A collection of 30 short stories that fall into the mystery/suspense genre, but reveal an especially wide range of characters, plots, subplots and locations, as well as crafty surprise endings.

Rainbow's End and Other Stories

Literature & Fiction

John M. Floyd

United States

Dogwood Pr Llc

With his second collection of thirty tales--short and long, lighthearted and gritty--master short-story author John M. Floyd invites us once more to strap ourselves into a ride that entertains as well as enlightens. And, as his readers has come to expect, almost every story features two ingredients Floyd loves: nonstop suspense and a Hitchcock-like surprise ending. But the best thing about these stories is their variety. They dish up something to satisfy devotees of every genre: mystery, adventure, humor, western, fantasy, romance, even science fiction. The settings take us from Alaska to England to Hawaii to the American West, and the characters include bank robbers, housemaids, time-travelers, police snipers, sorcerers, gunfighters, mad scientists, stuntmen, bungling angels and kindly monsters. There is even a continuation of the mystery series introduced in Rainbow's End--eight more stories featuring bossy schoolteacher Angela Potts and her long-suffering former student Sheriff Chunky Jones. So kick off your shoes, settle back in that easy chair, and prepare to be transported to a world of suspense and deception. These bite-sized stories are sure to thrill you and delight you--and keep you up long past midnight...

Midnight

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Dogwood Press

In his first two books, Rainbow's End and Midnight, award-winning author John M. Floyd gave us a total of sixty short stories of mystery, suspense, and deception. In this collection of forty more tales, he once again uses his talent for classic storytelling and his love of plot twists to keep us guessing--and enthralled--until the very last word. As before, Floyd goes beyond the mystery/crime genre to dip occasionally into areas like westerns and romance and humor and fantasy, but each story promises--and delivers--a rollercoaster ride of delicious plot reversals and a Hitchcock-style surprise ending. And his fans will be pleased to discover several more installments in the small-town series featuring retired schoolteacher Angela Potts and her former (and long-suffering) student Sheriff Chunky Jones. So if you love mysteries, or if you enjoyed the old Alfred Hitchcock Presents or Twilight Zone TV series, or if you just like to be kept on the edge of your seat, this collection of stories is right up your alley. But be advised: reading it might make you lose track of the time. Better make sure your clock works...

Clockwork

Short Stories & Anthologies

Deception is not only the name of this book, or the title of one of the tales inside. It might be said that deception is also the central theme of the hundreds of short stories John M. Floyd has written and published over the past eighteen years. Many are mysteries and some represent other genres (fantasy, Western, romance, etc.), but all of them involve trickery and suspense and Hitchcockian plot reversals. In many ways, this collection picks up where his previous book, Clockwork, left off. Here are thirty more delicious stories of mystery, intrigue, and betrayal. And although Floyd has often said he loves twist endings, the surprises here are not limited to the final pages or paragraphs: they also happen throughout the stories. If his fiction has one common denominator, it is the uncertainty built into each tale, that tingling feeling of not knowing which direction the plot is about to take. In addition to all the standalone adventures, this collection features (as did the first three books) several lighthearted mysteries starring retired schoolteacher Angela Potts and small-town sheriff Charles Chunky Jones. But whether the setting is the Deep South or deep space, the characters are touch-me real and the plots are clever and fast-moving. If you are looking for pure entertainment, these stories are for you. Prepare to be deceived . . .

Deception

For the past thirteen years, Angela Potts and her former student Charles (Chunky) Jones have bickered, shared rides, and solved mysteries in their small Mayberrylike town...and in the pages of Womans World magazine. They are definitely an odd couple. She is high-strung and smart and bossy and he is a bit lazy and, shall we say, solution-challenged. In response to countless requests from Angela followers, author John M. Floyd has finally put together a collection of fifty stories featuring his female sleuth, in a solve-it-yourself format with the mysteries up front and the solutions in the back. For anyone who enjoys lighthearted mysteries, here are adventures galore. Fifty trips into a world of sweet tea and magnolia blossoms, where everything moves slowly except gossip...and the devious mind of Angela Potts.

Fifty Mysteries

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Dreamland is the sixth collection of short fiction by Mississippi author John M. Floyd. Like the others, it contains mostly mystery stories but drifts occasionally into other genres as well. Unlike the others, this book includes several stories from Floyd s popular Law and Daughter mystery series, featuring Sheriff Lucy Valentine and her crimesolving mother Fran. Also included here are his Edgar-nominated mystery 200 Feet; two Derringer Award winners, Dentonville and Driver; High Places from the Bram Stoker Award-winning anthology After Death; and Mollys Plan, which was selected by Otto Penzler and guest editor James Patterson for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories 2015. The thirty tales in this volume feature something that has always been a part of Floyd s short stories: Hitchockian suspense and surprises. His mastery of plot twists has earned him the praise of bestselling authors Nevada Barr, Jan Burke, Marcus Sakey, Steve Hamilton, and others. If you have read any previous Floyd books, or his stories in national magazines, then you already know what is in store for you here. If you have not, you are in for a pleasant surprise. These stories will sweep you away (maybe for ten minutes, maybe for an hour) from things like politics and household chores and corporate deadlines. You can escape reality altogether, and parachute into a world of enchanted settings, fascinating people, and spinetingling action. Welcome to a land of dreams.

Dreamland

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Kane, Tim

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Science Fiction

JayHenge Publishing KB

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