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Miss Lucy Parker and Other Short Stories [Kindle Edition]

Q. Kelly
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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Book Description

Seven short stories are in this compilation. The lead story is "Miss Lucy Parker."

"Miss Lucy Parker": Miss Lucy Parker is a prim, proper elderly lady. When a Volkswagen Beetle—the new kind, and pink—PINK!—turns onto the winding road that leads to Lucy's farmhouse, Lucy is sure the car's occupants are lost. And that the car probably contains hippies, because hippies drive Volkswagen Beetles. Lucy plans to tell the hippies to get lost. She has no need for their odd speech, beads and marijuana aroma. Except hippies are not in the car. A woman is, a woman wearing a short, blood-red dress that hugs her body. Thus begins Lucy Parker's great adventure.

"A Weird Situation": Karen does not believe her boyfriend when he tells her that he turns into a woman for seven hours every day.

"The Interview": The person interviewing Debby has a giant booger. Should she tell him and risk not getting the job?

"First Day at Work": A security guard's first day at a bank has repercussions for him and three workers.

"Every Day": A man struggles every day to follow through on a promise to himself.

"The Doctor": A doctor salivates at the prospect of delivering bad news to a twelve-year-old girl and her mother.

"Guardian Angel": Gabriel fancies himself a guardian angel. But is he really?




* "The Doctor" has child molestation references.

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  • File Size: 162 KB
  • Print Length: 58 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B005WVPKMU
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,474 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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They're fun to read and the humor is great. S. Warfield  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
My favorite one was Miss Lucy Parker. N. Drouin     
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Captivating November 15, 2011
By shira46
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Seems like there's been a lot of dreck in the free Kindle offerings lately so it was nice to get one that was actually entertaining. These aren't happy stories, although some of them, especially the Miss Lucy story, are kind of quirky. The others shine by portraying so well the emotions of the characters, sometimes in everyday life situations like how do you tell somebody there's a booger hanging out of his nose? And almost all have plot twists you don't see coming. Well written and definitely worth the time while it's free or for the 99 cent list price.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Compilation of Stories January 3, 2012
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
There are several short stories in this collection, and Miss Lucy Parker is by far the best one of them - it was very good, and the others aren't so bad, either: each one takes about 10 minutes to read. What I really liked about Miss Lucy Parker, for example, is the author quickly grabs your attention and into the story - you can really imagine the situation and events, and I even had a visual of the pink Beetle driving up the road to the house.

I picked this up for free during a Kindle promotion vs. its normal 99 cent price, so grab it now while you can. Even if they start charging the full 99 cents, you'll get more than that in value with these stories.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Talented November 17, 2011
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
What imagination, what talent has Q. Kelly. I loved every story in this book. My favorite one was Miss Lucy Parker. Sarcasticly funny, read what an old grumpy woman has to offer to life.

My second favorite was Guardian Angel. Provocating. If you enjoy short stories, you will enjoy the writing, the imagination and the witty crafted stories.
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More About the Author

Fact One: I like corny jokes. If you have any good ones, send them my way!

Fact Two: My favorite color is purple, but my writing is gray. Life is not black and white. I often write about issues and characters where there is no "right" answer.

Fact Three: I'm weird. I like being weird.

Email me at yllek_q@yahoo.com. I'd love to hear from you.

Check out my blogs at qkelly.wordpress.com and qkelly.blogspot.com.

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