“Guten Tag, Mr. Churchill” and Other Tales

About the Book

This is a book of eight short stories and novellas. The title novella, ‘Guten tag, Mr. Churchill’, is an alternative history of WWII telling of the German invasion of Great Britain and how Churchill’s auxiliaries made their presence known. ‘Finding Jimmy’ is another alternative story, which reveals details of Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance. ‘Jack’ tells of a young boy who joins the Navy in WWI and becomes a national hero. ‘Second Chance’ follows a remorseful robber and the journey which leads him to return his loot. ‘The Lady’ is an alternative tale that follows a refurbished Seaford amphibian as it lands near an unmapped atoll and solves an aviation mystery. ‘Ghostbusters’ tells of a previously unknown US government agency that tracks embedded foreign agents. ‘Cohen’s empanadas’ takes the reader through the steps of robbing a safe-deposit company in Latin America. ‘Two Priests’ tells of Steven and Paddy, boys who follows different vocations in the Catholic Church.

About the Author

Michael J. Merry was educated at Royal Liberty School, Essex. United Kingdom. In 1959, while working with ITT, he was transferred to the Republic of Panama. On October 11, 1968, the Panama National Guard overthrew the elected government. Patrols searched for the president and his ministers but were thwarted when Merry, avoiding these heavily armed troops, drove them to safety in the Canal Zone. In 1987, he was named division vice president of a major US financial news operation covering the Caribbean and Latin America and traveled extensively throughout the region, reporting financial and political events. In 1995, he was writing two nationally televised financial programs weekly and editing a popular monthly financial report. These days, he works as an international relations consultant for a Florida telephone company. He has published three previous books. Mr. Merry and his wife live in Miami Shores, Florida.