Ted Gross and 22 Stories

August 28, 2017

Well . . . I've collected 22 of my short stories into an ebook volume on Amazon.

I went with the pen name Rex Bolt.

22 Mystery Stories

Stories include:

"ADVERSE POSSESSION"
A couch-delivery triggers Ed’s hostility toward Kaitlyn.

"FAULT LINE"
Nick and Edna’s doorbell rings at 4 in the morning.

"CONTRIBUTION"
Henry and Alyona are tested at a party.

"EXECUTIVE"
A late-night infomercial backfires on McBride.

"EFFORT"
Ralph processes an internet dating situation gone wrong.

"DESIGN"
Roxanne can’t sell her original paintings so she considers a more sketchy Plan B.

"FLIPPING HOUSES"
Ron can’t get past it when he learns his girlfriend Connie spits when she jogs.

"ROUND ROBIN"
Mac is approaching three months on the job when he clocks a guy and gets fired.

"UP AND BACK"
Ken’s dad Arthur is troubled by one of his college assignments.

"RIGHT OF WAY"
Reid’s problem neighbor is an unfortunate guy named Frank.

"ARBITRATION"
Sam and Wendy go to San Francisco on vacation, but he’s not sure he likes her.

"OBSERVER"
Finnegan joins a figure painting group to enjoy the female models.

"THE COUPLE"
Aaron tells a woman he’s just met that she should break up with her fiancee.

"CIRCUMSTANCE"
Steve has second thoughts about the reunion so he puts away a couple of shots first.

"ALUMNI"
Wayne is concerned after he stops by his brother-in-law’s to feed the dog.

"SNOWSTORM"
Mike and Fred cross dubious paths in a casino hotel during a white-out.

"VISIT"
Jeb shows up at a high school event in his old hometown but wishes he hadn’t.

"PENTHOUSE"
During her nightly work-out, Molly thinks she sees a figure fall off a building.

"LATERAL MOVEMENT"
Bobby decides he wants to maybe kill a guy in LA, and then see a UFO.

"SUB-DIVISION"
Judd encounters a situation while trying to re-invent himself in Anthem, Arizona.

"SUBSTITUTION"
Riley leaves Nebraska for a better life in California but breaks down in Wendover, Nevada.

"RESIDENT"
A cop asks Finch if he’s familiar with the people in Room 32-B.

22 Mystery Stories