Short Stories by Norm
Stories That Will Make You Laugh, Cry, Warm Your Heart, Stir Your Mind, Maybe Change Your Life
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Tag along as this collection of short stories introduces you to a group of San Francisco hippies in The Tree on Jessup Street. Meet Old Man Joe, who plans to rob a bank so he can retire to a nice jail. Marvel at Dean in India who sells drugs to finance a mammoth rock concert, spread peace and make a million bucks. Continue on to Agra to the "Taj Mahal" and learn why emperor Shah Jahan built this monument in memory of his beloved wife Muntaz Mahal. Return to the states and listen to The Wannabe Hooker and her cohorts as they set up a friend. Watch as an unlikely drug duo make love, money and murder in the suspenseful crime drama, Trilogy. Feel your heart beat for the fate of a cute little mutt named "Penelope" and her litter of pups. Follow the emotional roller coaster rides of the Unfaithful Husband, The American Dream, The Rapist, The girl in the Tree and 48 more compelling tales that will sweep you into the many worlds of Thorns of Cactus and leave you wanting more from this new and exciting author.
"If this author were in my court room, I'd put him in jail." Judge Peter Berger Contra Costa County CAAbout the Author
All his life Norman Spivock has been an entrepreneur, a traveler and a storyteller. It wasn?t until his eighty-second year that he had this collection of short stories published. Norm served in the Second World War in Europe, which began his international travels. He was instrumental in creating the city of Rohnert Park, from a California seed farm. Rohnert Park is currently home to over 30,000 residents. In midlife he joined the Haight Ashbury ?flower child? scene in San Francisco. He has been married two and a half times (the half wasn?t licensed). At age 62, having never ridden a horse, Norm joined his polo-playing wife and played polo for fifteen years. After his third bone breaking accident, he abandoned the game. These days, he works out at a gym, skis, and continues his romance with short story writing. Periodically, Norm hunts and pecks away at his ongoing great American novel. He and his wife Laurie live in northern California?s wine country, in a home overlooking Sonoma Valley.