Paradox: True or False Tales

Each tale in this collection leads you “down the garden path” to an unexpected ending. From the humorous to the eerie, the stories describe things and situations that could be real or total fantasy.You’ll meet a talking foot that promptly starts at 4 AM; a couple of seers, including an old grandma and a lady dressed in silks; a gentleman whose job it is to watch over everyone; a scared woman alone in the dark; and a psychic who quests to find her spiritual twin. Are these tales real? Or are they products of the authors’ imagination? Perhaps it doesn’t matter, because, by being written down, the tales have assumed a reality of their own. So, open the book and immerse yourself in a kaleidoscope of strange experiences. And then decide: Did they happen? Or don’t decide. What’s important is the realization that indeed there truly are “more things in heaven and earth, than dreamt of in your philosophy.”There's a little bit of O'Henry (modernized of course) in the endings. There are also bits of Mark Twain–type irony, one of Frank Herbert's short stories called "The Nothing," takeoffs on modern television advertisements, and more. Most of all, these tales are reminiscent of William Shatner's popular program Weird or What?Mixed with romance, creepiness, photos, and photocollages created by the author add to the mysteries within these covers.

About the Author

Billie Mudry Spaight, works as a medical editor in her day job. She writes op-eds and letters to the editor about her favorite causes. But when she takes off her serious hat, she writes lyrical poetry, makes computer designs, crochets, knits, and reads the Tarot cards. A voracious reader, she is interested in politics, gardening, medicine, paranormal phenomena, genealogy, photography, and anything to do with DNA. She lives with her husband, the logistics analyst/writer J. Paddy Spaight; their two cats Corduroy and Gizmo; and anything made of out corduroy. Her blog, BillieBong, contains earlier versions of some of these stories, essays, poetry, photographs, art, and a special section, "The Populist Pope," about Pope Francis.

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