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by Patricia Taylor Wells
by Patricia Taylor Wells
The long overdue collection of short stories and musings by award-winning author and poet Patricia Taylor Wells.
Wells thinks of her stories as vignettes of her life experience. Most of her stories are autobiographical, and those that aren’t are mainly based on the actual life experiences of people she’s known—tales of travel, romance, suspense, heartbreak, traditions, WWII history, and young adult/college ventures. Nothing in her range of experience is ever wasted, and she strives to create an unforgettable ending that wraps up a story with a satisfactory bow. She believes that storytelling is essential to how we view the world.
Sandwiched between these stories are musings—brief excerpts or essays of a particular thought. Her musings are often personal, and many convey aspects of her life as a writer: “Writers are sometimes reluctant to weed out the words that may prevent their work from fully blooming.
Carousel takes you round and round, where you can get on and off anytime within its pages, perhaps coming back full circle when a particular story speaks to you.
2024 Best of Texas Book Award
First Place
Short Stores
Details
Details
GusGus Press
132 pp. ● 6x9
$13.95 (pb) ● $6.99 (eb)
ISBN 978-1-960373-58-8 (pb)
FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
FICTION / Small Town & Rural
Patricia Taylor Wells published her first book in 2016: “Camp Tyler, A First of its Kind” for the benefit of Camp Tyler, the oldest outdoor education school in the country, which she attended as a child. Since then, Ms. Wells has published the following books: The Eyes of the Doe 2017 (novel), Mademoiselle Renoir à Paris 2018 (memoir), LodeStar: Reflections of Light and Dark 2019 (poetry), and The Sand Rose 2021 (novel).
Her awards include First Place for Family Life/Inspirational Fiction in the Best of Texas Book Awards in 2018 (The Eyes of the Doe) and First Place for Poetry in the Best of Texas Book Awards in 2020 (LodeStar: Reflections of Light and Dark). Also, Ms. Wells has received awards from Texas Authors Association for her short stories: “Final Curtain” 2018, “Among the Thorns” 2019, “Bee Caves Road” 2020, “Candy Apple” 2020, “Unwelcome Guests” 2021, “Holly’s Tree” 2021, “RoadBlock” 2021, and “Cartoon Classics” 2021. The stories were published in Short Stories by Texas Authors Vol. 4, Vol. 5, Vol. 6, and Vol.7. Since 2016, Tyler Today Magazine has featured Ms. Wells six times in its “Authors Among Us” column, which she helped inspire to benefit local authors.
Ms. Wells, who holds a BA in English and French, facilitated writing critique groups for the Atlanta Writers Club and Knoxville Writers Group. She especially enjoys writing poetry and draws inspiration from the wide range of experiences she gathered from her travels and living in various places.
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