Look What I Found Inside My Head
Short Stories By Robert(Bob) Albert
by
Robert Albert
Copyright © 2014 Robert A. Albert All Rights Reserved
Dedication
Dedicated to Elaine,
Patiently waiting alone,
While I create with words.
Crafted from my imagination,
Crafted from my dreams,
Crafted from my experiences!
As I dance upon this earth,
Together with all of you!
Preface – Robert Albert copywritetoday@gmail.com
On July 7th, 2014, my wife experienced a long-overdue total knee replacement. We found that overworked medical professionals were much too busy to respond expeditiously to her needs as she fought off the pain and the effects of drugs prescribed to reduce that pain. During this time, my job was to take care of her in any way I could. I am retired, so I mostly sat nearby, dozing off occasionally. I stayed with her, almost 24 by 7, in the hospital, rehab center, and eventually at home. I needed something to do when I was awake and she was asleep.
Throughout my entire life, I have written short stories. Some chronicled my adventures. Some were fiction based on my imagination’s wandering ways. I had never published any of them. I thought of this while watching her sleep and listening to her gentle breathing. I began writing again. I added many older unpublished stories to my new stories during those two months. The collection, old and new, I’ve published in this book. They are like old and new friends I can share with all of you.
A couple of the stories resulted from my solitaire playing of the game “Once Upon A Time,” the storytelling card game by Atlas Games. Some are romances. Some are science fiction. Some are poems.
Many of the stories, even though they stand on their own, could be the start of novels. The “Contest,” for example, is just the beginning.