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Short Stories by Michael Shepherd
Life Dramas
Blitz Kid
              A day in the life of a young boy living in London at the height of the Blitz.   Semi-autobiographical.

                        A group of London housewives stand in the street clutching various weapons as they watch a German aviator slowly parachute to earth. This is their opportunity for some payback for the countless hours spent huddled in damp air raid shelters as their intended victim and his comrades set London ablaze.

                  A young British soldier performs a heroic act during World War I and is rewarded by being sentenced to death for cowardice. Taken from various cases found in military documents.

                    A Laurentian University professor falls asleep in her study one evening and is only woken up when she hears her mother calling. She wakes up as a teen in the future. Global warming has caused the ice caps to melt, leaving most of the Earth covered in water save for the high ground. Now, the survivors and their descendants live in settlements covered by huge transparent covers.

                    A high- powered business executive is forced to change his frantic lifestyle following a stroke. After six months gruelling therapy his body is nearly back to normal but he is depressed. As the result of a chance meeting with his psychiatrist’s pet his life is completely changed. He sells his business, adopts a rural life style and falls in love.

                  After graduating in law at a California university a young man is driving back to his home in Chicago, to take up a position with his father’s law firm. Fate steps in when he rescues three immigrant fruit pickers who are being victimised by a posse of management “security” men. He stays and becomes a champion of the workers.
The Neighbours
The Soldier
The Domicile
The Healers
The Statue