Download or read book Heart Pound written by Ruth Bolton and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-01-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HEART POUND is a collection of short stories, largely of fantasy and/or biography. A war veteran, a baglady, an elderly gentleman, a ventriloquist’s widow, a 19thcentury girl, a business woman, and other diverse characters attempt to deal with life’s provocative circumstances. Ms Bolton‘s early inspiration was Poe‘s The Telltale Heart. Subsequent stimulation came from writing groups with Barbara Follansbee of New York City and New England prize-winning authors, Pat Schneider, Patricia Lee Lewis and Cynthia Kennison.