Shady Acres and Other Stories

by Mark Paxson

This collection of eleven short stories begins with Shady Acres, a series of connected short stories that tell of the lives and deaths of the residents, employees, and involved family at a convalescent home. This heartwarming and heartwrenching story begins as Mike Robertson celebrates his 100th birthday and decides to reclaim his youth and life his life once again in his second century. Mike's experience provides the thread that ties the stories together as other residents, employees, and family enter and then leave the picture.The collection also includes He Slept, an almost true reflection on the return of an Iraq war veteran; A Warm body, a little bit of an end-of-the world tale of lust and danger; and Getting Through the Night, a most desperate of stories of fatherly love.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1470073986
• ISBN13: 9781470073985
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"