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In this collection of short stories, I discuss many aspects of my years growing up. Sometimes in life we hear of the unusual lives of people's childhood and adolescence and we ask ourselves how did people survive? What you do not see is the treasure trove of experiences that shapes people's lives....

These seven spine-tingling short stories will have you quivering in your jammies. Witches, black-eyed kids, dogman, death, aliens, fairies, and genies will do their best to frighten the bejeebers out of you. If you're short on time and want some quick blood-curdling reads, this creepy short...

In this collection of ten short stories, author Deina Furth examines the many potential manifestations of the word “dysmorphia.” Whether it’s through the eyes of a young man struggling with depression and anxiety, a trans man trying to find the means to transition, or a desperate woman struggling...

This unique collection of Rudyard Kipling's greatest works has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "The Jungle Book" is a collection of stories and fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses...

"The Hermit and the Wild Woman" is a collection of short stories by American writer Edith Wharton. The stories include: "The Hermit and the Wild Woman", "The Last Asset", "In Trust", "The Pretext", "The Verdict", "The Pot-Boiler",...

This collection of excerpts from Dickens' novels, first published in 1909, includes: Trotty Veck and Meg, Tiny Tim, The Runaway Couple, Little Dorritt, The Toy-Maker and His Blind Daughter, Little Nell, Little David Copperfield, Jenny Wren, Pip's Adventure, Todgers, Dick Sweviller and the Marchioness,...

Unwilling saviors, fumbling gods, speechless leaders, helpless villains, misguided detectives, abandoned heroes, misled daughters, repentant adulterers, murdered authors, jilted conquerors... These are my outcasts. And these are their stories. The following were originally published...

Being able to escape into the wonderful world of romance is always a pleasure. This set of short stories are an amusing way to find yourself into new worlds, with new lovers working out their difficulties and eventually end up with their happily-ever-after result. Some are ghosts, some...

Themes of Farewell to Follies (FTF) Nature, in the form of beautiful landscapes and wholesome surroundings, is a constant presence in FTFs short fiction. It is often the only thing in the text, animate or inanimate, that is described in a positive or laudatory fashion. FTF characters are great believes...

In his book, Secret Windows, in the essay “Great Hookers I Have Known”, Stephen King is talking about the first line in a short story or novel. He talks about how a great “hook” can bring your reader immediately into the story. He tells us that the old pulp-magazine...

A Brief Moment In Time is the first in a three book series of short story collections that focuses on that moment when everything changes. A truth to tall tales, the vision a child, the inescapable dark room of the mind, death’s journey, religious loss, truth of oneself, a blind journey to know...

This short love story with a difference is one of many that I have penned over the years. I offer it to you free of charge as an h'ors d'ouevre in the hope that you will want to read more of my stories, both the long and the short. But first, may I present myself to you in total simplicity:I...

 I am the author of a collections of short stories called solospaceman. I wrote them in a format that I named the Alpha and Omega. It allows the title to be the first element in the story as well as its last element. Why? There are a multitude of reasons, which help to explain “why” that phenomena...

I am the author of a collections of short stories called solospaceman. I wrote them in a format that I named the Alpha and Omega. It allows the title to be the first element in the story as well as its last element. Why? There are a multitude of reasons, which help to explain “why” that phenomena...