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Jackson Tel Stories

Jackson Tel, author of The Chestnut Point Stories, writes historical fiction with a whimsical twist for those who love literature. The storyteller blends fact and fiction, humor and mysticism, in historic settings with troublesome social undercurrents.

Bits & Pieces

Bits and Pieces of This, That, and the Other

Characters

Characters in The Chestnut Point Stories by Jackson Tel

Excerpts

An excerpt is a selected portion, passage, or quote extracted from a larger piece of work, such as a book, article, speech, or film. It serves as a sample to represent the whole, highlight key information, or provide a preview.

Filler Dillers

Filler stories clipped from historic newspapers, magazines, and books.

Glossaries

An alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with their definitions. Example: The Glossary of Enigmatic Phenomena

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General Category related to the Jackson Tel Stories

Timelines

A visual or chronological arrangement of events in the order they happen

Tiny Stories

Short Stories that take up less than one book page.

Vignettes

A short piece of writing that does not have a beginning, middle, and end but rather focuses on a specific moment in time and the details within it.

Reference

Reference Section for The Chestnut Point Stories by Jackson Tel

Short Stories

Short Story: Up to roughly 7,500 words

Novels

Novel: 40,000+ words

Novellas

Novella: 17,500 to 40,000 words

Novelettes

Novelette: 7,500 to 17,500 words.