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H. Lloyd Weston worked assiduously to create a compilation of short stories, some from real-life experiences, the others from the divine gift of the imagination. Each story is crafted with the author's emphasis on originality and fluidity of thought and expression, keeping in mind the reader who will embark upon the same journey by finding enjoyment in reading these engaging stories. The author wants the reader to experience the same palpable joy and reward he received in the task of creating them. His obsession with executing a quality batch of stories came from his love of literature and the coterie of exceptional short story writers whose works he read along the way. Among these are writers such as Anton Chekhov, Katherine Mansfield, D. H. Lawrence, James Baldwin, Eudora Welty, Katherine Ann Porter, Ernest Hemingway, and Leo Tolstoy. The reader is swept away by the gripping power of these stories-tales that are original, imaginative, and adventurous. It is hoped that the average reader will find things pertinent to their own life experiences within these poignant and suspenseful tales; stories that afford them the chance to escape the humdrum of daily life and the headlines of today's depressing 24-hour news cycle. It is hoped that these stories will take each reader to a place of wonder and escape to the three different geographic locations within these stories.

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H. Lloyd Weston was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He is a multi-talented Expressionist Artist, an author of short stories and a poet. He was educated at St. Gorges Extension College and Grantham College, Kingston, Jamaica. He is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA, where he graduated with a B. A. Degree in Creative Writing and Fine Arts. After graduation, Weston embarked upon independent art studies in London, Paris, Rome and the Art Students League, New York. His artworks have been exhibited in many important venues worldwide, including The United Nations, New York and the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington, D. C. In 1989 he presented a commissioned painting to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother in a ceremony at Grosvenor House, London, U.K. His artworks have been featured in many international magazines and newspapers and reside in important international collections. While a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University, H. Lloyd Weston's writing talent was discovered by Harvard educated professor, Dr. Charles Angoff, Professor Emeritus of the English Department and Creative Writing. Dr. Angoff who previously worked with H. L. Menken at the Mercury Magazine, became Weston's mentor and offered him a scholarship to the Poetry Society of America's Poetry Workshop at Gramercy Park New York City. During his undergraduate years, Weston was selected President of the Becton Society, The English Club. He was also made the editor in chief of Prelude, the student literary magazine where his first short stories were published. He is the author of a Gold Seal book of poetry, The Many Silences of Love which was reviewed by the U. S. Review of Books and the Gleaner of Jamaica. H. Lloyd Weston is a member of the Academy of American Poets.

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