Dan Gallagher

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Produktbeschreibung

Who can resist a tale of family crisis and desperate adventures to save a lost daughter? Who can resist a trek in the pristine Australian jungle? Who can withstand long-lost species of monsters, now re-emerging? Come with me on one of my longest short stories, yet most popular emotional rollercoasters. Gasp at amazing nonfiction accompaniments as much as the fiction… or is it fiction? Food for thought are the relationships and dreams we love, yet which drive so much conflict. Along the way, try to avoid being food for… well, experience it for yourself!

Bonus: Salamanders are so cute, so harmless. Right? Ask Mitch about that. Read this one carefully. Monster in the Sand (MITS) is written in the "defective narrator" style, made famous by Poe. Though MITS fits into the speculative fiction genre, you'll appreciate its literary subtlties. MITS has proven to be food for thought and lively discussion since 2017; great fun for reading discussion groups. Who or what is the monster, why does the sand burn like frostbite, and who is truly dead? Enjoy the brief nonfiction accompaniment and compare/contrast this tale to "The Tell-tale Heart". Enjoy, but don't blame me for your nightmares.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dan Gallagher
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798215684856
• Artikelnr.: 67037549

Autorenporträt

A Writing Style Shaped by Life-experiences:

As the youngest of eight in a Catholic working class family; as a soldier, scholar, family man, advisor and adventurer, Dan developed a vivid, hard-hitting style:

He has trekked volcanoes, deserts, swamps; trudged Appalachian, Arizonan and Venezuelan heights & gorges. He has explored exotic locations like Macau, Hong Kong, the Everglades, Bayous, Mexico's Baja? even New Jersey! Attacked by a charging bear, Dan killed it at fourteen feet, evaded a northern Canada wolf-pack and an enraged moose. He's parachuted, been in a knife fight and numerous other life-threatening tangles. Though he's not seen combat, Dan held command of Mechanized Infantrymen in live-fire assaults, ambushes and defenses in Germany & the U.S.. He has lived in Rhode Island, Alexandria & Williamsburg, VA and North Carolina.

Other personal experiences inform Dan's writing style. He knows what faith, race and age discrimination feel like. He helped reform court-marshalled soldiers, consoled the homeless and took charge in deadly accidents: a C-130 aircraft crash and a 110 mph motorcycle collision. In counseling clients (Dan's pre-retirement financial & business brokerage work), Dan handled hundreds of millions in transactions. He's seen what strengthens and dissolves relationships. Dan has experienced spiritual and miraculous phenomena and investigated those of others. Dan usually pursued simultaneous endeavors (studied Economics, Modern Languages, Finance Math, English, and was a published professional instructor). He's been a lifelong student of Natural Sciences, Comparative Religion and Cryptozoology. Dan and wife Laura have been in love for over three decades and treasured raising their four "snit-generating" kids. Several professional and personal tragedies have been profoundly humbling. Yet, through it all, Dan kept sane to help others. He says, "I give psychological counseling to my cat, Watson, who claims to be a sabre-tooth tiger. Watson must think I'm gullible: he never tries to convince others of his delusions."

Dan is the author of financial & expository nonfiction and quite a bit of humor, but mostly speculative and adventure fiction; no fantasy. He endeavors to give readers vivid sensory and emotional experiences. His bio is at the AuthorDan website, AuthorDan.com or StoriesAmazing.com