Glimpses: A Collection of Short Stories

Catch a glimpse of the human condition from six bizarre perspectives. Within the pages of this book, dead dogs experience many lives, sleep heals all wounds, a human monster torments those who love her, ghosts wander a home to witness time's passing, a woman's monthly cycle brings a curse of another kind, and tortured spirits of female prisoners show a reporter the meaning of the phrase scared straight.

Theresa Flerx experienced early life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. She traveled back and forth across the country, living in New Jersey, Virginia, Michigan, Massachusetts and California while married to a radio talk show host. After divorcing in 2001, she earned an associate’s degree in Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement with a 4.0 GPA, and was named in the National Dean’s List. Flerx is currently working toward a bachelor’s degree and beyond. While training at the Sacramento Police Academy, an injury ended her aspirations of becoming a police officer. Theresa currently lives in West Virginia where she worked for several years as a reporter for the West Virginia Daily News. Winner of the 2006 Best Photography News Award from the West Virginia Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. Flerx’s anomalous life experiences have created fertile ground to cultivate imaginative short stories, an unnerving life story - Disequilibrium and the Multi-Faceted Crystal Ball, and other fiction and nonfiction. Search the world wide web for her on-line articles and make a habit of following her blog: PERCEPTIVE PONDERINGS at www.tflerxanecdotalist.com