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Not True Stories from Oregon
By: Arran N. GimbaeBook Publisher: AuthorSolutions
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An eclectic and original assortment of imaginative scenarios centered on Oregonian oddballs, characters, and just-plain folk make up Not True Stories from Oregon, a short story collection of highly unique and powerful tales of the human condition. Arran Gimba paints a broad portrait of the gritty and fascinating extremes that make up the human experience. Part fantasy, part slice of life, these twenty-one stories exhibit the worst fears and most impractical dreams of ordinary people. "Love is Over-Rated" tells of an anti-cupid who suddenly finds a conscience when he sees the impact of his calling. Three young students are drawn into the latest technology craze with disastrous consequences in "zPhone," while a hospital receptionist discovers that obsessing about the wrong thing can lead to a rude attitude adjustment in "Watch for Little Brother." Filled with stark and realistic situations and absorbing, multi-dimensional characters, Not True Stories from Oregon brings a seasoned and original voice to the short story form, exploring Oregon in all its wonderful weirdness.
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| Title of eBook: Not True Stories from Oregon | |
| Release Date: 11-04-2010 | |
| Publisher: iUniverse.com |
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| Parent title | Not True Stories from Oregon |
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| Encrypted (DRM) | Yes |
| SKU | 9781450258043 |
| File size | 5016 |
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Not True Stories from Oregon
Chapter One
Love is Overrated
"Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." Franklin P. Jones
Ventura Cooper adjusted his dreadlocks and tried to get people to shake his hand. He was standing on the corner of NW 23rd and Johnson, a tattooed/greasy/tight black pants hipster version of Portland's Rodeo Drive. Boutiques and fancy clothing stores lined the potholed-infested street as canvassers stood on each corner. Ventura was not an ordinary hippie canvasser. In reality, he was a living cupid.
But Ventura wasn't trying to link two people together in holy matrimony. He was the complete opposite. His job was to break couples up. When he shook the hands of the man or woman, they were destined to break up. For example, he shook the hand of Glen Hoover, a wonderful old man who'd been married for over twenty-five years. That evening, Glen decided to end his marriage over `irreconcilable differences.'
On another day, Ventura shook the hand of a maxillofacial radiologist by the name of Angela Styron. Later that night, she cheated on her boyfriend ... and she got caught. That relationship ended quite horribly. Her boyfriend threw a fit and punched the guy she'd cheated with. Angela became hysterical and slapped her boyfriend, breaking her pinky in the process. And, the poor sucker who'd only wanted a good time, ended up with two missing teeth and a hand towel to cover his private parts as he ran out of the motel room.
Ventura loved breaking hearts. It gave him a great thrill, the kind of thrill a kid gets when he shoots eggs at
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