The Universe and Other Stories Genesis THE UNIVERSE AND OTHER STORIES is a collection of short stories written over a period of ten years, from the first 1991 piece, The Maid’s Dress, to its tenth anniversary counter-part: Classified Ads. Varying in both length and style, each of these stories brings its own little universe and insights. Publication The books is currently published through Trafford Publishing. Click here to see the press release. ISBN: 1-55369-732-4 Follow this link for instructions on how to purchase. Evaluation An evaluation sample of the first short story is available for download. It is a restricted PDF file that can be accessed through this link. Enjoy! Special Note This collection does not have a one for one correspondence with its French counter-part Le faux écrivain. Some of the material is solely available in English, while the French version contains text that cannot be translated. The original English material is marked with an asterisk (*) below. Synopsis This section lists the content of the collection.
	The Maid’s Dress	THE MAID’S DRESS is my first short story, written in October 1991. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are experiencing a period of inactivity when a new client brings a refreshing change of pace. A murder was committed and the main suspect is quickly dismissed by Holmes on the account of the maid’s dress. Dr. Watson advances theory after theory but is thwarted by Holmes’ implacable logic. The great detective has only one clue, the maid’s dress, but it sounds sufficient.
	The Universe*	THE UNIDIRECTIONAL VERTICAL ENERGY RETENSION SYSTEM EXPANSION PROJECT has a very long title. It is a fake scientific report describing the basic system requirements to which complies our Universe. Built as a journey through the wonderful world of acronym, it remains a pleasant and original reading.
	George	GEORGE is leading a perfectly ordinary life when a recurring nightmare comes to haunt him. Managing to keep his mind from probing a few lapses, he questions himself less and less… but a few others are getting seriously worried, if not scared…
	The Pilgrim	THE PILGRIM is composed of twelve short images showing various moments in the life of a wanderer. Who is he, if not a bit of everyone of us?
	The Little Angel and the Golden Soul	THE LITTLE ANGEL AND THE GOLDEN SOUL takes place in a deep forest. A desperately idle angel stumbles on a hurt soul. Will he succeed in helping her? Does she at least recognize him?
	The Peters Principle and I*	THE PETERS PRINCIPLE AND I is a short humoristic essay on the Peters Principle and its new counterpart, the Dilbert Principle.
	Classified Ads	CLASSIFIED ADS is a new Sherlock Holmes short story written exactly ten years after The Maid’s Dress, it was done to commemorate the anniversary of my beginning of serious writing.
	Threesome Comic Strip*	THREESOME is an attempt at doing comic strips. This collection of 14 strips has God, Jesus and the Holy Ghosts as many characters. Since I cannot draw, I had to choose invisible personae. But they can talk! For that, they can!
	Selection of Poems and Songs*	Don’t be alarmed, there aren’t too many of those!