Short Story Collection Book in Twilight Zone Tradition, Tales of the Bizarre, New

This collection of short stories was actually written by me a little over ten years ago. Being a fan of the old Twilight Zone TV show (the original that is), I'd always enjoyed the type stories I saw there and for fun would write my own. I found a small micro publisher (which is now out of business, a casualty of the 2008 economic downturn) and had these stories published. I'd been writing for fun for over 15 years at that point. I was actually paid a few hundred dollars for the collection, plus some royalties. Upon cleaning up the house the other day I came upon a stack of about 8 of them that I had left over to sell on consignment. Originally they sold on Amazon for about $10. I sold a few hundred before the publisher went bust. Currently I just finished a full length novel that took about 5 years to write and now I am looking for an agent. Anyhow, when I saw these again, I thought I'd put them up and see if anyone bites. I think the stories are relatively unique and original and I tried hard to write them well and make them entertaining. Selling these wouldn't be about the money really, but more about bringing enjoyment to people who are fans of The Twilight Zone, Amazing Stories, Tales from the Darkside, Night Gallery and Tales from the Crypt, or people who just enjoy bizarre fiction, horror, fantasy and sci-fi. I'll outline the 6 stories below. Books are in NEW condition, paperback PODs (print on demand). Feel free to patronize the starving artist :-) As a side note, since this was a micro-publisher, there are some outstanding editorial errors like punctuation, minor formatting, and maybe a few spelling errors. None of this detracts from the enjoyment of the stories. I think the publisher had an extremely small staff.
  • Car Games - When road rage gets taken to the nth degree, things can go horribly wrong!
  • The Hiding Game - When a demented boy is asked by his dreadnought of a domineering mother to hide his comatose brother so that "no one can find him," the results are somewhat...unusual!
  • Tale of the Hermit - Two boys hide out in the house of a curmudgeon recluse of an old man, intent on proving that he is a nefarious murderer, only to find out the truth is quite the opposite
  • Dear Brother - A cantankerous and greedy man does away with his brother out of anger and jealousy after learning his brother has inherited the entirety of their mother's estate, only to find out that his murdered brother has a reach that extends even beyond the grave.
  • The Unseen - A nomadic and paranoid drunk spins wild stories to a barkeep of the invisible nature of the "true" extraterrestrials after staggering into a random tavern.
  • Mechanized - After a short circuiting scrambles its mechanical brain, a robotic security guard mistakes an office manager for an intruder and attempts to hunt him down and kill him!
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