Posted by Wayne G. Barber
Could peanuts have turned the tide in the Civil War? What would Winston Churchill do first if he returned to the Earth from heaven? Could a sardine sandwich help solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance? And what was Daffy Duck doing at the Kentucky Derby anyway? These questions, and many others, are answered in this selection of off-beat, quirky and infinitely amusing short stories from the creative mind of author Burt Jagolinzer (‘Round Newport). Delivered in a style reminiscent of Paul Harvey with a healthy dash of Andy Rooney. Breakfast with Jackie O. pays homage to those humbler, simpler times and unforgettable moments that never really happened. Although who knows… maybe they did after all?
Set in the bustle of Gilded Age New York, the slow grim shipyards of post-Industrial England, and the deceitful calm of Narragansett Bay, Call Me Madame Alice is a sprawling tale spanning many decades in the lives of its characters. Garlick deftly weaves together places and people, ghosts and grief, in a thrilling story that brings together in vivid detail some of the most recognizable names and events of the early 20th century. At turns poignant and mysterious, terrifying and touching, Call Me Madame Alice is at once a crime thriller, a ghost story, a period piece, and a family drama, uncovering the roiling secrets that lie in the human heart and under the icy waves. SARAH – plagued since childhood with terrible visions of the future, she uncovers a sinister plot surrounding the sinking of the Titanic that threatens her life and her sanity. As the web of deceit unravels slowly over the years she must strive to overcome the forces set against her and rebuild her life and her sense of hope in the face of tragedy and evil. DELILAH – Her young life is shattered after a catastrophic storm rages through the idyllic peacefulness of Jamestown, Rhode Island in the late 1930s, tearing her family apart and forcing her into a fateful struggle with supernatural powers and the specter of her own grief. Can she piece herself together amidst the storm's wreckage and draw her mother back from the brink of madness? SIMON – His young wife taken from him by the Spanish Flu, he takes solace in the healing powers of the occult. When a woman from his past seeks his help, he is faced with his most harrowing challenge yet – soothing the restless dead and the family they've left behind.
Set in the bustle of Gilded Age New York, the slow grim shipyards of post-Industrial England, and the deceitful calm of Narragansett Bay, Call Me Madame Alice is a sprawling tale spanning many decades in the lives of its characters. Garlick deftly weaves together places and people, ghosts and grief, in a thrilling story that brings together in vivid detail some of the most recognizable names and events of the early 20th century. At turns poignant and mysterious, terrifying and touching, Call Me Madame Alice is at once a crime thriller, a ghost story, a period piece, and a family drama, uncovering the roiling secrets that lie in the human heart and under the icy waves. SARAH – plagued since childhood with terrible visions of the future, she uncovers a sinister plot surrounding the sinking of the Titanic that threatens her life and her sanity. As the web of deceit unravels slowly over the years she must strive to overcome the forces set against her and rebuild her life and her sense of hope in the face of tragedy and evil. DELILAH – Her young life is shattered after a catastrophic storm rages through the idyllic peacefulness of Jamestown, Rhode Island in the late 1930s, tearing her family apart and forcing her into a fateful struggle with supernatural powers and the specter of her own grief. Can she piece herself together amidst the storm's wreckage and draw her mother back from the brink of madness? SIMON – His young wife taken from him by the Spanish Flu, he takes solace in the healing powers of the occult. When a woman from his past seeks his help, he is faced with his most harrowing challenge yet – soothing the restless dead and the family they've left behind.
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