<p>Long ago, a high school creative writing teacher told RALPH D. JAMES he had an excellent grasp of the absurd.</p>
<p>In 2014, while creating sample blog templates to show writers how he could help them promote their work, he wrote several paragraphs in different genres to go with his templates. His lovely bride, Clarice, an author herself, suggested he expand one of them into a short story. The first result was Just West of Clovis, followed by the eight other short stories and tall tales in Premium Mixed Nuts.</p>
