Ric Waters

Way back when my kids were in high school (we homeschooled), one of the topics we worked on for creative writing was something I called "story starters". These were usually just a sentence or two, no more than a paragraph, of an interesting scenario that I created or observed. Their task was to write a story with this phrase somewhere in the plot. My daughter loved the idea, but my son didn't. Different perspective and personality, of course.

This short book of alt-history felt like my story starters: incomplete and leaving this reader wanting more. In almost every case, these "left turns" would be great as a basis for much longer stories or novellas.… (más)