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Love and death and the passage between entry into the world and exit from it are the focus of this collection of short stories. Buthaina Al Nasiri is an Iraqi author who has lived in Cairo since 1979. Despite this physical and temporal distance from her homeland, much of her material derives from...

Faith & Frenzy is a collection of short stories that brings to the reader the intimate details of forgotten Kashmiris of all hues, caught in the quagmire of terror and murky politics. Their stories have remained untold, submerged as they remain under layers of shady rhetoric and politics of deceit. Most,...

The famous songwriter Cole Porter once asked, What Is This Thing Called Love? His question caused author Andrew J. Salat to wonder: is the condition physical, spiritual, or, as some cynics might describe, a temporary madness of the heart? Salat believes Mr. Porters question is answered quite...

Thirty entertaining and mostly humorous short stories comprising life experiences in which we can all relate. It reminds us that every day in our life is a unique experience and will not always be a bunch of roses. As you will find in this book there will be stories of good times, and times to laugh...

A journalist sees an otherwise average house rise into the air. Two old codgers speculate about a utopian life created by writing that need never be read. An elderly priest and an even more elderly widow scan deep space in search of the meaning that eludes them at home. A woman invites...

The stories, characters, situations, portrayals, dialogues are fresh, rich and funny, even though they were written almost a 100 years ago. The language was very Victorian but the stories probably would not have been so funny if not in such an honorary language justifying the colonial times the stories...

Twenty new and original short stories and poems filled with Christmas magic, plus yummy recipes inspired by them. From a heartfelt tale of a soldier who might be more than he seems, to the touching tale of a young boy who finds a fantastical creature while picking out the perfect Christmas tree, to the...

Ordinary lives are nothing short of the extraordinary…   Chronicles For English continues the series started with Stories For English and More Stories For English in a read and learn, read and practice, read and study way…   Chronicles For English provides interesting...

This is Nick Armbrister's first collection of short stories, written from the late 90's to the present day. They cover several topics, like his poems, but in much more depth-from satanic actions by people worshipping an evil god ('Loss of the Ice Queen') to warriors of the sky using man's most powerful...

This collection of short stories focuses on small snapshots of life. They are a hodgepodge of stories - sad, joyous, surprising, uplifting, and about acceptance. The tie across the collection is the signs. Signs can be physical or emotional; they can be seen through body language or printed...

A body dropped by drone in a neighbor's backyard. A woman returning to her childhood home to bury her past-or rather, unbury it. A surprise visitor who knows more than he should about a small-town convenience store. Winnfred Smith returns with these stories and more in an all-new collection that crosses...

A Collection of Short Stories not only incorporates storylines of love and modern problems evident in todays society but also personal experiences of a miners daughter. Author Gillian Fletcher-Edwards grew up in a mining family of the fifties and sixties, from which many of her stories and life philosophies...

Love’s Breaking Storm (Short Story):  One big-city were-cat seeks anyone to save her from her new home. A dog filled suburb. (Shudder.) Cleaning herself on the branch of a tree one summer’s day, Emily ponders the next step out of her lonely circumstance. Enter one steaming hot guy with storms...

For the past few months, S.E. Batt has been releasing a steady stream of short stories, all of which with a fun and humorous tone to them. Now, the second batch of three releases of short stories are gathered into one collection for easy reading.Contains the following short stories:*Consult...