{"product_id":"shorts-fact-fiction-paperback","title":"SHORTS (Fact \u0026 Fiction) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDoug Wicken\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSHORTS (Fact \u0026amp; Fiction)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e blends both fictional and non-fictional accounts, inspired by real events and my own imagination; a collaboration between the left and right channels of my cerebral cortex. The fine line separating the factual from the fictional is akin to scanning the landscape from the tip of my nose to infinity through a pair of progressive eyeglass lenses.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In my short stories, as in my recent novel, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCircles of Confusion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, it is my goal to allow you ... the reader ... some ambiguity as to the outcomes, so we can collaborate as a team; a dialogue of sorts ... an intimate conversation that challenges you to question before arriving at a decision. Is that not the way life works?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Some of these stories are humorous, others are dark. Some start as humorous but become dark, and vice versa. 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