Tragedians

About the Book

This is the author’s second book of short stories. His fi rst book in this series was titled: ‘TRAGEDIENNES’ and contained 13 short stories. Like the fi rst book “TRAGEDIANS’ has 16 short stories of basic everyday instances that could turn horrifying without notice …to challenge the readers … to wonder if such an incident could ever happen to themselves or a loved one. There are no fantasizes, science fi ction, nor fairy-tales. It’s merely a chronicle of circumstances occurring each day of all our lives. … Included are: ‘Slow News Day’, ‘Bungled Burglar’, ‘Car, Where are You?’, ‘Wrong Address’, ‘Wait Just a Minute!’, ‘Sam’s Scams’, ‘Tragic Trilogies’, ‘Quotas’, ‘A Lot of Salt!’, ‘Lotto Maniac’, ‘Dummies’, ‘The Cave’, ‘I Know What You Are!’, ‘She’s back East’, ‘There’s no such number’ and ‘Final Thoughts’

About the Author

Born in Dodge City, Kansas. Joined the Navy near the end of the Korean Conflict. Attended Dodge City Junior College, Fort Hays State University, and Kansas University on the GI Bill. He served his career as a City Manager with over thirty years service. He served: Alcoa & Morristown, Tennessee…Prescott, Arizona ... North Las Vegas, Nevada…Banning & San Bernardino, California. He has modest publishing credits in governmental publications. This is his first book of short stories. He is currently writing a novel from his perspective as Public Official and a book of humorous stories based on people he has known.