James Hanna

Twenty-two stories first published in journals that like writing that pushes the envelope. An airheaded farm boy is adopted by a beautiful bird--a bird that squawks "fact check" whenever the boy gets into an untenable situation ("Fact Check"). A struggling writer pens a maudlin book to mock a critic, but the joke turns septic when the book becomes a best seller ("The Land Fish"). A stalker, arrested multiple times for harassing celibrities, is one day pursued by an equally-dogged ghost ("The Tallyman").  

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A Tea Party activist discovers that he is growing another head. A playboy befriends a woman who is only six inches tall. A rape victim confronts her assailant in a maximum security prison.

James Hanna is a prolific writer whose stories have appeared in over thirty literary journals. Drawing from his experiences as an adventurer in Australia, a counselor in an Indiana prison, and a San Francisco probation officer, James offers a variety of themes in these nineteen aberrant tales. His stories range from a deadly experiment ("Fruits") to a manhunt in the dead of winter ("The Break"). From a flasher in search of the perfect pose ("Exposed") to a diseased schizophrenic mind ("Hunter Bear"). Darkness abounds in these cryptic tales. And reading becomes dangerous again.

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One hundred inmates hold twelve guards hostage in the laundry dorm of a Midwest prison. Emergency squads are posed at the fence, awaiting the order to attack, while sharpshooters are perched like crows on top of the administration building.

Hemmings, a dorm counselor, has been recruited to defuse the standoff. But the inmates are divided into rival gangs, the guards into feuding unions, and the prison administration has sparked the standoff by forcing cut-rate services upon the facility. As he enters the prison, Hemmings's heart starts to hammer. Who are the good guys? Who are the bad? And how will this nightmare end?  

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Gertie McDowell from backwoods Kentucky experiences bizarre misadventures in her quest for love and movie star fame. She stars on a foot fetish site, gets sold into white slavery, and serves a stint in prison because she "trusted the wrong sort of fella." But perhaps her most bizarre misadventure is seeking the ping-pong championship op San Francisco's Chinatown while hiding out in the Witness Protection Program.

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Pomeroy, a towering street musician on parole, is out of the clink for the upteenth time and wants to become another Bob Dylan. With fame and fortune in mind, he heads to Occupy Oakland, hoping to get on television, attract an agent, and score a million dollar contract for Ants in My Pants, his marathon ditty.

Pomeroy is a skirmish-loving, dumpster-diving, narcissistic crazy who thinks he can sing like Pavarotti and that all women want to jump his bones. His parole officer, a street-smart Hispanic woman, tells Pomeroy to quit looking at her alligator pumps and to get himself a real plan. But Pomeroy has schemes of his own and more wisdom than we'd like to admit. You may find his egocentric opinions politically incorrect. ("There ain't a dyke alive ol' Pomeroy can't turn straight.") You may find yourself laughing when you shouldn't. ("A good strong piss is better 'an sex. Lasts longer too."). But don't blame yourself if you start rooting for this anti-hero. You'll have lots of company. (Note: Adult language and situations).

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A peace officer passes to the afterlife and meets his guide spirit--Richard Nixon ("I Am Not a Crook"). A playboy bonds with the ghost of a women who died long ago ("Little Darling"). An over-zealous cop busts patrons in an adult movie theater ("Busting Willie Sherman").

In the spirit of Kafka and Hunter S. Thompson, James Hanna presents twenty-one tales of darkness, wry humor, and cryptic light. Most have been published in various parts of the internet or perhaps even in a different universe. Publisher's favorite is "The World Baseball League" where two nerdy boys have a calamatious experience while playing fantasy baseball.

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Gertie from backwoods Kentucky joins Christian Ladies of Wrestling. The mission of the troupe is to bring folks to Jesus by having wrestlers posing as god-fearing Christians wallop the daylights out of wrestlers posing as sinners.

After becoming "The Champion of the World," Gertie is recruited to entertain American troops fighting in Afghanistan. Fearing that she will be kidnapped and tossed into a harem, Gertie tries to mitigate her blonde bombshell image by dyeing her hair raven black. Will this be enough to stave off the Taliban?

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