Jake Duzan

Five Amazing Short Stories Jake Duzan

Five short stories to inspire and delight you. "God's Pawns": After turning down a job and losing his brother, Taylor Kiteman feels like he is playing a never-ending chess game with God-that's how he describes it to his counselor-friend Henry Lest. Then, a chance encounter with a stranger and an experience at a grocery store makes him change his perspective. "BLITZKRIEG": A project manager for a phone manufacturing company is approached before a meeting by foreign bureau members who want to use their phones to spy on their citizens. They approach the company's CEO and they quickly come up with a plan, but little do they know...the CEO has a trick up his sleeve..."INVICTA": Johnson Preckard has a very annoying neighbor named Big B. When his tree falls into Big B's yard, he learns about responsibility when he has to do the impossible. When his neighbor is faced with the same challenge, he falls short. But Johnson discovers something unique about his neighbor's tree...and learns that the bigger they are, the harder they fall. "ZACK & ABBY GARDENING" Zack & Abby are graduating seniors who have known each other nearly their entire lives in the small town of Benton. When Zack discovers that Abby hasn't acknowledged him in her senior will, he reacts in a way that makes Abby uncomfortable and they take a trip one evening to a nostalgic place before they leave Benton and its idyllic small town ideals. "TURNS FOR DANIEL": To say that Daniel and David are identical twins is a severe understatement. There is a death, followed by a mix-up, that finds one of the brothers questioning his own identity and the compassion of his relatives. Each story is approximately 16-22 pages long.