Foiled-personal stories of great expectations gone awry by surprise, short-sightedness, and trickery

Forty-three writers share their personal stories of hopes and dreams and reasonable assumptions about the way life works, interrupted-perhaps changed forever-by punishing surprises, their own foolish arrogance, and the unsuspected guile of others, but also through love, devotion, and faith in self, through unforgettable kindness, through taking risks with dreadful consequences or laugh-about-it-later memories-all of it leaving them with stories to tell.

Through 44 short stories, you share in the personal experiences of writers-both new voices and seasoned storytellers. They skillfully share and reflect on life episodes, offering lessons learned, cautions for consideration, and encouragements for the journeys of others. Through these stories, we glean a glimpse into our own expectations, reasonable and otherwise, and the unexpected which guide our choices or deliver consequences beyond our control, leaving us to puzzle over the effects on our lives and our stories.

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Foiled-personal stories of great expectations gone awry by surprise, short-sightedness, and trickery

Forty-three writers share their personal stories of hopes and dreams and reasonable assumptions about the way life works, interrupted-perhaps changed forever-by punishing surprises, their own foolish arrogance, and the unsuspected guile of others, but also through love, devotion, and faith in self, through unforgettable kindness, through taking risks with dreadful consequences or laugh-about-it-later memories-all of it leaving them with stories to tell.

Through 44 short stories, you share in the personal experiences of writers-both new voices and seasoned storytellers. They skillfully share and reflect on life episodes, offering lessons learned, cautions for consideration, and encouragements for the journeys of others. Through these stories, we glean a glimpse into our own expectations, reasonable and otherwise, and the unexpected which guide our choices or deliver consequences beyond our control, leaving us to puzzle over the effects on our lives and our stories.

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Foiled-personal stories of great expectations gone awry by surprise, short-sightedness, and trickery

Foiled-personal stories of great expectations gone awry by surprise, short-sightedness, and trickery

Foiled-personal stories of great expectations gone awry by surprise, short-sightedness, and trickery

Foiled-personal stories of great expectations gone awry by surprise, short-sightedness, and trickery

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Forty-three writers share their personal stories of hopes and dreams and reasonable assumptions about the way life works, interrupted-perhaps changed forever-by punishing surprises, their own foolish arrogance, and the unsuspected guile of others, but also through love, devotion, and faith in self, through unforgettable kindness, through taking risks with dreadful consequences or laugh-about-it-later memories-all of it leaving them with stories to tell.

Through 44 short stories, you share in the personal experiences of writers-both new voices and seasoned storytellers. They skillfully share and reflect on life episodes, offering lessons learned, cautions for consideration, and encouragements for the journeys of others. Through these stories, we glean a glimpse into our own expectations, reasonable and otherwise, and the unexpected which guide our choices or deliver consequences beyond our control, leaving us to puzzle over the effects on our lives and our stories.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798990278431
Publisher: Daniel Boone Footsteps
Publication date: 03/10/2025
Series: Personal Story Publishing Project , #12
Pages: 198
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Editor/publisher of the Personal Story Publishing Project series since 2018, and host/narrator of the companion "6-minute Stories" podcast since 2019. Award-winning author of several history books of the Revolutionary War and pioneer eras; recipient of the national History Award Medal from the National Society, Daughters of the America Revolution. Invited member of the Road Scholars Speakers Bureau of the North Carolina Humanities Council for 14 years. Frequent contributor of over 150 history-based guess columns to the Winston-Salem Journal editorial pages during the last 25 years.
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