
Instant Ancestors
Preposterous tales sprung from a shoebox
Russell A. Shuler(Author)
Jay Fields(Editor)
Brain Hooks, LLC (Publisher)
Published on 19. April 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
236 pages
979-8-9877048-0-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Genesis of Instant AncestorsIt's been said many times that you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your relatives. I believed that to be true until, not long ago, I came across a shoe box crammed with family portraits taken roughly a hundred years ago in a favorite antique store. The stall proprietor included an index card with the scribbled broadside: "Instant Ancestors!" It went on to say that with these pictures, you could conjure up a long-lost relative from God knows where famous for such and such, and no one would be wiser. To be truthful, the idea appealed to my lop-sided, passionate sense of humor, so I bought the box of photographs and began imagining the personal chronicles of these precious folks who had been relegated to the dustbin of history.
Of course, none of the characters I conjured are real, even remotely so. On the other hand, certain sayings and mannerisms flutter into the light of these tales from acquaintances in my past. Sorry about that-it's just that I largely went with zero impulse control in the tales that follow. I can't be held responsible if they resurrect someone buried in the annals of your very own family. And should there be no real likeness to anyone you know, buried or alive, consider yourself one incredibly lucky individual.
Russell Shuler
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Edition
Original ed.
Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
349 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-9877048-0-6 (9798987704806)
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Russell Shuler is an award-winning creative director turned writer in Asheville, NC. As a self-proclaimed "old ad guy," he has run into many a strange character in the real world of marketing communications. These brushes with reality have formed his take on things preposterous, for better or worse (and some might ask-is there really a difference).