Short Story Tall Tale

by Thomas Fante

Overview

These stories, or, if you prefer, fictions, are at the edge of what defines 'short stories' —they are short, but are they stories? Maybe 'fictions' better describes them, as they are amoebic in form and indefinite in content.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015911909
Publisher:	Mask Island Press
Publication date:	11/08/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	136
File size:	264 KB

About the Author

Born in San Francisco, Tom grew up in Palo Alto, California and attended the University of California at Berkeley, graduating with a degree in History. He also attained a masters degree in Library Science and history from San Jose State University.

In 1968, he served in Pleiku, Vietnam in the U.S. Army, and later in Germany attaining the rank of Specialist V.

In 1976, Tom joined staff of the California State Library, where he was promoted to be in charge of the library's California section, and its Sutro Branch in San Francisco. In the 1980's Tom worked as an Emergency Manager for the California State Office of Emergency Services and in the 1990's as a Staff Manager for the California State Board of Equalization.

Tom retired from work in 2005.

Tom has been writing for the past thirty years. He lives with his wife in San Francisco.