Audio Excerpt, Arch Patton, Down in the Valley Part III
Arch Patton finds himself being “nailed” as the saga of the Hawaiian Secession continues. He begins to wonder who his freinds really are……. Matisse and the Hawaiians or his ‘team” in the agency? Enjoy this audio excerpt: For all of these exciting Arch Patton episodes and full access to other Short Stories by James Strauss choose you method of Membership Choose Your Membership Level ...
Thumper, A Harvey Adventure, Short Story by James Strauss
Movement through the base of the forest isn’t difficult, not if you’re a thirteen-pound cat with fur the color of the darker flora. Harvey moved sinuously inside the brush next to the nearby flowing stream. By sticking close to the water, he could avoid the giant rabbit ………
Bad Taffy, A Harvey Adventure, Short Story by James Strauss
The pride of humans, to which Harvey had become attached, occasionally required him to sit so its other members could admire him. He sat on top of a not uncomfortable basket for one such session. Sitting up on a basket ………
Algiers, a Short Story by James Strauss
Algiers, Algeria. I asked him how a country could have a city named the same thing as the country, but he ignored me.
Good Christ, A Harvey Adventure, Short Story by James Strauss
Harvey crouched down near the side of the garage, his long feline body carefully inserted into the slot between the relatively warm wall of wood and the below zero frigidity of the ice bank only inches away. There was snow out across the yard……..
About Me
James Strauss was born into a Coast Guard family during WWII. He’s lived in four countries and twenty-seven states, in places from South Manitou Island in Michigan to Honolulu, Hawaii.
He’s held a variety of positions in many careers, from being a Marine Corps Officer wounded in Vietnam, a college professor in anthropology, a CIA team leader in the field and more recently as a screenwriter and novelist, along with publishing a Lake Geneva, Wisconsin newspaper.
James has published three novels; The Boy, The Bering Sea and The Warrior.