{"id":844,"date":"2017-01-05T04:13:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T09:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?page_id=844"},"modified":"2017-01-05T04:13:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T09:13:23","slug":"stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?page_id=844","title":{"rendered":"Free Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is short collection of my SF stories. Oh, yes, I have many more, secreted in special places, and one day, they&#8217;ll emerge for you to read them. But here are the few pieces I published here.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?attachment_id=814\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-814\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2473065050_693f71feee_z-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Women in Leather\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-814\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?p=812\">The Inattentions of Mr. Weatherby<\/a>&#8211;An irascible stranger comes to a small town on a colony planet, and Ari finds herself to drawn to him. But Weatherby barely gives her the time of day and Ari is determined to find out why.<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?attachment_id=671\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-671\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/8456993305_e931025215_z-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"dragon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-671\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?p=669\">The Dragon&#8217;s Drama<\/a>&#8211;The dragon is having a bad day much to the consternation of one of his friends.<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?attachment_id=503\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-503\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Incubus-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Incubus\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-503\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?p=502\">The Incubus&#8217; Tale<\/a>&#8211;A note on the table says, &#8220;I will be there soon. Wait.&#8221; So he does, but is unprepared for the journey of self-discovery to follow.<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?attachment_id=323\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-323\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pumkin-Eaters-Wife-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin Eaters Wife\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pumkin-Eaters-Wife-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pumkin-Eaters-Wife-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?p=321\">The Bearing House<\/a> A murder, a mystery and a brief glimpse at a one post apocalyptic vision of America.<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?attachment_id=213\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-213\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Tripping-the-black-150x150.png\" alt=\"Tripping the black\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Tripping-the-black-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Tripping-the-black-90x90.png 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?p=212\">Tripping The Black<\/a>&#8211;Helping passengers prepare for the rigors of their trip to the moon is just one part of interplanetary flight attendant Ariel Robyns&#8217; job. <\/p>\n<p><\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?attachment_id=303\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-303\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hungry_Chris_Kitty-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Hungry_Chris_Kitty\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hungry_Chris_Kitty-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hungry_Chris_Kitty-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?p=186\">Merry&#8217;s Christmas Tale<\/a>&#8211;Merry had a reputation as a bad girl, and it just wasn&#8217;t true. On one Christmas Eve, Merry tried to get proof.<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?attachment_id=187\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-187\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Charlie-150x150.png\" alt=\"Creepy picture for Wendig&#039;s lastest challenge\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Charlie-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Charlie-90x90.png 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Creepy picture for Wendig&#8217;s lastest challenge<\/figcaption><\/figure><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?p=186\">The Good Girl<\/a>&#8211;Merry is back, with more murderous intentions.<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?attachment_id=250\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-250\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Zombie-150x150.png\" alt=\"Zombie\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Zombie-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Zombie-90x90.png 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?p=249\">We Regret to Inform You<\/a>&#8211;A proposed beneficiary receives an email that suggests dire consequences if the recipient does not answer, and worse consequences if he does.<\/p>\n<p><\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is short collection of my SF stories. Oh, yes, I have many more, secreted in special places, and one day, they&#8217;ll emerge for you to read them. But here are the few pieces I published here. The Inattentions of Mr. Weatherby&#8211;An irascible stranger comes to a small town on a colony planet, and Ari [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-844","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}