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Indian Summer: a short story by [Lise McClendon, Rory Tate]

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Lise McClendon

Indian Summer: a short story Kindle Edition

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When a woman is at the end of her rope, anything can happen

Claire Jasper has seen enough. Her husband, a handsome cowboy and bronc rider, is away, shacked up with a buckle bunny. Claire enjoys the quiet... until the sheriff comes calling. Where exactly is Owen Jasper? Claire won't tell.

This short story was included in an anthology, Deadly by the Dozen, edited by Mark Terry. Reviewers singled it out for praise: "This book was the perfect read for a week of appointments, sitting in waiting rooms and whipping out my Kindle for ten minutes at a time! All the stories in here were capably written, and all captured my attention in way or another. However...the absolute stand out for me was `Indian Summer' by Lise McClendon. It was just fabulous - a great mix of good writing, good characters and a strong element of mystery. That story would stand out anywhere."

Check out all Lise McClendon's mystery and suspense novels on Amazon, with settings from France to Scotland, Jackson Hole to old Kansas City. [copy and paste:] http://amzn.to/2i7Hl2X

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December 18, 2016
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01MRZ65KI
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thalia Press (December 18, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 18, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 166 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 12 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #2,993,131 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,146 in Western Short Stories
- #3,874 in U.S. Short Stories
- #6,559 in 30-Minute Literature & Fiction Short Reads

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Lise McClendon

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Here are some things I love: sassy heroines, twisty mysteries, juicy secrets.

My books, written under my own name and as Rory Tate and Grier Lake, are full of all those things. I am fascinated by the lives of women. The choices that women sometimes make are a quagmire of directions and misdirections, sending women into careers, love affairs, children (or no children), travels, and hobbies. And, in the case of my novels, into suspense, crime, secrets, and love.

I started out writing mysteries set in Montana and Wyoming (Alix Thorssen mysteries), World War 2-era mysteries (Dorie Lennox), the branched out into standalones (Jump Cut, PLAN X, All Your Pretty Dreams), and the Bennett Sisters Mysteries, now thirteen strong and counting. Read about all the books at http://lisemcclendon.com Would you like to join my mailing list? Love to hear from you. Copy and paste this: https://mailchi.mp/lisemcclendon/landing

Besides my own novels I am a co-author with four other crime novelists of the foodie thriller, Beat Slay Love. This dark, comic send-up of Eat Pray Love is "delicious over-the-top fun." Check it out here on Amazon.

In 2020 I conceived of and edited an anthology, STOP THE WORLD: Snapshots from a Pandemic, to document this wild year in our lives. Forty authors from ten countries have contributed essays, fiction, and poetry. All profits go to charity. Please check it out!

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Lise McClendon writes fiction from her home in Montana. She is the author of numerous novels, short stories, and articles. In 1997 she wrote and directed the short film, The Hoodoo Artist, featured at the Telluride Indiefest. She has served on the national boards of directors for Mystery Writers of America and International Association of Crime Writers/North America. She is on the faculty of the Jackson Hole Writers Conference and co-presents a novel workshop for writers.

"After thirty years writing fiction has become as necessary as breathing. Finding the essential story in the novel, chipping away the rock until the solid core is revealed, is an adventure and a joy."

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Charles van Buren

Fine short story

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 4, 2021

Very well written dark short story of a marriage and lives gone wrong. To Claire there seems to be but one answer.

Good descriptive writing of the ranch and country side in a remote section of Montana. Very good character development for a short story. Well done.

This short story was included in an anthology, Deadly by the Dozen, edited by Mark Terry. The collection was well received by many reviewers.

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RUBIN Marta

Mighty strong for such a short story

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 28, 2017

She did it again: grabbed our attention with the first sentences, and didn't release till the end. Scenery painted with wide strokes and harsh colours, characters shown with very few details, still palpably alive. A real writer, if you ask me.

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