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An Idaho farmer who aches for absolution after a tragedy is given one more chance at redemption. Two runaways cross paths in a Tennessee bus station with only one ticket between them. A family sees looters racing toward their home as they escape an Oregon wildfire. A young couple takes a reckless turn off a state highway in Utah and find themselves in a nightmarish government biohazard area.

These and 46 more shorts make up an anthology that will surprise readers with each new thought-provoking story as they skip across different genres, moods, and states of mind. Together, they provide a character-driven sampling of the American experience over the last 60 years — the kind and the cruel, the heroic and criminal — in unpredictable and suspenseful ways.

50 States is a debut collection of short stories that captures the human condition and how perception shapes destiny. The book spans several literary genres, with each short story set in a different state across America.

50 States broke into the top 100 bestsellers for literary fiction short stories on Amazon for three consecutive months. It won first place for short stories in the Spring 2022 BookFest Awards; the ABR Book Excellence Award for literary fiction, psychological thriller, and short stories; and was named a finalist in the IAN Book Of The Year Awards.

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"A cleverly conceived, character-driven, if overstuffed, anthology sure to delight and enchant." - Kirkus Reviews

"Richard R. Becker has made a stellar debut with 50 States! I fell in love with how each short story packs a punch and is memorable on its own." — Readers' Favorite

"The author's writing flows from story to story effectively keeping readers wanting more." — Entrada Reviews

"An impressive short story collection that will take you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions." — The Reading Bud

"Richard is a superb writer, with an eloquent tongue and a tremendous turn of phrase, and these gems are each a standalone high-brow work of art." — Matt McAvoy Book Reviews

"The writing is gripping, the characters are regular people from all walks of life forced to survive with the hand that destiny dealt them, the action is fast and entertaining, and the atmosphere is immersive." — The Audiobook Blog

"Written in sparse, understated prose reminiscent of Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge, Becker's tightly focused stories pack a punch." — IndieReader

About the Author

Richard R. Becker is an award-winning American writer. His debut collection of experimental and speculative fiction began as a project to write one story a week for 50 weeks. He continues to expand many of these stories for inclusion in a second collection, and expects some will evolve into larger works.

When he is not writing fiction, Richard works as a creative strategist for Copywrite, Ink., a 30-year-old strategic communication and writing services firm with clients that have included several government agencies and Fortune 500 Companies. He has also been very active as a global community servant and taught a number of classes at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Aside from his work, he enjoys a broad range of activities, including travel, hiking, exercise, photography, and illustration. He is married and has two children.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B098P2CPQ7
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Copywrite, Ink.; 2nd edition (July 21, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 21, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1583 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 379 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B09MG33M56

Best Sellers Rank: #375,359 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #340 in Literary Short Stories
- #1,652 in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction
- #6,083 in Single Authors Short Stories

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Richard R. Becker is an award-winning American author. His debut collection of literary fiction and psychological thrillers began as a project to write one story a week for 50 weeks. It broke the top 100 literary short stories on Amazon for three consecutive months in 2022 and several times throughout the year. It also won first place for short stories in the Spring 2022 BookFest Awards, first place for literary fiction, psychological thrillers, and short stories in the ABR Book Excellence Awards, and was a finalist in the IAN Book of the Year Awards.

As a journalist, Richard has written hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, with his byline appearing in the Denver Post, Los Angeles Times, and publications for Simon & Schuster and Paramount Communications. He also scripted a documentary produced with PBS and contributed to five books related to marketing, public relations, and management.

He currently serves as president of Copywrite, Ink. and, for 20 years, previously taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In addition, Richard currently serves as a city council-appointed volunteer commissioner on the Las Vegas Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission. He has assisted more than 60 nonprofit and professional organizations as a consultant and board member during his career and has been featured as a speaker for a variety of organizations, including Wizard World Comic Con, G2E World Gaming Expo, National Recreation and Park Association, Regis University, and U.S. Small Business Administration.

Aside from writing, Richard has a broad range of interests, including travel, hiking, parks, fitness, illustration, photography, and spending time with family. He is married and has two children.

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Grady Harp

Stories short in length, but long in impact

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 20, 2022

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Nevada author Richard R. Becker serves as a creative strategist for Copywrite, Ink. and has been on the faculty of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is gaining fame and awards for his talent in composing short stories, and his collections to date - TEN YEARS, and 50 STATES.

Having read and thoroughly enjoyed TEN YEARS, it is a pleasure to return to Richard’s short stories. In this volume the states and years are Idaho 2003, Connecticut 2005, Utah 1992, California 2019, Arkansas 2019, Michigan 1975, Washington 1971, Colorado 2020, Pennsylvania 1990, Nevada 2019, Alaska 1982, Iowa 2016, Virginia 2012 and so on. Becker captures the flavor of the atmosphere of each locale, spirit, and year, mastering the importance for rapidly setting a tone for his brief but highly competent stories to develop a terse but fully illustrative short story about our challenges in this world, now and in history. Becker’s polished skills prove consistent in each of the stories. His position on the ladder of rising authors appears assured. Recommended. Grady Harp, August 22

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A global communicator and social commentary

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 2, 2022

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50 States A collection of short stories Richard R. Becker

Richard R. Becker is an award-winning writer.

His debut collection of experimental and speculative fiction short stories we have in this compilation began as a project to write one story a week for 50 weeks. He continues to expand these stories for a second collection, and expects some will evolve into larger works.

When he is not writing fiction, he is a creative strategist for Copywrite, Ink., a 30-year-old strategic communications firm with clients that have included government agencies and Fortune 500 companies.

Is active in the global community and teaches at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He enjoys a broad range of activities, including travel, hiking, exercise, photography, and illustration. These experiences influence his writing. He is an observer of daily happenings and creates stories around general impressions of everyday life on many levels.

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"This station is filled with stories. Triumphs and tragedies. People coming home. People leaving home. People finding fortune. People tempting fate."

His impression are clear and flexible, with short introductions, character-sketching and people on the move. The stories are organized per chapter with a place name of one of the USA states at interesting locations and timeline of the happenings. Events are based on struggles, relationships, respect, successes, historic and sub-cultural background, of USA environmental settings.

He would develop some character, showcase his resourcefulness, and fortitude — salt-of-the-earth qualities.

Attention is given to communication, building the pillar of the encounters — on the move and casual encounters of strangers, to demonstrate the values of life, pain, disappointments, and negative influences. The author manages to reflect his own values and capacities in the conversations among his characters. He becomes his characters in different walks of life, acknowledging the good and bad influences.

These are short stories of people on the go with a moral compass, some abiding and some not. Very entertaining.

Scarlett Jensen
3 December 2022

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KCoreil

Guess which state?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 28, 2023

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I was hoping that the stories would be organized by state, labeled somehow with the state it represents, ANYTHING about the 50 states. It could have been titled "50 short stories." The stories I've read are good, though!

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Jesse Presgraves

An excellent collection of short stories

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 28, 2022

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50 States by Richard R Becker is a collection of short stories, each taking place in a different state in the US. At almost 400 pages, it can seem a bit long, but that comes out to about 8 pages per story on average, which is a very manageable chunk if you don't want to read it all at once.

This book can't really be pinned down into one particular genre, as it's story has it's own setting and theme. Some of them are humerous, some are very calm and cozy while others pull at your heart.

This was my first experience with this author and his writing and I really enjoyed it. The stories fit very well together and once I started reading, I didn't want to stop.

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Short stories with so much impact

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 11, 2022

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As an avid reader and writer of short stories, I found 50 States by Richard Becker interesting and exciting on different levels. Collecting and putting together different stories with diverse themes into one book can be challenging. Becker did an excellent job!
The stories talk about different stories from different years and settings. The author took the time to introduce the different timelines with popular niches from the time so that readers could relate to the stories better. In this novel, Becker shows us a mastery of rapid tone development coupled with vivid descriptions.
Besides good character and plot development, Becker maintains consistency throughout all the stories. The stories come from fifty states and present us with interesting facts to chew on. There is much more in this book to learn from than merely assuming it is the same as the rest. The author uses ordinary people to convey a powerful message to the people.
50 Stares is worth the time and the money you put into purchasing, and I strongly recommend this book to anybody who wants to read something fresh.

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Carlitas

A riveting mixture of tales

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 3, 2022

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I truly loved books that relate people's stories from all walks of life. In “50 states” by Richard R. Becker, there is a bit of everything.
Along these pages, you can learn about different customs, ways of living and about a variety of cultures, particularly related to America's continent. I love the setting of many tales.
The bit that I liked the most was the way the author comments on these people and how he depicts the places. I felt as if I were in America, wandering along the country. Some stories are riveting, others a bit sad but they leave a message to readers. This is definitely a book for different tastes which I highly recommend.

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