R.M. Ahmose Presents Troubling Tales to Relax With
Edition: First
Publisher: RoseDog Books-Dorrance Publishers
Published: May 2008
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, PA
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781434990228
Subjects: Tales of Suspense
Genres: fiction; suspense; mystery; drama; novelette; short story; fantastic journeys; science fiction
First sentence: From Home Improvement: "The Commander of the Rosetta ordered the songs to be played repeatedly."  From That Good Image: "Mr. Redd's three daughters and his wife watched him from the kitchen window as he sawed fallen tree limbs in the back yard."  From Last Meeting at Frannies'  "In their white nurse's uniforms, the two women standing in the open doorway were barely distinguishable from the backdrop of bright sunlight behind them."
Description: The book contains three tales of suspense which show the author's creativity and expansive imagination.  Story One is  "Home Improvement."  Herein, pertinent events occur in places as varied as Sydney, Australia; Tele Aviv, Israel; and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. From each locale, certain individuals find themselves united against their will in a frightening experience. In time they find that each member in the group of five has special attributes beyond ordinary human beings.  Story Two, "That Good Image"  describes how the will and resolve of two distinctly different individuals are pitted in a contest of endurance. But it is no fight to the death or anything of the sort. In fact the two are engaged in an activity that has promise to benefit them both significantly. That's if they can get pass their differences in value systems. As Mr. Redd tells his wife at one point in the story: "Whites is whites and coloreds is coloreds, Ruthie, and that's just the way it is."  Finally, Story Three tells the tale of a middle aged woman who has experienced a long series of unfortunate trials in her life. Now, she feels compelled to blow the whistle on some rather unsavory practices of a quartet of her friends. She sets up another occasion to be interviewed by a police officer. But Detective Stephanie Mousse is very leery of accounts rendered by the informant. Most likely, the reader will never guess until the end where this story is headed.
Notes: R.M. Ahmose writes from experiences that vary greatly in type and level of impact during his developmental years and beyond. Raised in no less than three different households, he knew upwards to twelve different addresses of residence by the age of eleven. From first grade to ninth in school, he was an unwilling student who nevertheless learned simply by being there. However, by the age of 16 he quit school and became acquainted with individuals who had little investment in society or societal order. At 19, after a few months of night classes Ahmose passed the GED exam in Baltimore, Maryland and from there attended various colleges and universities, racking up well over 200 university credit hours of instruction. Over the years, he learned to look beyond surfaces of situations and issues and into that which lies beneath. His tales abundantly reflect that ability.
Table of contents: title: "Home Improvement"  "That Good Image" and  "The Last Meeting at Frannies'"
label: Three Tales