Barry Clay

A Little Bit of Everything Barry Clay

Variety is the spice of life we are told. And not everyone has time to read a book in one sitting. Well, there's a fair amount of variety in this collection of novelettes, and none are as long as a book.
-In "The Case of the MelRoy Theatre Ghost", Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson tackle a haunting by a ghost who may not be dead. -A young man discovers that "The Name of the Frame" is his own when he discovers a dead body in his three story apartment. -In an all too possible future world, CTN (Clone Tank Nurse) Susan Bachman learns that her job was more than she expected, and she is no longer certain "With Whom I Had Been Speaking." -Fred Dorflinger shares close quarters with the austere Rev. Mr. Charles J. Hostetter and learns that history repeats itself when "The Dip Takes a Plunge". -A young Fred Dorflinger makes a bad decision and finds himself on the wrong side of the law with very funny results in "My Life of Crime". -Finally, the Baron Rokosky has always known "The Blood Is the Life", but when his castle is invaded by mysterious intruders, he appreciates it all the more.
Mystery, science fiction, humor, and horror are genres that appeal to readers, but many readers settle with one genre that has interested them and ignore the others. This collection provides a smattering of these four genres. If you've only tried one - or none - before, you're in for a treat. These aren't just novelettes. "The Name of the Frame" won the Samuel Friedberg award for Mystery. "The Dip Takes a Plunge" won the John T. Ruhl Memorial award for humor. All these novelettes have been released individually as Kindle editions on Amazon. "The Blood Is the Life" has also been included in the supernatural anthology, "Brushes with the Supernatural."