If My Thought-Dreams Could Be Seen » Short fiction http://www.timdodgestories.com The thoughts and stories of Tim Dodge Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:45:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2009 tim@timdodgestories.com (Tim Dodge) tim@timdodgestories.com (Tim Dodge) Podcast novels 1440 http://www.timdodgestories.com/purgatorynovel/Pgty_cover_sm.jpg If My Thought-Dreams Could Be Seen http://www.timdodgestories.com 144 144 PURGATORY - A supernatural comedy novel PURGATORY is a novel about Charles Cunningham, a wealthy real estate developer, who dies unexpectedly and finds himself in Purgatory, the place between heaven and hell. Though depressed about his early death, he befriends two other souls doing time there – the writer Edgar Allan Poe and a fun-loving beach bum named Billy. Upon receiving a letter from God telling him he must learn some unnamed lessons before he can go to heaven, he convinces Poe to join him in the portal back to earth. They hope to make up for their past mistakes, but they arrive on earth in the year 2049, 42 years after Charles’ death. Traveling from mid-21st century New York City to Las Vegas, Charles seeks out the daughter he neglected in life, though she is now in her eighties. However, an unfriendly soul from Purgatory follows them to earth. This soul, an employee with whom Charles had an affair and summarily fired, is determined to keep him from winning passage to heaven. She teams up with Charles’ grandson, a debt-ridden gambling addict who has a talent for messing things up. Together, they hatch a scheme to foil Charles’ plan to get to heaven and net the grandson badly-needed money. Charles learns of their plans and enlists his friends to help stop them. Will they succeed? The only way to find out is to subscribe. humor, supernatural, afterlife, heaven, spirits, Poe, New, York, Las, Vegas Tim Dodge Tim Dodge tim@timdodgestories.com no yes Heartwarming Stories Episode #3: Another Satisfied Customer http://www.timdodgestories.com/purgatory/heartwarming-stories-episode-3-another-satisfied-customer http://www.timdodgestories.com/purgatory/heartwarming-stories-episode-3-another-satisfied-customer#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 11:16:24 +0000 Tim Dodge http://www.timdodgestories.com/?p=262 Continue reading →]]> Another Satisfied CustomerBusiness can sometimes be ruthless. The trick is to figure out who is being ruthless to whom.

This story first appeared in the November 2006 issue of Down in the Dirt Magazine.

Artwork by Michael Wilson

Promos

Personal Effects: Sword of Blood
Nina Kimberly the Merciless

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Music during the vision sequences:
Reading the Leaves (By Moonlight) by Falling You
Courtesy of Magnatune.com

Promo: Great Hites

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