Games Best Played Alone

by Wendy C. Williford

Sibling rivalry and an Irish wedding to get through. An angel endeavors to understand the escaping life of a mortal. A college co-ed learns the dangers of toying with voodoo in New Orleans. A young widow discovers the secret life of the husband she just lost. A mentally disturbed man with illusions of being the greatest superhero in the world struggles with why no one can see what he does. A household of Nazareth women gossip over the pregnancy of a young girl in their village and their fall from God’s grace. An aging musician looks back over his life and the love he let fall to drugs. A poverty-stricken mother in Victorian England decides to give her only child away to a better life. A young Welsh soldier during WWII needs to atone for his sins prior to the war. And a Puritan woman betrays her own sister during the Salem Witch Trials.

Presenting an eclectic collection of characters, thoughts, perceptions, human emotion in its rawest form, and human stories. Each character speaks through their voices, thoughts, madness, joys, tears, and the games we play with ourselves to justify our actions in Games Best Played Alone.

162 pages, Paperback

Published July 25, 2020

About the author

Wendy C. Williford is a native Texan who began writing stories as early as the 5th grade. By the time she was 17, she had written her first unpublished novel and a broad collection of poems and was awarded poet laureate of her graduating class. Since then, she has written dozens of short stories, poems, and a screenplay. She received a BA in History with a minor in Creative Writing from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2007. Currently, she is working on a novel set during the Scottish War for Independence.

Ms. Williford has works published in Ascent Aspirations, Children, Churches & Daddies Magazine, Allegory, The Wordsmith Journal, Gravel Magazine, Sanitarium Magazine and The New Plains Review. She has also appeared in Bare Minimum and Art Is Not Meant To Be Touched anthologies. Planned for 2014 are appearances in Down In The Dirt Magazine, Livid Squid, Floyd County Moonshine and The Vermillion Literary Project. Her most recent publication is her contribution to the anthology "Time Out of Darkness benefiting the New Orleans "Save Our Cemeteries" charity. She blogs about her experiences as an author and writer at http://wendycwilliford.com

Reviews

[Deanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fairly quick read, and I really enjoyed the short stories. They're short enough to read one on your lunch break, but still have enough twists to keep you interested and invested. I will definitely check out more of her work.