A Stop In Harmony

I have been working on this project for awhile now

and I can finally break the big news!

You can now order my new book called;

"A Stop In Harmony"

It's on all the major platforms

including a couple of oversea websites too!

Amazon

Apple Books

Barnes & Noble

Smashwords

Rakuten kobo

Angus & Robertson

Mondadori 

Scribd 

tolino

vivlio

Coming soon to library apps such as

Overdrive

hoopla 

Borrowbox

Palace Marketplace 

bibliotheca

Right now paperback copies are only available at

Barnes & Noble

&

 Amazon

and if everything goes really well,

there might be audiobooks too!

Thank You

It's a

Fantasy/Adventure/Love Story

which I think you will enjoy seeing the development of the characters grow.
 

 This Book Is For

Young Adults

and

Adults

Jim Hauenstein

 

And

 

“There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer's time, nothing harder to keep track of. There are moments—moments of sustained creation—when his time is fairly valuable; and there are hours and hours when a writer's time isn't worth the paper he is not writing anything on.” - E.B. White -

 That is my story and I am sticking to it!

 

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But It's True

   You are not going to believe what happened to me! I'm having a hard time believing it, but it's true. It happened on February 13th.

   It all started, I thought, innocently enough. While sitting around a colleague's house with three other people discussing such things as the philosophical question of, which would be better, Heaven verses Hell, if your soulmate ended up in a different plain of existence than you?

   In the tradition of the Greek Philosophers of old, we sat at a huge dining room table, gorging ourselves on fine wine, Mediterranean sea bass, roasted lamb, and deep fried calamari.

   Also in their tradition, while we ate greedily, we discussed many subjects. Everything from democracy, education, psychology, metaphysics, and finally religious beliefs.

   This last subject was the most heated of all the debates that evening. I assume because of the different religious backgrounds of the five members at the table. Islamic, Hinduism, Jewish, Buddhists, and Catholicism.

   I will never forget what happened next after each side explained their religious belief. I was asked to weigh-in on how I felt about the subject.

   My answer? "My wife, my soulmate, is probably in Hell right now suffering for her sins. But I believe I am a good person and have lived a good life. So I will go to Heaven. But if I would die right now, I would rather go to Hell and be forever with my soulmate, then to be without her for an eternity in Heaven!"

   That is the very moment I started choking on a piece of calamari.

   I quickly blacked out and the next thing I knew, I was floating in the air, above my friends and my body, as they panicked like chickens around me as they tried resuscitating me.

   I turned away from the scene and saw a bright light before me which I followed to its beginning.

   There was my beautiful wife. Standing on the other side of the pearly gates holding a key. I assumed to unlock those gates to let me.

   "Honey," I exclaimed with joy. "Let me in so we can be together!" As I reached and grab the bars in front of her. Smiling a smile of joy I haven't had since she passed.

   "Ahem." my soulmate said, clearing her throat before continuing. "So you think I went to Hell, do you?"

   "What does it matter dear?" I was euphoric. "We can now be together, forever!"

   "You still can't keep your foot out of your mouth, can you?" She replied. "It's my decision to let you in now, later, or never you know."

   "What?" I asked confused. "But honey?"

   "Don't honey, honey me." she said. "I think you need to go back down into your body and think about what you have said!"

   Then poof!

   That is when I woke up today, Valentine's day. With a tube in my throat, oxygen blowing up my nose, and the the deepest guilt I have ever felt in my life.

   I missed my chance of being with my love again.

 

 This is,

I Know What You Are Thinking

My Mind Was Playing Tricks On Me Because Of The Lack Of Oxygen To My Brain

But I Knew It Was Her

Many Times Over The Years When We Were Together

She Had Many Opportunities To Say

"Don't Honey, Honey Me!"

Jim Hauenstein

And

“Something magical happens when two soulful people meet.”
- Avijeet Das -

 

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Use Of Deadly Force

Wow,
has it really been that long since my last post?

That's what happens when you are enjoying life.

Time flies!

Here is a little flash fiction I wrote for your reading pleasure called;

Use Of Deadly Force!

*****

   "Come on." Umbriel pleads. The self appointed leader of this band of young explorers and the only male out of the three.

   "I have zipped down there at least five times before and nothing has ever happened to me."

   Cordelia looks to Cressida wide eyed. As if asking the other girl, "What do you think?"

   Since Cressida has been Cordelia's best friend since their inception, she can pretty much figure out what Cordelia is trying say with her expressions even though her natural look is to always look wide eyed.

   "Well, you know what my parental always says." She replies with a growing smile. "You can only die once, twice, or thrice if you have the financial backing. But you can only live in the moment."

   "Your as crazy as he is!" shouts a distraught Cordelia. "I'm not even sure why I hang with you two?"

   "Great." Umbriel says, before Cordelia ties to change Cressida's mind. "We'll just go down there for about 50 clicks, buzz the terrain for awhile, and see if we can scare up some of the creatures roaming around the place. We'll be gone before anyone the wiser."

   "What about the security circling the place?" exclaims the still distraught, wide eyed Cordelia. "If they catch us we'll all be punished in ways I don't even want to think about."

   "Relax, it's a big world out there and security can't be in all places at once." Umbriel reassures her. He pauses for a click and then, with a smile says, "You can trust me."

   Cordelia just stands there wide eyed. Looking back and forth between Cressida and Umbriel.

   It's Cressida who breaks the silence by jumping in the air and proclaiming, "Woohoo! Let's go find out what the military is hiding from us!"

   They sit back down in their seats, strap in, and slowly head towards the quarantine area.

   After a transverse of about half an astronomical unit, flashing red lights automatically start a stroboscopic effect on their dashboard, warning them of impending danger. On their viewing screen pops up a sign that reads:

    Cordelia exhibits her surprise and fright by making a little chirping sound. Cressida beamingly laughs. And Umbriel authorizes the spacecraft to pick up speed. Then says, "Planet Earth. Here comes another, what you creatures like to call, a UFO!"

    This time Cordelia laughs apprehensively while wide eyed.

This is,

Young Beings Throughout The Universe Are All The Same

You Tell Them They Can't Do Something

And They'll Want To Find Out Why

Jim Hauenstein

And

“The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.” - Quentin Crisp -

 

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

 

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P.S. Merriam-Webster says Beamingly is a word.

I was hoping I made it up.

 

Have a great day!