A Collection of Short Stories

In A Collection of Short Stories, William Stanley shares intriguing tales presented in four broad categories-wilderness and nature, fiction, science fiction and horror, and family-which leads readers into the lives and challenges of diverse characters. These include college students driving to Nevada to explore abandoned mines and ghost towns, a couple marooned on a deserted island, a serial hunter, a fur trapper, and a plantation owner in New Orleans. Readers are also treated to essays vividly describing nature, stories based on the author’s memories growing up in rural Ontario, and light-hearted tales suitable for all ages. A Collection of Short Stories offers over a hundred entertaining narratives that vividly spark readers’ imaginations, often making them feel part of the scene. It is a once in a lifetime literary experience which will not be soon forgotten.