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Off Beat: Nine Spins on Song


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Nine fantasy and science fiction stories inspired by songs. Basil and Jade, my story, is the first in the collection.

A boy follows his girlfriend’s suicide note to its disturbing conclusion.
A man must pass on an ancient curse of immortality before his time finally runs out.
Two lost beings fight for life, for each other, and to find a way home.
A serial killer from the future, banished to present day, must control her homicidal urges in order to survive.
A thief and a sex worker find their paths unexpectedly entwined in ways that threaten both of their lives.
For a caged girl, one hand gives, but the other takes away all she’s ever known.
To gain their freedom, quarreling townsfolk must find a way to cross a bottomless ravine.
A man interrupts a monster at work and is determined to entertain the creature long enough to stay alive.
When his father’s ghost appears, a businessman is forced to reflect on his life.