Five foot, 114 pound Eri Yoshida will pitch for the new Kobe 9 Cruise in the Japanese League. She says she learned from her father and she wants to be as good as the Boston Red Sox Tim Wakefield some day. Those who are skeptical of Jim Musgrave’s novella The Mayan Magician should now believe it’s possible for a woman to succeed with this “equalizer” pitch!
Eri Yoshida
The first woman signed to the San Diego Padres is a Mayan Indian. She has a mysterious control over her knuckleball. Does she pitch for her god, Kulkulcan, the Warrior Serpent of the End of Times in 2012? Or, is she controlled by the N.A.S.A. scientist hired by her owner? Jim Musgrave’s latest collection of short fiction includes this novelette, along with 25 other remarkable stories, ranging from contemporary to science fiction and even a few horror tales. Award-winning short fiction author, Jacob Appel says, “With the publication of The Mayan Magician and Other Stories, Jim Musgrave joins the ranks of George Saunders, Steven Millhauser and Kevin Brockmeier at the heart of the modern American short story’s second great renaissance.”
You can read a few sample excerpts from the new short fiction collection by Jim Musgrave. There are 345 pages, 25 stories and one novelette in the complete version, soon available online at all major bookstore retailers.
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Flash! The Mayan Magician and Other Stories is now available in paperback at Amazon.com.
The Mayan Magician and Other Stories 
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