In a Twisted Mind 3
A Collection of Short Stories
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Weather or Not: Finally, the government passes the Weather Forecasters Accountability Act. Meteorologists giving inaccurate forecasts will be punished on national TV. Accurate forecasts are soon normal except for one meteorologist. Diner: New diners start popping up all over the East Coast. The service is so quick an investigative reporter wants answers as to how they can do this. He surprisingly finds out how and why to his demise. The Blue Light: A National Security agent is accidentally given a top-secret document on the blue-light effect of flat-screen devices. After reading the report, he...
Weather or Not: Finally, the government passes the Weather Forecasters Accountability Act. Meteorologists giving inaccurate forecasts will be punished on national TV. Accurate forecasts are soon normal except for one meteorologist. Diner: New diners start popping up all over the East Coast. The service is so quick an investigative reporter wants answers as to how they can do this. He surprisingly finds out how and why to his demise. The Blue Light: A National Security agent is accidentally given a top-secret document on the blue-light effect of flat-screen devices. After reading the report, he is left in a serious dilemma. Drunken Ball: Bored with conventional ball games, a visionary and his brewery friends start new ball leagues with drunken players only. The games are hilarious and become popular with the spectators until his real agenda is exposed. Behind Closed Doors: A high-tech private detective records secret meetings between major manufacturers and documents unbelievable secrets. He has to sequester himself in a remote South American country to avoid getting assassinated. Hot Teeth: A mouth-borne disease is killing dentists, and soon they are almost extinct. Automobile mechanics start moonlighting repairing broken dentures, and the profit is so good criminals are stealing dentures right out of victims' mouths. Camp Tawacko: Parents send the children to a camp in the Pocono's for a two-week vacation. Everything is great until they drive to the camp to pick up the children and find it doesn't exist. Satan's Warning to You: Satan comes out of the furnace and boasts all his dirty deeds. Tuco Tango: A Mexican federalist is diagnosed with a tapeworm. He finds the tapeworm is intelligent and starts telling him what to do. Poly Wants a Cracker: A pet parrot has an extensive vocabulary and an agenda of his own. His owner is not playing with a full deck. Bus to Paradise: A senior-citizen bus trip to a resort in Southern California is too good to be true, especially those tasty pork potpies. The bus driver gets suspicious when some of the seniors aren't returning from the round trip. The Fat Veterinarian: When the economy tanks in a rural Southern state, food becomes scarce. A local veterinarian is forced to travel north to find work and food. After being hired at a vet hospital, he starts taking home some sample pets. The Arboretum: A scientist is experimenting with advanced theories in life energy. He proves that trees have feelings and intelligence just like humans. He also finds that trees are plotting to destroy the human race.
