"Tempus Fugit!" Fast-Paced, Ripped from the Headlines, by Master Storyteller Kenneth Joyce, Short Stories

San Francisco, CA, June 19, 2015 (Newswire.com) - “Tempus Fugit!” Fast-Paced Entertainment, Ripped from the Headlines, by Master Storyteller Kenneth Joyce, Short Story Collection a Rollercoaster Across Human Nature and the Human Condition

A new collection of short stories by Kenneth Joyce is now available. Readers will enjoy these exciting tales ripped from the headlines. The human condition is laid bare in stories of greed, fear, duplicity, corruption, revenge and murder. Based on real life events Tempus Fugit boils over with love, lust, birth, death, desperation, and salvation.

"Each story in the 'Tempus Fugit!' collection is written with the reader in mind," says author Kenneth Joyce. "They're to-the-point, filled with vivid characters, dramatic action, and psychological tension. Readers will be emotionally moved and intellectually satisfied with any and all of these timeless tales."

Kenneth Joyce, Author "Tempus Fugit!"

In the tradition of Patricia Highsmith, John Cheever, and Georges Simenon, the panorama of human behavior is revealed in these fast moving stories. Here's a sample of what “Tempus Fugit!” has to offer:

VENGEANCE

Sex was Lorna's weapon to destroy anyone who stood in her way. . . Sex was her ace in the hole!

LUSH LIFE

Other men beat her up but nothing ever got this far. Now she had committed murder and was in a real fix.

MEDICINE MAN

He compartmentalized his life. Excursions to Las Vegas were a necessary safety valve for the doctor whose candle was burning at both ends.

MIND OVER MURDER

Anyone who had ever crossed Dr. Blackburn was fair game and might end up in the morgue.

FREDDY'S FORTUNE

A strip club is an urban Bermuda Triangle swallowing up every kind of bad behavior. Drug dealers, pimps, blackmailers, whores, loan sharks, bookies, and ex-cons like Freddy can find safe haven in a strip club’s seedy underworld.

ULTERIOR MOTIVES

In many ways Clay was quite the bright boy. However, when it came to women he was naïve and out of his depth. Especially with a shark like Rachel in the water!

RAG DOLL

When Lettie made a wrong turn going around the mountain she never guessed that she would be given a gift from the Hand of God.

IT'S ABOUT TIME

Eddie watched from a few feet away as Lee Harvey Oswald, surrounded by packing boxes, sat in his sniper’s nest finishing his lunch of fried chicken . . . Eddie now felt the crushing weight of this historical event.

“Each story in the 'Tempus Fugit!' collection is written with the reader in mind,” says author Kenneth Joyce. “They're to-the-point, filled with vivid characters, dramatic action, and psychological tension. Readers will be emotionally moved and intellectually satisfied with any and all of these timeless tales.”

“Tempus Fugit! A Collection of Short Stories,” published by Outskirts Press can be found and purchased from AMAZON and BARNES & NOBLE.  Price: $16.95. Amazon Kindle Edition: $4.99.

Tempus fugit – time flies. Don't be left behind!

About the Author

Kenneth Joyce is a writer, editor, and storyteller. He lives in California.

For more information or to contact the author, visit (www.outskirtspress.com/tempusfugit)