title: Briefly Knocked Unconscious by a Low-Flying Duck: Stories from 2nd Story
author:  Andrew Reilly 
description: Storytelling, one of humankinds oldest art forms, has found renewed relevance in our popular culture, thanks to the popularity of such true-story venues as This American Life and The Moth. The Chicago-based collective 2nd Story operates in much the same vein, and this collection gathers some of the groups best-told, completely true tales. In print, these stories resemble personal essays, yet they have a far looser, more conversational flow, thanks to their oral roots. How the story sounds is as important as, if not more important than, how it reads. Though too many offerings rely on the theme of there was this crazy thing that happened to me oncegetting high in Amsterdam, interviewing the porn star of ones adolescent dreamsmost illuminate a critical juncture in the storytellers life, including Counting Days, in which Bobby Biedrzycki shares his path to sobriety. And then there are the accounts like Push Kick Coast, Ric Walkers narrative of a night at the skating rink gone tragically wrong, which serves as a haunting reminder that many of our stories end far too soon. --Patty Wetli
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  # DEAD DUCK
  
  
  FLYNT & STEELE MYSTERY #2
  
  
  by  
  Micheal Maxwell  
  &  
  Warren Keith
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 Micheal Maxwell & Warren Keith
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either
  products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to
  actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced or
  transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without
  permission in writing from Micheal Maxwell.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Table of Contents
  
  
  [Title Page](part0000.html#i1)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](part0001.html#i2)
  
  
  [_Chapter One_](part0003.html#i3)
  
  
  [_Chapter Two_](part0004.html#i4)
  
  
  [_Chapter Three_](part0005.html#i5)
  
  
  [_Chapter Four_](part0006.html#i6)
  
  
  [_Chapter Five_](part0007.html#i7)
  
  
  [_Chapter Six_](part0008.html#i8)
  
  
  [_Chapter Seven_](part0009.html#i9)
  
  
  [_Chapter Eight_](part0010.html#i10)
  
  
  [_Chapter Nine_](part