Jim Bates
Jim is an award-winning author who lives in a small town in Minnesota. He loves to write! His stories and poems have appeared in over five hundred online and print publications. He has also authored 27 books, including poetry, flash fiction, and short story collections, novellas, and novels.
About Jim Bates
Jim is an award-winning author who lives in a small town in Minnesota. He loves to write! His stories and poems have appeared in over five hundred online and print publications. He has also authored 27 books, including poetry, flash fiction, and short story collections, novellas, and novels, all of which are available through traditional outlets and at www.theviewfromlonglake.com.
Books by Jim Bates
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Selenium — cover story fiction social issues
Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories and poems have appeared in nearly three hundred online and print publications.
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Germanium — cover story fiction life
Move slowly and quietly, and you may see something wonderful...
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Aliens — speculative fiction humor
Land in NYC and almost anything could happen...
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Chlorine — fiction life
Not every step has to shake the world...
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Scandium — short fiction life
Hardship and pain affect us strongly, but the greatest difference in a life is made by love, and kindness...
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Face Lift — fiction life love
Don't judge by the skin -- look at the heart instead...
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The Standoff — cover story fiction life
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To Climb a Rock — cover story fiction life
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Super Sensitive to Sound — cover story fiction life love
Real love never ends...
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Rubidium — cover story fiction life
Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories and poems have appeared in nearly three hundred online and print publications.
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Rattlesnake Canyon — fiction life
A summer under the great Montana sky...
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Mercury — cover story fiction life
If we don't handle it carefully and with respect, love can just slip through our hands...
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Face Off — cover story fiction life
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Face Mask — fiction life
Just show your heart...
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The Painting — cover story fiction horror
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Brotherly Love — fiction
A way that brothers should be...
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Neighbors — flash fiction
Is another kristallnacht coming?
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In Her Dreams — poem unrhymed
"...She walks a shaded woodland path..."
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Drawing — poem unrhymed
"...He still made it look so darned easy..."
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Pacific Ocean — poem unrhymed
"...Listening to gulls calling Watching sandpipers running..."
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Snowflake — poem unrhymed
"...More than a Christmas gift..."
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Burnt Sienna — poem unrhymed
"Fall was her favorite season..."
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Artificial Limb — poem unrhymed
"...After all these years he still remembers her..."
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Fur Jacket — poem unrhymed
"...Grandma and Grandpa and Auntie and Uncle gathered around..."
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Acolyte — poem unrhymed
"...the service challenged his stamina..."
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Ants — poem unrhymed
"...how they run with incredible intent..."
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Blueberries — poem unrhymed
"...Holding the juicy goodness in his hand made him feel better..."
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Botanizing — poem unrhymed
"...United in their love of the natural world..."
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Oreo Cookies — poem unrhymed
"...Driving the twisting roads of the Cascades..."
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High Dive — poem unrhymed
"...A three-meter board. nearly ten feet off the water..."
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Wright County — poem unrhymed
"...The old farmhouse a dream come true..."
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Milk Box — poem unrhymed
"...Sometimes the kids would beg 'Can we get chocolate, Mom?'..."
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Birdwatching — poem unrhymed
"... trilling song of wonder filling the air..."
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Colorado Mountains — poem unrhymed
"...A glimpse into the depths of forever..."
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Mile High Stadium — poem unrhymed
"...Long-haired hippy guys playing Frisbee..."
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The Flu-Flu — poem unrhymed
"...a flu-flu is made not to go far..."
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Sage — poem unrhymed
"...Sun beating down releasing scents..."
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Gold — poem unrhymed
There isn't only one way to win...
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Hitchhiking — poem unrhymed
"...A summer of blacktop memories..."
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Clothes Pole — poem unrhymed
"...It had its own spot in the backyard..."
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Mini-Bike — poem unrhymed
"...Engines roaring as those few years raced by..."
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Goal Posts — poem unrhymed
"...Picturing the ball spinning through the uprights..."
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Fish Guts — poem unrhymed
"The perch squirmed in his hand..."
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Shoveling Snow — poem unrhymed
"... the brutal cold takes his breath away..."
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Number Twenty-Two — poem unrhymed
"...He was many things..."
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Slingshot — poem unrhymed
"...walking the nearby woods..."
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Baseball Bat — poem unrhymed
“Hey buddy, are you okay?”