By Susan J. Kroupa
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First tagged by Susan J. Hidley
Customer tags: marriage(2), ghosts(2), relationships(2), love(2), oregon coast(2), chocolate(2), sneaker waves(2)
Review & Description
Sex and chocolate. That’s what Eva and her friend miss the most since “passing to the other side," a phrase that makes them feel more like gas than ghosts. They amuse themselves by playing The Game, competing to influence the behavior of Flesh and Bloods whom they call F ’n Bs. So when a beleaguered couple has a fight in a candy store in a little town along the Oregon Coast, the husband and wife have no idea that their responses are being influenced by two “old lady ghosts” competing for points. Like the sneaker waves that prove deadly to those caught unaware on the beach, marriage has its own treacherous turns and surprises, but sometimes a couple, with a little unseen help, can find their way to safety.
Originally published in Realms of Fantasy, “Marriage Game” offers a whimsical look at marriage and relationships that Lois Tilton of the Internet Review of Science Fiction called "warm and charming."
Susan J. Kroupa is an award-winning author who lives near the Blue Ridge Parkway in Southwestern Virginia. Her fiction has appeared in Realms of Fantasy, and in a variety of professional anthologies. She is a first place winner in the Writers of the Future and the Deep South Writing Competition contests, and has also won awards in the Frank Waters Writers of the Southwest, Writers at Work, and the Utah Arts Council contests.
For more about Susan and to find more of her stories, visit her author page here on Amazon.com or the web site of Laurel Fork Press, http://laurelforkpress.wordpress.com.Sex and chocolate. That’s what Eva and her friend miss the most since “passing to the other side," a phrase that makes them feel more like gas than ghosts. They amuse themselves by playing The Game, competing to influence the behavior of Flesh and Bloods whom they call F ’n Bs. So when a beleaguered couple has a fight in a candy store in a little town along the Oregon Coast, the husband and wife have no idea that their responses are being influenced by two “old lady ghosts” competing for points. Like the sneaker waves that prove deadly to those caught unaware on the beach, marriage has its own treacherous turns and surprises, but sometimes a couple, with a little unseen help, can find their way to safety.
Originally published in Realms of Fantasy, “Marriage Game” offers a whimsical look at marriage and relationships that Lois Tilton of the Internet Review of Science Fiction called "warm and charming."
Susan J. Kroupa is an award-winning author who lives near the Blue Ridge Parkway in Southwestern Virginia. Her fiction has appeared in Realms of Fantasy, and in a variety of professional anthologies. She is a first place winner in the Writers of the Future and the Deep South Writing Competition contests, and has also won awards in the Frank Waters Writers of the Southwest, Writers at Work, and the Utah Arts Council contests.
For more about Susan and to find more of her stories, visit her author page here on Amazon.com or the web site of Laurel Fork Press, http://laurelforkpress.wordpress.com. Read more
