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Storyteller
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ISBN13: 9798188502515
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 25 2026
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 25 2026
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A collection of short stories about life and love and overcoming struggles, and musings on life experiences by award-winning author Linda Rettstatt. (Some stories are available individually in digital format. Sample: Worthy Worthy sat on the squeaky, rusting metal glider and put another pinch of snuff in his cheek. It was gonna rain-his hip was tellin' him so. He watched the boys across the street in front of the package store, shootin' craps and sippin' out of brown paper bags. He instinctively licked his lips. A little taste would be good right now. It didn't seem so long ago that Worthy was one of those young men, back when a bottle was only fifty cents, and you didn't have to bother with the bag.
Every so often, a car cruised by, the muffler rattling loudly. The driver would stop, and one of the boys would walk to the window, where he and the driver would exchange pleasantries-and other things. This caused Worthy to think of his grandson, Isaiah. He'd lived right here and died-right over there-the innocent victim of a drug deal gone bad.
Worthy heard the rumble and looked up to see the clouds getting darker and thicker. It was fixin' to be a bad one, he figured. He breathed in the heavy air as deeply as his old lungs would allow.
Worthy had been born in this house and lived here his entire life, except for the time he'd spent in the Army. His daddy took off when Worthy was just ten years old. His mama had picked cotton and so had he and his brothers, as soon as they were old enough. He still had scars on his hands from pickin'. That's what Worthy Sample knew of life-that it left scars. *NO AI was used in the production of this book.)
Worthy heard the rumble and looked up to see the clouds getting darker and thicker. It was fixin' to be a bad one, he figured. He breathed in the heavy air as deeply as his old lungs would allow.
Worthy had been born in this house and lived here his entire life, except for the time he'd spent in the Army. His daddy took off when Worthy was just ten years old. His mama had picked cotton and so had he and his brothers, as soon as they were old enough. He still had scars on his hands from pickin'. That's what Worthy Sample knew of life-that it left scars. *NO AI was used in the production of this book.)
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