{"title":"Short Story Collections","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTerry F. Torrey's short story collections contain stories that are off-beat, quirky, heartfelt, spooky, and inventive, in all variations and varieties, with very little violence, coarse language, or sexual references or content.\u003c\/span\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"first-lies","title":"First Lies","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1rem; caret-color: #1f2124; color: #1f2124; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16 stories of darkness and promise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1rem; caret-color: #1f2124; color: #1f2124; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the beginning, as in many beginnings, there were deals with the Devil, attacks by unlikely demons, ghost dogs, strange things in a cemetery, long walks home, true love and true hate and true ambivalence. Hack Hammond fought “Indestructum” for his girlfriend and the world. Denis Grey took “A Walk Down Main Street” sometime after Clinton Irving vowed there would be “No More Lonely Knights.” Angela found quite a reason to “Make It Big.” Caspar Thomas should have thought things through before “Four Hours,” and Conrad Warner should have seen it coming in “Dog Days.” And everyone just stared at “The Obelisk.” In the beginning, there were \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFirst Lies \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e….\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1rem; caret-color: #1f2124; color: #1f2124; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSome of these stories have appeared in minor publications both on- and off-line. Though early work and rough, many of the tales here are genuinely good. Others are decent, but several are truly drivel. Read at your own caution.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Terry F. Torrey","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":47101424992502,"sku":"978-0-9713697-1-9","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45872435495158,"sku":"9780971369764","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/5432\/8310\/files\/collections-1-firstlies-cover-ebook_6981f8c8-f0fd-4be6-9c89-c20db5ec9976.jpg?v=1705214617"},{"product_id":"second-wind","title":"Second Wind","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1rem; caret-color: #1f2124; color: #1f2124; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-sanitized-data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-sanitized-data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-sanitized-data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e48 stories to chill and burn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1rem; caret-color: #1f2124; color: #1f2124; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-sanitized-data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-sanitized-data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrace yourself. A new batch of deviously original stories from Terry F. Torrey is blowing in, with strange characters and surprising plots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1rem; caret-color: #1f2124; color: #1f2124; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-sanitized-data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-sanitized-data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScratch your head at the tales in Strange Days, where the “Storm Trees” react to a summer squall, everyone goes crazy for “The Red Balloon,” and a regular guy gets railroaded into “Suspicious Behavior.” Feel a chill at the stories in Nervous Nights, where a motorcyclist is trapped in a dark “Cycle,” and the “Ghost Runner” haunts the highways. In Men and Women, feel the glow of the “Hot Summer Night,” the tender saltiness “On The Beach,” and the jaw-dropping shock of “World of White.” In Life and Death, mourn “The Death of Karma,” relish the unanswered questions in “Above The Field Of Buttercups,” and feel the chill of “A Dark And Stormy Night.” Get ready to laugh at Silly People, where the subversive “Enemies Of The Library” operate in the shadows, where Idea Man goes unappreciated, and where Larry Harrison suffers an ordinary night shift.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1rem; caret-color: #1f2124; color: #1f2124; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-sanitized-data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-sanitized-data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese and many more stories are churning in, and the forecast is for a dark and stormy night of fiction. This is the mighty \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-sanitized-data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSecond Wind\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Terry F. Torrey","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":47101439017206,"sku":"978-1-961042-15-5","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45872438411510,"sku":"9781961042162","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/5432\/8310\/files\/collections-2-secondwind-cover-ebook.jpg?v=1705214992"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/5432\/8310\/collections\/mock-00037-cc599_1fa5e2af-b723-40e9-89b0-861d82dbc946.png?v=1729021100","url":"https:\/\/www.tftorrey.com\/collections\/short-story-collections.oembed","provider":"Terry F. Torrey","version":"1.0","type":"link"}