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69: Wham Bam Stories by Simpson


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You may have sensed a sexual nuance in both the title and subtitle of this short story collection. But nope, that's just the way your mind works. And how a reader's mind works is of the utmost interest to a writer.
The reason for the title is more mundane. I ran out of story ideas at 69 and just because I can I'm publishing the collection on June 5, 2026, my 69th birthday.
As for the Wham Bam subtitle, that has to do with the brevity of these stories and not with the misogynist ditty Wham Bam Thank You, Ma'am so popular among soldiers during World War II.
I wrote the first Wham Bam, The Pass Catcher, a few years ago during a trip to Captiva with the family. I'd promised myself a no-work holiday but when a steady all-day rain hit on day three I opened the Pages app on my iPad and started tap tap tapping on the virtual keyboard. A thousand words later I'd finished my first super short short story.
Read it aloud to the fam. They liked it. Especially its brevity.
Definitely have to keep it brief these days if you want to reach a broad readership. Attention spans have weakened. Lots of other stimuli to grab a potential reader's eyes and ears.
Although I will say I had no idea the can of literary worms I'd opened with that first 1000 word foray.
Apparently, after decades writing long form fiction, an enormous dam made of words and unexamined but festering plot lines was ready to burst.
I'm dead honest when I tell you I have absolutely no idea where the majority of these stories originated. Stories like After the Wedding, Sidewinder, and The Girl on the Harley Sportster 883 literally wrote themselves. I just sat there at my computer and tapped the keys. Some unseen, mysterious force did the rest.
And not a single story like another. All unique. Plots, themes, and characters as diverse as the schizophrenic country of their origin. In fact, that is the common thread tying these stories together: AMERICA.
Such a complex word: AMERICA.
Such a complex land.
Such a complex people.
Amazing we haven't torn one another asunder. Though, of course, there's still time.
Time, right. Ten minutes, max, to read the longest of these stories. Some you can read in five. They're best read aloud. Or sit back and let me read them to you. The audio version is to kill for.
69 Wham Bam Stories by Simpson.
Enjoy!


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798252230832
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 346
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Wham Bam Stories by Simpson
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8252230830
  • Publisher Date: 13 May 2026
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Weight: 517 gr


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