The Pea-Green Boat and Other Unsettling Stories

Ever read a story that made the hairs on your arms stand up? Well, get ready for a few unexpected chills as you read this new collection of short stories from the pen of William R. Burkett, Jr. Each of these stories are slightly off-center, just enough to be … unsettling. From the title story (it first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post) to encounters with flying saucers and near-encounters with Santa Claus, Burkett will keep you guessing just where the boundaries of reality lie. “Top-notch storytelling,” says Hollis George, editor of Mary Shelley’s Forbidden Dreams and Bram Stoker Without Fangs.

William R. Burkett, Jr. published his first novel at 18. His first job was as a copy boy for the Florida Times-Union and Jacksonville Journal, but that soon gave way to a position as feature writer. After a tour of duty as an MP in Germany, he resumed his journalistic career. Working in both the States and the Bahamas, he pursued a particular muse - duck hunting. That led to writing for hunting magazines and doing PR for the Washington State Highway Patrol and settlement in the Pacific Northwest where the ducks were plentiful and the fishing was good.