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Here is a list of short stories. The ones with the (MS) mark are from the “Mama Said” project:
(MS)Stanley’s Mule - This is an account of what happens when a very crafty mule gets on the wrong side of a mop wielding lady by the name of Florene.Harris.
(MS)Washing Wayne’s Hair - The strength and stamina of the whole family is tested every time Wayne’s turn for a full dunk and hair washing comes around.
(MS)Picking Cars - Big imagination and dreams to match are the basis of a game for the local youth in 1940’s Wilton, Arkansas
(MS)Wes and the Hunting Club - Wes takes on a tricky assignment in the heat of a hunt with disastrous results.
(MS)Phantom of '47- The real events relative to a serial killer in 1940’s southwest Arkansas have an impact on everybody in the area. The Poole clan is no exception.
(MS)Wayne and the Syrup Eating Contest - “Though he be small, he be fierce.” He didn’t know Wayne but Shakespeare could have had him in mind when Red Sovine’s Johnny Fair Syrup Country Music Show came to Wilton.
(MS)The Ball - Kids love baseball, but what do you so when no ball is available? The boys came up with a solution.
(MS)Daddy and the Grackle Wars - Dad had a martin bird house which attracted more non-martin birds than martins. Finally after one too many grackles took a shine to his bird house something had to be done.
(MS)The Night Old Walkie Came Knocking - Horrors real and imagined have to be confronted by a bunch of kids who start something of their own that is finished by someone else.
The Sleigh - This one is pure fiction/fantasy. A mysterious box with foreign language shipping labels is found in the woods near a railroad by the Poole boys. They work to determine what it is and then have to overcome many obstacles as they further determine what to do with it.
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