A traveling salesman stops into a diner for a pleasant bite to eat. His experience is anything but pleasant.

Sandra D. Simmer likes to write short stories and memoirs of her childhood adventures on her family’s Southwest Colorado ranch. To enhance her skills as a budding author, she is a member of two writing groups in the Bay Area. She has placed as a finalist in several local writing contests. Sandra’s memoirs and short stories are published in the Northern California Publishers and Authors (NCPA) anthologies Destination: the World Volumes I & II, and All Holidays 2020. Three of her poems have been published in anthologies by Wingless Dreamer. Sandra is currently writing her first novel. She can be contacted by e-mail at [email protected].

Charles Kowalski—Sally's Saloon is read by Charles Kowalski, author of Simon Grey and the March of a Hundred Ghosts, a book that is highly recommended to anyone interested in the ghostly side of Japan.

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