Saturday, 13 June 2026

'Cheese Louise' by Chaz Osburn

“You’ll never guess what happened this afternoon, Louise.”

“Do tell.”

“I convinced someone to buy your book!”

“You mean, ‘What A Friend We Have In Cheeses?’”

“Yup.”

“No kidding?”

“Yes, I was at the bookstore and noticed a woman leafing through the pages. We started talking and… ”

“And?”

“I mentioned that we are friends and that you grew up in Cheshire and went to Derby to study to become a professional affineur...”

“Actually, it was the other way around. But then what happened?”

“She wanted to know if I had read it.”

“And?”

“I told her yes—that it is really Gouda!”



The author of two novels, Chaz Osburn’s background is in the newspaper and magazine business and in PR. His short stories have been published in Amazing Stories, Sci-Fi Shorts, Bright Flash Literary Review, Alternative Liberties, Every Day Fiction and Altered Reality, among others. He lives in Traverse City, Michigan.

 

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