Uniformed Women - Joseph Decker

Uniformed women…how terrible.
All dressed the same, all doing the same thing.
All smiling the same, saying the same things.
Are they real?

J. A. Decker, Jr.

Books

Short Story Series Book 1

In The Collectors, four friends go on a weekend outing to the desert with their metal detectors to hunt for artifacts. The tables are turned when they become the hunted and friendships, loyalties, and their personal safety is tested to the limit. The Glow depicts an advanced society constantly being vigilant to a plague, that if detected, threatens their very existence and must be dealt with. The Stop Sign has a young salesman traveling from California to Texas through the southwest deserts to see his fiance and encounters some unexpected events. Not a believer in UFO’s or in the paranormal, he arrives a changed man and with a new respect for the unknown.

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Short Story Series Book 2

The Poster recounts the daily life struggles to survive of three orphaned young Mexican boys living in a border town. Being at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder, they are the forgotten ones but who seek a better life and who try to earn enough money to buy tickets to the bullfights which are held at the bullring every Sunday during the summer season. Two waring colonies in The Battle fight for their survival and deal with unknown events that drastically reduce their numbers which are needed to defend their young and to continue their existence. Shootout at Chacon Creek (Circa 1958) describes an actual BB gun battle at a creek between two gangs of young boys. Caught in the open and at the bottom of the creek, one group finds a way to deal with and save themselves from a dangerous situation while at the same time, learning a valuable life lesson from the fight.

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