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My Ebook Short Stories
In the past 15 years, I travelled through, lived or worked in over 100 countries. I met many people, lived through memorable moments which I captured in these stories:
● Reader's Digest of "The Road"
● Introduction to "The Road to the Horizon"
● Nights on Deserted Islands
● The Children of Ambriz
● The Real "Out of Africa"
● Goma, the Scent of Africa
● How Cigarettes Once Saved My Life
● Ambush
● Reader's Digest of "The Road"
● Introduction to "The Road to the Horizon"
● Nights on Deserted Islands
● The Children of Ambriz
● The Real "Out of Africa"
● Goma, the Scent of Africa
● How Cigarettes Once Saved My Life
● Ambush
● Wapi Yo?
● The Ugly Duckling
● Kadee
● Abby One and Abby Two
● The Man with the Air Conditioner
....On His Head, Shot at us
● Once, I went to Mpulungu
● On Earth As It Is In Heaven
● Once Upon a Fine Antarctic Morning
● Shit No Go, We No Go!
● A World Apart
● Italians, the Art of Flying and
....the Laws of Probability
● Scene of War
● The Pizza Place on the Corner
● The Adventures of Little Herman in Kosovo
● In Pace
● Lost Connection
● TV Censorship - The Pakistani Way
● The US Special Forces Have Arrived!
● Wild Cannabis and "Oh Baby!"
● How We Conquered the Mountain
● Ham Radio, Anyone?
● -"M"- Requiem For Baghdad
● The Day I Got Deported from the US
● The Day the Groom Got Deported
....from the US
● Pero. Tears for My Friend
● One Love!
● Doing Good to Others
● 250 Boats Facing the Same Direction
● We Are All Going No-Where
● "Yo Man!" - The Mother Watch Rap
● Letter to a Mum: Spoiling Innocence
● Have I Lost It Or Just Found It?
● How Bad Can Your Luck Get?
● Home - "Le Plat Pays"
● The Jihadis - A Close Encounter with
....the Terrorists
● From Sand to a City
● What's in a Gesture?
● The Dudettes
● Itanglish: Italian Food in English
● The New Woman in My Life
● My Life in Four Bags
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● This Man...
● Murphy's Law in Sudan
● How Deep Is the Deep Field?
● The Pit Latrine?
● Twenty-Four Hours in Aweil
● The Theory of Relativity
● The Forces of Nature
● The Perfect Balance
● The Driver's License
● The Ugly Duckling
● Kadee
● Abby One and Abby Two
● The Man with the Air Conditioner
....On His Head, Shot at us
● Once, I went to Mpulungu
● On Earth As It Is In Heaven
● Once Upon a Fine Antarctic Morning
● Shit No Go, We No Go!
● A World Apart
● Italians, the Art of Flying and
....the Laws of Probability
● Scene of War
● The Pizza Place on the Corner
● The Adventures of Little Herman in Kosovo
● In Pace
● Lost Connection
● TV Censorship - The Pakistani Way
● The US Special Forces Have Arrived!
● Wild Cannabis and "Oh Baby!"
● How We Conquered the Mountain
● Ham Radio, Anyone?
● -"M"- Requiem For Baghdad
● The Day I Got Deported from the US
● The Day the Groom Got Deported
....from the US
● Pero. Tears for My Friend
● One Love!
● Doing Good to Others
● 250 Boats Facing the Same Direction
● We Are All Going No-Where
● "Yo Man!" - The Mother Watch Rap
● Letter to a Mum: Spoiling Innocence
● Have I Lost It Or Just Found It?
● How Bad Can Your Luck Get?
● Home - "Le Plat Pays"
● The Jihadis - A Close Encounter with
....the Terrorists
● From Sand to a City
● What's in a Gesture?
● The Dudettes
● Itanglish: Italian Food in English
● The New Woman in My Life
● My Life in Four Bags
Written by friends:
● This Man...
● Murphy's Law in Sudan
● How Deep Is the Deep Field?
● The Pit Latrine?
● Twenty-Four Hours in Aweil
● The Theory of Relativity
● The Forces of Nature
● The Perfect Balance
● The Driver's License
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2 comments:
Ha, ha. You got me real bad and it's not even April 1st.
haha.. but it was published on April 1 !! ;-)
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