Tales from the Valley of the Couch Potatoes

About the Book

A few evenings later, at the museum, Dr. Mann is directing the placement of the finishing touches to the Tutankhamen exhibit. As he walks through the shadows and subdued light, past the pictures of Tutankhamen and the Valley of the Kings, he suddenly clutches at his chest and falls onto a nearby bench under a large graphic depiction of Tut, who seems to be staring down at him reproachfully. Back at Dr. Mann’s home, the phone rings and when Ankhe answers Jerry hears her cry out. She tells Jerry his uncle has just suffered a heart attack. “You see. You see,” she says through her tears. “King Tut’s curse!” - - Tales from the Valley of the Couch Potatoes.

About the Author

Jack D. Salter, a retired journalist and communications executive, invites you to join him on the Swanee River with his cousins, and with King Tut and the ghost of a San Francisco philanthropist for a series of short stories rooted in fact and fantasy. Salter was a reporter and deskman for the Riverside Press Enterprise, editor of Electrical West magazine and a communications executive for the Botsford Ketchum Agency. He published a little publication – “Noah’s Hotel” – for over 12 years, in which he collected the short stories and essays of his friends and professional writing companions.