed on the job as a guard. She wants to know why.
Mickie is a big-time loan shark until the loan shark competition gets hot from a lesbian hating dude.
and other stories
STREET LIFE short stories (2008) Peppertree Press
TALES FROM A THORNBUSH short stories (2007) Peppertree Press The stories are brief, some gritty, some are not.
Crime, Drama, Suspense, Sci-fi = good reading for everybody.
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Stories contributed to anthologies
"A Shot In The Storm" Wordier Than Thou 2013
"The Loan Shark" South Philly Fiction 2013
"Go To A Meeting" Tampa Writers Alliance 2009
"A Ride On The Mississippi" Palm Print 2006
Plays
Go To A Meeting: a short play set in 1964 - read by Carrollwood Players 2009
These stories are a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination, or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. No part of these publications may be reproduced in any manner or form without prior written permission of the author.
Copyright 2007 George A. Davis
Copyright 2007 George A. Davis
