Narcissist without a Mirror: Stories - Softcover

Mathews, Ramsey

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798327394612

Publisher: Independently published, 2024

Synopsis

On the last Friday of November 2026,
missiles strike targets on the east and west coasts.
This collection includes 11 short stories.

In “An Okefenokee Tall Tale,” Ezekiel is a moonshiner, with a thirty-eight slug in his skull,
who hallucinates ghosts and extinct animals. “Pecan Logs and Stuffed Baby Alligators”
follows Branch Fincher, a serial killer with degrees from Georgia Tech and Carnegie Mellon
as he drives his classic Nova north on Florida 95 with Lindy, a Miami stripper.

In “Beneath the Gray Brioni Suit,” Alexa, who enjoys wearing men’s Italian suits,
is the LA Mafia’s accountant. While the FBI listens, she tricks her best friend
Francisco Barconi into discussing murders for hire. “Snapping Turtles and Raspberry Snuff”
follows Hiram, a gay south Georgia teenager, bow hunter, fisherman, and environmentalist
devoted to his family, UFOs, and conspiracy theories.

Characters appear as minor characters in other stories.
Additional stories include:

• “Barbara and the T-rex”
• “Reliquary”
• “Francis Butterman”
• “The Owl?”
• “The Armature of Nature”
• “Ronald Reagan”
• “The Variegated Beak”

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798327394612
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 243