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Paradise no longer lost. Paradise found, but oh, what a cost!

The Complete Works of Frank Bosworth
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	Staged Affair - Part 3 June 1, 2007; 36 pages “Are you kidding? I can do things with an egg that'd make a chicken blush!” Read more
	Staged Affair - Part 8 June 1, 2007; 23 pages 'It was one thing to suspect, but a slap in the head to hear her admit it; so much for conversational foreplay!' Read more
	Staged Affair - Part 1 May 31, 2007; 28 pages In the scheme of things, it was a little dream. In the scheme of dreams, it was everything. Read more
	Staged Affair - Part 2 May 31, 2007; 30 pages Then, as if the bottom fell out, on cue, the words, the music, stopped. Silence. So silent, you could hear ice melt in umbrella cocktails. Read more
	Staged Affair - Part 4 May 31, 2007; 30 pages I had no doubt in my mind, no doubt whatsoever, if I saw her floss, I'd get a chubby! Read more
	Staged Affair - Part 5 May 31, 2007; 37 pages She said she was a stripper at a nudist colony and began to cry. Read more
	Staged Affair - Part 6 May 31, 2007; 28 pages “Look, a squirrel! That's dinner and a hat!” Read more
	Staged Affair - Part 7 May 31, 2007; 24 pages I may not have a firm handle on what I'm doing, but I do know why I'm here! Read more
	My Li'l Black Dad May 16, 2007; 22 pages "Freeze the brass off a bald monkey!" my dad would say on chilly mornings. "Freeze the balls off a brass monkey!" he'd say in the winters deep-freeze. I thought of this as blue-collar meteorology. Read more
	Amok! - Part 3 December 22, 2006; 44 pages 'He loves your butt dimples, but butt pimples?' Testimony from Bob B., Atlanta, Georgia. “Yeah, I bought her a tube for... Read more
	Amok! - Part 2 December 21, 2006; 22 pages Now, I've been caught in some pretty silly, pretty stupid, pretty humiliating moments in my life, but nothing, not one of those forgettable memories compares to this! Read more
	Baseballs, Citrus Suckies, Stanley & Me August 4, 2006; 16 pages An aspiring baseball superstar is hounded by his nemesis. Read more
	Never Play Leapfrog with a Unicorn November 19, 2003; 204 pages A comedic/dramatic coming-of-age dramedy, filled with great dialogue, well drawn characters and genuine emotion, in a style reminiscent of Dave Eggers. Read more

About the Author

Always the observer, Bosworth has spent a lifetime with the notion he is on the outside looking in. Everything gets noticed and noted, very little escapes. In his mid-twenties, searching for a creative release, Bosworth entered a short story/play he wrote and staged into a competition, which took him to New York City. While competing, the work was seen by George Nolan, then Director of the New York Academy of Theatre Arts. As fate would have it, a scholarship to NYATA, was granted. The scholarship, and all the boundless expression the stage allows, found him just in the nick of time, catching him quite by surprise. Thus began a thirty year love affair with theatre. So sit back, put your feet up, pull the box of Junior Mints® a bit closer. The show is about to begin.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bosworth never seems to disappoint!, January 24, 2007

By	Judy Ward - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I love humorous stories. I love true stories. I love humor mixed with drama, blended with true stories. I've only read this first chapter of Frank W. Bosworth's latest submission, "Amok!", but as always, he delivers the best in all three catagories.

This is a tale of an injured man on hiatus from work, living on a limited income near a beach resort in Florida. His characters in this first chapter consist of: himself (autobiagraphical), an adopted cat, an alchoholic neighbor, an injured bird and a sexy lady in the apartment building he lives in. His description of these characters makes one want to read on and read again to be sure you didn't miss anything.

I'll have more to say after I read the next chapters. I absolutely recommend this one!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Getting the giggles going!, September 24, 2007

By	H.J. "HJ" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

Wow...this is good. What fun I am having sitting at my computer snickering away! I'd recommend for anyone who's looking for a good piece of entertainment. Love to write more...but I need to get on to chapter 2! Looking forward to more laughs!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Smart and funny!, July 4, 2007

By	E. Robert Orn "E.R.O." (Florida) - See all my reviews

The late, phenomenal John D. MacDonald once wrote: `Two of the most difficult areas to write in are humor and the occult. In clumsy hands the humor turns to dirge and the occult turns funny.'

Frank W. Bosworth may be clumsy (he never did explain just how he broke his foot), but he is not a clumsy writer. `Amok! - Part One' is, at times, elegant, delicate, subtle - and always funny.

Bosworth has an ongoing love affair with words and word-play, from the opening reference to John Milton, to the unabashed homage to Twain and Hitchcock. In fact, `Amok' could even be an oh-so-sly allusion to Pandemonium, the capital of Hell in Milton's epic poem, as well as a word that could be used to describe the madcap situations in this story. Hmmmmm. Bosworth might just be too clever for his own good.

The narrator, Frank himself, is an affable chap with a common rancor for telemarketers, an aversion to fishing and painkillers, and a palpable dislike for his `Frankenstein boot cast.' His neighbor, Carmen, is a sheer joy - Al Lewis meets Charles Bukowski - a hard-talking, hard-drinking, randy old curmudgeon you need on your side, even if you don't want him on your side.

Then there is Rebecca. Dear, sweet Rebecca. We already know Bosworth has a thing for Hitchcock, but was this a reference to Hitchcock's first film? The Rebecca here is no ghost, for sure, but just like the title character in Daphne du Mauriel's classic novel, we never get to meet her - we only hear about her, and the aura of wonder she casts over a story in which she never appears is, well. . . I know what she looks like, and her enchanting visage makes me smile. She will make you smile too.

There is a cat with a peculiar name (I simply must attempt the `Pam' trick on my dim feline), an appropriate cast of whacky neighbors, and a fetching little bird with a sad little problem that falls, almost literally, right at Mr. Bosworth's doorstep. Six winged nightmares swoop in with it (a dirty half-dozen) like angry cousins of that demonic fowl last seen sitting on a bust of Pallas. They are grackles. Grackles, apparently, are about as much fun as flying pit bulls, and could very well have been the inspiration for yet another Hitchcock film.

With the stage now set, the main characters gleefully introduced, and the hook of the story keenly inserted, Act One comes to a dramatic and interesting conclusion.

The only mystery left is how long before we download Act II?

For me, the answer was one simple click away.

There is a point in the story when Frank is looking at a beautiful sky, thinking: `Artists, humbled by heaven's untouchable palette, surely weep.' He hops inside to jot that down, thinking the line is a keeper. He would be right.

So is this story.

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