Sub Stories

About the Book

In this unique collection of short stories based on actual situations, the author transports the reader into the classroom. There, you will experience the feeling of being an outsider from a substitute teacher’s point of view. In Sub Stories, Renee Cowdery’s debut short-story collection, the stories take place in an educational setting—an elementary, middle, or high school. Themes consistently touched on are starting over, the unknown, surviving a day at a time, and adult-child interaction. Throughout the thirty-one stories in the book, the author incorporates a glimpse of reality from everything to overcoming job obstacles, dealing with daily difficulties, and recovering from random mishaps, while occasionally just catching a break and owning the day. Discover what it’s really like to be alone in a room full of kindergartners or to attempt to teach a subject that you barely mastered in school. Find out why it’s not as easy as it seems while sometimes it’s the best job ever.

About the Author

Renee Cowdery was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. For twenty years, she was an Air Force wife. During that time, while raising a family, she acquired her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Maryland University College. Through the years, she has worked in many different schools in a variety of places as a substitute teacher in kindergarten through twelfth grade in a wide range of subjects. During her free time, Renee enjoys cooking, camping, geocaching, and going on family cruise vacations. Becoming a published author is one of the items on her bucket list in life. For enjoyment, she reads and writes short stories. With the encouragement of friends and family, she decided to write a book based on the stories she has shared with them. Currently, she lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband of twenty-three years and their teenage son and daughter.