Blasphemies and Bloviation (second edition) by award winning author, Earl L Carlson. is a collection of 22 short works of fiction and 5 brief satirical essays

Listen in when God seeks advice from a mortal. Share the mental anguish of two duelists as the appointed hour approaches. Consider the nature of time and space, including the possibility of time travel. Learn tricks of the trade from a professional hobo. Sail the seven seas at the helm of a wheel-chair. Peruse a menu of body parts suitable for transplant. Follow the spectral essence of Somebody newly-deceased as it leaves its corporeal baggage behind. Witness the bewilderment of amnesia patient, Private Billy Bindleshaft. Lindy hop with a green-eyed homecoming queen to the big band music of the 1930s and '40s. Try to get a message to your adolescent self in time to avoid a tragic mistake. And save yourself for the perfect girl, who you know will someday come along.