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Jory Sherman Speaks About Shelter:
"Over the years, I've known a number of women who
were treated cruelly by their husbands, and we've
had some such incidents in our own family. In most
cases, the battered women return again and again to
the abusive husband, out of fear, out of love, out
of the mistaken belief that such persons will
change. In some cases, such behavior is fatal. An
abusive husband wants control, seeks absolute power
over his wife, often demeaning her, cutting her off
from her friends and family and sometimes even kills
when in a fit of range. Some women escape such men;
others never do and pay a heavy price for being
submissive. It breaks my heart to see the physical
and mental torture that goes on behind closed doors.
Hence, the story Shelter, which was ripped from life
and reflects but one of such cases involving
tortured women."
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Jory Sherman Speaks About Hope:
"Many years ago I met a young boy who was
autistic. His family treated him as a retarded
person and he got little attention from his father
and mother. Because he did not speak, the boy was
ignored and he lived a lonely inward life. But, I
began talking to this young boy and noticed that he
never made eye contact. At first. I always sat down
when I spoke to him so that I was on his level. In
time, he began to look at me and one day he began to
speak, haltingly at first, then with more assurance.
I gave him coloring books and crayons and then took
the books away and gave him blank sheets of art
paper. He began to draw and I talked to him about
his drawings and then he began correcting me and
telling me what he meant to convey. I discovered a
boy with a bright, lively mind, who had been a
prisoner of autism for many years and finally
emerged as the talented artist he truly was. Hence
this story about just such a boy."
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Jory Sherman Speaks About The Migrant:
"Illegal immigration in the United States is an
almost insurmountable problem. When I wrote this
Congress was deadlocked over a bill that proposed to
solve the immigration problem. The bill failed while
crops rotted in the fields. The country was building
fences and cracking down on illegal immigration. I
wrote a story that is devoid of politics, because I
wanted to explore the human aspects of illegal
aliens. I realized, afterwards, that, in the past,
everyone who came to this country was an illegal
alien. The people we are trying to punish and throw
out of this country once laid claim to it. I can't
solve the problem. But this story attempts to give
us all a different perspective on the entire issue."
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Jory Sherman Speaks About Sticks and Stones:
"This story grew out of a comment made to me by one
of my subscribers to my Story A Month. Words have
the power to hurt as well as heal. Whoopi Goldberg
talks about this when she mentions words that are
politically incorrect. But, she doesn't decry those
words as much as she does one that is never
criticized, never viewed with horror—the word
“stupid.” Words spoken in anger can tear into a
person like an invisible virus and cause great harm.
Perhaps there is some truth in the belief that a
witch's curse is lethal. People often say things
that turn out to be a deadly curse, unintentionally.
The hurtful words are no less deadly to the young
and sensitive."
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Jory Sherman Speaks About Such a Place:
"They called it manic-depression once, and the
condition was very difficult to treat. In this
story, dreams and writing play a part in the healing
process. The ancient Chinese had a saying: I see and
I forget. I hear and remember. I write and I
understand. The hero in this story must go beyond
medical remedies and go deep into a place where few
people venture. It is there that he finds all the
answers and emerges from the dark world of
depression and the insanity of manic behavior to
find new life and love."
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Jory Sherman Speaks About White Water Run:
"I love kayaking. The kayak is one of the oldest
forms of personal water craft. I love being a part
of the sky, the water and the shore, whether on lake
or stream. To travel long distances under your own
power is a great thrill. I owned 3 ocean going
kayaks at one time and used to kayak nearly every
day. Rivers can be dangerous and if one makes a
mistake that mistake could prove fatal. I've had my
heart in my throat a few times. This story is set on
the beautiful Buffalo River in Arkansas. It is a
kayaker's dream. But, at certain times, the river
can be a death trap."
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Jory Sherman Speaks About Broadhead:
"I spent 3 weeks in the Rio Grande Wilderness in
Colorado. I was hunting the majestic elk with a bow,
some 18 miles above Lost Creek. The elk were bugling
their plaintive songs in the evening after arrived
in camp. The next morning, my partner and I set out
on horseback with our guide. We rode to a place just
below timberline when we stopped for lunch on a
craggy outcropping. My hunting partner shot an elk
and we left our horses to track the wounded animal.
What happened after that is in the story. Death is
breathing down your neck in the high country. If you
don't keep your wits about you, he will claim you
with his icy arms."
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Jory Sherman Speaks About Murmur of Rivers:
"My wife Charlotte and I lived in the Ozarks, near
Branson, Missouri, for over 20 years and many of my
stories are set there. I grew up with music, was a
singer and have written several songs. This story
grew out of a love for the lakes we lived on, all
impoundments of the Write River in Missouri and
Arkansas, and for my many friends, living and dead,
who made the music industry in Branson grow and
thrive."
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Jory Sherman Speaks About Sanctuary:
"I believe that we all have a Center, a place deep
inside us where we can go in times of stress and
trouble. There it is always serene and calm. Perhaps
that is where our souls reside. When I wrote this
story I was thinking of the soldiers I met over the
years who were back from the wars, deeply shattered
by their experiences. I was also thinking of Jack
Lummus, who died bravely on Iwo Jima in WWII. I have
been working with his nephew who has written a book
about Jack's life. Jack was with the New York
Giants, the NFL football team. He had great legs and
a great future until Japanese grenades took them
away."
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Jory Sherman Speaks About Ute Mountain:
"I spent three weeks in the Rio Grande Wilderness in
Colorado, hunting elk with a bow. We rode in on
horseback, camped at 11,500 feet in the shadow of
Ute Mountain. I found many obsidian and flint
arrowheads there. It's a haunting place. I knew the
Utes had once camped there, well away from running
stream that coursed through that big valley. I felt
at home and never wanted to leave the high country."
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Jory Sherman Speaks About The Visit:
"A father, with troubles at home, visits his son,
only to find that his son's family problems mirror
his own. It is too much for the father to bear. He
was looking for sanctuary, instead he must make a
momentous decision about whether to return home, or
seek a new one for himself. I wrote this story
because I was trying to understand the complexities
of the family unit. We want our children to grow up
and be happy. All too often, the sins of the fathers
are visited upon the sons, those of the mothers,
upon the daughters."
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Jory Sherman Speaks About Timeless Interlude:
"Unrequited love is one of life's poignant
disappointments, perhaps, in some cases, a minor
tragedy. Many of the great love stories in
literature, including stage plays, involve two
people who belong together but are fated never to
consummate that love; never to marry. Many of us
have such experiences. I have, and they haunt me
still."
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Jory Sherman Speaks About Superstition:
"This story is set in the Superstition Mountains
near the legendary Lost Ducthman Mine which has
fascinated me and many others for a long time. I
love this grand and mysterious country where the
ghosts of long ago still haunt the desolate Max
Ernst landscape. What better place to set a story
about unrequited love, courage, betrayal and
retribution?"
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Jory Sherman Speaks About The Cave:
"I have always been interested in Sumer, where
civilization supposedly began. So, I wrote a
fantasized account of that moment just before
civilization flowered and how it might have spread
throughout the known world some 11,000 years ago, or
even earlier. I suspect I know our true origins, but
I speculated on what could have happened; what might
have happened."
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Jory Sherman Speaks About April Morn:
"I wrote this story during a workshop I conducted
for the Northeast Texas Writers Organization, along
with 24 students in my class. It portrays an Ozarks
couple in trouble who are brought together again by
tragedy, just as Spring is a sign of renewal and
rebirth after the deadness of winter when all seems
hopeless. I wanted to show how people, too, are part
of the great cycles of this magnificent earth; how
harmony emerges from chaos."
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