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The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. In this series we look at short stories from many...

The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. In this series we look at short stories from many...

**Join Lucas Soul on his quest to become a warrior. Edo period. Japan.** When hunted half-breed immortal Lucas Soul hears tales of legendary samurai Musashi Miyamoto, he sails to Japan to convince the great man to take him on as an apprentice. Musashi refuses to agree to his request,...

A 3-in-1 Annotated Collection of Reissued Short Stories Two Troubleshooters Stories plus a Navy SEAL Short Beginnings and Ends: Annotated reissue originally e-published in June 2012 A Troubleshooters short story Jules and Robin find that endings can be the start of something new… After...

The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. In this series we look at short stories from many...

Washed Up! (12,000 words) is one of the short stories from the collection Beach Flirts! 5 Romantic Short Stories. These are fun, sweet, and sassy love stories set on Cape Cod. Perfect to squeeze into your busy life. Discover the loose thread that connects the stories and ties up in a perfect, happy...

"Hot For Summer" (9,000 words) is one of the short stories from the collection Beach Flirts! 5 Romantic Short Stories. These are fun, sweet, and sassy love stories set on Cape Cod. Perfect to squeeze into your busy life. Discover the loose thread that connects the stories and ties up in...

"Cindi" A modern take on Cinderella. A short story of 13,000 words. Story #1 from Fairy Tale Flirts! 5 Romantic Short Stories. Cindi wants a perfect match—of designer shoes, that is. When her stepmother gets tickets to the Jiminy Shoes trunk sale, it looks like her dreams are coming...

"Girls Just Wanna Have Finn" (10,000 words) is one of the short stories from the collection Beach Flirts! 5 Romantic Short Stories. These are fun, sweet, and sassy love stories set on Cape Cod. Perfect to squeeze into your busy life. Discover the loose thread that connects the stories and...

Short stories by the award-winning author of From Here to Eternity:****“One of the significant writers of his generation” (The New York Times Book Review). In his introduction to this collection of sharply crafted short stories, James Jones compares novel writing to a long-term, chronic...

Discover the origins of the incredible friendship that defines Hunted (A Seventeen Series Novel) Book 1... On a hot summer's day in Boston, US Marine turned Homicide Detective Reid Halsey finds himself in the middle of a deadly shootout with a murder suspect. When Lucas Soul, a seemingly...

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Edward Frederic Benson (1867–1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson....

I have tried to keep a certain unity of aim and impression in selecting these stories. In the first place I determined that the pieces of brief fiction which I included must first of all be not merely good stories, but good short stories. I put myself in the position of one who was about to select...

This collection of science fiction short stories includes tales about: Nuclear apocalypse; Alien contact; Economic chaos; Political upheaval; Secret space programs; Dangerous pharmaceutical drugs; Underground alien bases; Shadow governments; And what happens when we die. There’s a little...