{"id":4544,"date":"2026-04-27T11:50:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?page_id=4544"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:52:10","slug":"fiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/thestevegillard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2354\" src=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Facebook-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/SteveGillard1111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2357\" 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6342\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegillard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/TOC-Icon-1-e1463259656478.png\" alt=\"TOC Icon\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a> <strong>IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER TO VIEW LIST OF PAGES.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/\"><strong>RETURN TO HOME PAGE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Moonshot Photo by Sue Gillard<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Below are <strong>a couple of Novels I&#8217;ve written<\/strong>, and a link to <strong>some Short Stories I wrote<\/strong> long ago. <em>(Confession:<\/em> These things were created just for the fun of it, without expecting to publish them. <em>You&#8217;ve been warned.)<\/em> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Jeebus: A Novel<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jeebus-Excerpt.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jeebus-Cover.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"275\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3248\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Read an <a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jeebus-Excerpt.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/a> <em>or<\/em> here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/jeebus\/\"><strong>PDF Version of the complete Novel<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Reverend Mike and His Light Being Love Posse: A Novel<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rev-Mike-and-His-Light-Being-Love-Posse-Excerpt.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RMLBSP-Cover-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"275\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3747\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Read an <a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rev-Mike-and-His-Light-Being-Love-Posse-Excerpt.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/a> <em>or<\/em> here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/reverend-mike\/\"><strong>PDF Version of the complete Novel<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/stories\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-23-at-7.42.20-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"185\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4865\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">AND my <strong>Short Stories<\/strong> are => <a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/stories\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>P.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In honor of my long-ago <em>liaison avec la fiction<\/em> (&#8220;secret, illicit romance with fiction&#8221;, I use the French in honor of the French Origin of my name, <em>to wit<\/em>, &#8220;Gaillard&#8221;), I&#8217;ve channeled some <strong>Writing Wisdom<\/strong> for you. 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