Confronting the Boundaries - Powers, L. Wade

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Résumé :
Everyday life is full of challenges. Meet Starlight Bernie, an old man alone on a train; Fig Newton, a boy with a peculiar hobby; the Pizza Kid and his dog Rainbow, struggling to forget; the woman in the shroud; a professor who investigates a futuristic love store; a man who wants to end the world as we know it; and many more. Included in these twenty stories, four poems, and three photo-essays are problems with family relationships, trials in dating and mating rituals, the perils of growing up, observations on social communication and miscommunication, and overcoming inevitable tragedies. And beyond the real, the ordinary and expected? There are places and times where the boundaries shift and limits are less well defined. For more information visit www.lwadepowers.com.

Biographie:
Lawrence W. Powers, writing fiction as L. Wade Powers, has been on the planet for quite some time and has been observed aging accordingly. Despite this mortal handicap, he has enjoyed a rich and rewarding life. After receiving a master's degree in biology from the University of Oregon and a PhD in zoology from the University of Texas, he spent much of his life engaging in marine biology, specializing in behavioral ecology and teaching laboratory medicine. He retired in 2013 from the Oregon Institute of Technology where he was an academic dean and professor of natural sciences for twenty years. Pursuing a passion for local Western history and culture, Larry served for five years as a contributing editor for the Journal of the Shaw Historical Library based in southern Oregon. He is a member of and contributor to the Northwest Independent Writers Association (NIWA).Distortions of reality comprise much of his fiction-previous novels and short story collections are listed before the title page. His favorite topics include adolescent musings and doings, lucid dreams, time travel and androids, future dystopias, a dash of gothic horror, adult contemporary fiction, and reflections on why we do what we do or don't.Larry lives in southeastern Oregon with his bright and beautiful wife and enjoys the natural splendor of the high desert plains and nearby Cascades. You can learn more about him and his literary efforts at lwadepowers.com....

Sommaire:
L. WADE POWERS has published five previous novels-The Home (2019), The Party House (2019), New Albion Sunset (2020), The Sagebrush Hotel Tontine (2021), SurrogaCity (2022), and four collections of short fiction, Falling in Love and Other Misadventures (2019), Confronting the Boundaries (2020), The Gristmill Mistress (2023), and The Time Bubble and Other Distortions of Reality (2024). A retired professor of natural sciences, Larry lives in Eastern Oregon. He is a member of the Northwest Independent Writers Association (NIWA).For further information about the author and his works, please visit his website atwww.lwadepowers.com...