Choices

About the Book

Choices, a collection of three short stories by pilot and author Robert E. Bryant, is thematically dedicated to all of the mothers in this country and around the world who are forced (by chance or circumstance) to make and live with difficult choices everyday.  Their courage, strength, and selfless sacrifice profoundly impact the lives of the people around them and provide the inspiration for this work.

Each story in this collection was originally presented orally (as are all the author’s stories) and later recorded/transcribed by Bob and Sharon Underwood, supportive friends of the author. Certainly, great care was put into capturing (in print form) the emotion, detail, and meaning so prevalent in each story the author shares.

About the Author

Born in Royston (Franklin County), Georgia, Robert E. Bryant moved to Greenwood, South Carolina in 1958 and has called this quiet Southern town home ever since. He has been interested in aviation all of his life and began flying when he was just twenty-nine years old.  Later, at age forty-one, he received his pilot’s license (the same month his daughter, Yvette, received hers). Though he is a welder and welding instructor by vocation, he is certainly a pilot by avocation. His experience with aviation has afforded him to meet a number of interesting individuals, most notably Robert Morgan, pilot of the Memphis Belle; Charles Duke, Apollo 16; Charles Boland, Shuttle Commander; Jan Davis, Missions Specialist; Robert L. Scott, author of God Is My Copilot; and the living members of the Tuskegee Airmen and Black Sheep Squadron.

Another life-long passion, storytelling, has led him to compile this first collection of short stories. His stories come to him with such powerful imagery and meaning that he believes they must be divinely inspired.  His first story, called “Just Believe Me,” was given to him over thirty years ago in a church meeting, and he has since recorded an astonishing thirty-seven more—each equally detailed and passionately told. When the stories come to him, he feels compelled to share them: “They must come out,” he says.  “They must be told.” He truly hopes his readers will enjoy the stories and be blessed by them as much as he has been blessed of God with them.