Sea Of Flesh

About the Book

Book Description My muse is one strange entity. He, she, it, only seems to visit me while I’m in the shower. At times it can be months without a visitation. Then, boom, there it is throwing idea after idea at me, cramming every nook and cranny of my brain with story line after story line. It’s like it has been storing up these little inspirations and then amuses itself by seeing if it can get my head to explode. Thank goodness the shower curtain is there to muffle the noise. This collection is the result of one of these encounters. The only connection the eighteen stories have is that they’re all done in the flesh (well, except for the two dealing with the other side and the one that goes from one flesh to another). For the most part they have humor. There are two that deal with a more serious side though. But that’s life. Sorry, but, non are X-rated. At the most, R. The ages of the characters run from the young to the aged. From depressed to loving life. From dimwitted to got-it-together. From honest to not-so-much. The main thing with this collection is to read and enjoy. To possibly escape from the day and relax, if only for a moment or two.

About the Author

Tom Hougen was born in 1953 in the small mill town of Toledo, Oregon. Early in his life he traveled extensively with his family throughout southeast Asia. After graduating from high school in Ukiah, California, and being trained as an aircraft mechanic and commercial diver, he returned to the central coast of Oregon. For over twenty-five years he has worked in the hospitality industry and lives in Lincoln City, Oregon with is wife of twenty-two years and their two children.