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Free eBook – HEALER (Keepers of Kwellevonne Vol. 1)
HEALER (Keepers of Kwellevonne Vol. 1) by J. K. Swift
W hy would anyone try to kill a healer?
Deenah’s quiet life as an apprentice healer in the remote village of Brae’s Creek is shattered when a stranger gravely wounds her master and flees into the wild. For all her skills, Deenah is unable to identify the strange forces at work on the injury.
To save her master’s life, Deenah must join the young Warder for the area, Kaern, and an aging veteran tracker, as they set out on a manhunt into hostile lands.
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Free eBook – Ring Around the Rosie
Ring Around the Rosie by Jen Wylie
T his is a Short Story!
Ring Around the Rosie, a centuries old children’s song known by all. We all remember the song and dance, people telling us it was about the Great Plague…but what if the song was really a warning for something else?
Aaron is a normal boy fascinated with music. He loves playing his flute so much he doesn’t even mind lessons over summer break. When he meets a strange boy at the park who seems to be just as obsessed they spend summer days entertaining children in the parks woods. But friends often have secrets, music can be magical, and even the most innocent of children’s games can be more than they appear.
This story contains NO violence, foul language or sex.
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Kindle Daily Deal – FULLY LOADED: The Complete and Collected Stories of Blake Crouch
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FULLY LOADED: The Complete and Collected Stories of Blake Crouch by Blake Crouch (Author), Jack Kilborn (Author)
F rom the author of RUN and DESERT PLACES comes this complete collection of short stories and novellas.
*69 – Tim and Laura West receive a bizarre voicemail on their answering machine that seems to have unintentionally recorded a brutal murder. But what happens when the killer realizes their mistake? This story develops over one terrifying evening, and this young couple will never be the same.
REMAKING – Tragic events unfold in a snowy, sleepy Colorado town. From the first scene, in which a man sits alone in the cold, watching a father and son in a diner, you know something is about to go horribly wrong. You may think you know what’s happening, but in this thrilling, heartbreaking story, nothing is as it seems.
ON THE GOOD, RED ROAD – A group of four hard men trying to reach a remote 19th Century mining town become stranded in an early blizzard and resort to drastic, terrifying measures, to stay alive.
SHINING ROCK – An older couple encounter a strange and menacing visitor during a camping trip in the North Carolina mountains. Friendly at first, this stranger seems to know them, seems to know their secrets, and as things escalate, they become convinced that they may never leave these mountains alive.
PERFECT LITTLE TOWN – Ron and Jessica Stahl are a power couple from California, on a Christmas holiday in Colorado. When they stop for the afternoon in sleepy Lone Cone, they’re charmed by the quaint tourist town. But the folksy hospitality will vanish as the sun drops behind the mountains. The Stahls couldn’t have picked a worse night of the year to get snowed into this perfect little town with a dark, dark secret.
SERIAL – The classic horror short I wrote with J.A. Konrath, in which we turn our attention to the twin golden rules of hitchhiking: # 1: Don’t go hitchhiking, because the driver who picks you up could be certifiably crazy. # 2: Don’t pick up hitchhikers, because the traveler you pick up could be a raving nutcase. So what if, on some dark, isolated road, Crazy #1 offered a ride to Nutcase #2?
THE NEWTON BOYS’ LAST PHOTOGRAPH – At 25 words, the shortest story I ever wrote. But it packs a wallop.
THE METEOROLOGIST – Peter, a disgraced meteorologist and chronic wanderer, has traveled the country for years in his Winnebago, in search of the only thing that gives his life meaning. He’s just arrived in the middle of nowhere—Hokie, Kansas—for the same purpose, but when he meets a waitress named Melanie, another sufferer, he’s faced not only with his first real human contact in years, but perhaps someone who can save him.
UNCONDITIONAL – A conversation between two people—devastating, tragic, and beautiful.
THE PAIN OF OTHERS – Letty Dobesh, a gorgeous, degenerate thief, is fresh out of the clink and back to her old tricks—in this case, burglarizing suites at a luxury hotel in Asheville, North Carolina. But when she’s surprised by returning guests on her last room of the day, she’s forced to hide in the closet to avoid getting caught, and inadvertently overhears a hitman being contracted to murder the wife of a wealthy lawyer.
This 60,000-word short story collection also contains introductions to each story by the author, an interview with Blake, and excerpts from all of his novels.
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Free eBook – An Honest Mistake
An Honest Mistake by Andrew Biss
A Curiously Uncommon Short Story by Award-Winning Author Andrew Biss
Madge has long since surrendered herself to the verbal abuse doled out to her by her belligerent husband, Stan. On this particular evening, however, her fears of a rat beneath the floorboards, combined with her natural absent-mindedness, result in her dishing up Stan not only his evening meal…but perhaps his just deserts!
A darkly humorous short story of approximately 3,500 words (14pp)
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Free eBook – Seven Moments in Time
Seven Moments in Time by Todd R. Tystad
T his collection of seven short stories examines human relationships and the complicated journey from childhood to adulthood. From a moment in a sandbox to a moment in a synagogue to a moment spent outside a Christmas party, these are the moments that reveal who we are and how we’re weathering the journey.
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Free eBook – Fuchsia Blues, a tale of renewal
Fuchsia Blues, a tale of renewal by Wando Wande
A fter years of hard living, Gaspar wants to be in his granddaughter’s life again. But his own daughter won’t allow it. What’s an old man to do? Try and try again.
Fuchsia Blues is a contemporary tale of hope and renewal.
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Free eBook – Under My Roof
Under My Roof by Jenelle Jack Pierre
W hat happens when father and son are opposites?
In this short fiction, Henry Yorke’s hard work allows his children, James and Galena, to have opportunities that he didn’t have growing up. Having lost everything in the past, Henry’s proud that his family’s regrouped. He has big dreams for his kids. But James isn’t interested in the same things as his father.
And only one person will win in their tug-of-war relationship.
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Free eBook – The Prophecy (An Estilorian Short Story)
The Prophecy (An Estilorian Short Story) by Raine Thomas
S araqael hadn’t intended to fall in love with Kate. It shouldn’t have even been possible. His kind didn’t experience emotion, and they certainly weren’t supposed to become attached to humans.
When he discovers that Kate’s dying and there’s nothing he or her human doctors can do for her, Saraqael realizes how deep his feelings for her run. And he understands just how far he’s willing to go to save her.
He vows to search until he finds a way to save her life. With the help of his best friend, Quincy, he embarks on a quest spanning the Estilorian plane…a quest that will forever change the future of his kind.
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Free eBook – Dark Journeys: A Short Story Collection
Dark Journeys: A Short Story Collection by Jennifer Hudock
T hey say life is a journey, but the path between life and death is never straight. You never know what to expect on the dark road between here and there. Follow the dark road to see where it leads.
Contains all ten original Dark Journeys short stories, plus an added bonus zombie apocalypse tale titled, “Two Weeks.”
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Nook Daily Find – The Best American Short Stories 2011
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The Best American Short Stories 2011 by Geraldine Brooks
T he Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected — and most popular — of its kind.
The Best American Short Stories 2011 includes
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Megan Mayhew Bergman, Jennifer Egan,
Nathan Englander, Allegra Goodman,
Ehud Havazelet, Rebecca Makkai, Steven Millhauser,
George Saunders, Mark Slouka, and others
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Kindle Daily Deal – House of Thieves
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House of Thieves by Kaui Hart Hemmings
I n her debut collection of short stories, House of Thieves, Kaui Hart Hemmings has set the magnificent islands of Hawaii as a backdrop to describe bold frustrated adolescents and adults as they wrestle with themselves and each other over the age-old issues of deprived freedom, misguided love, being cool, and being true; and as they experience together the loneliness of feeling miserable in paradise.
The nine stories in House of Thieves are told from varied points of view–a father, a child, a young woman, an adolescent boy, and more. Rooted in the circumstances and situations of island people, they reveal the mundane cycle of small triumphs and tragedies that make up the lives of ordinary people everywhere. A single mother’s discovery of a pornographic magazine in her thirteen-year-old son’s room sends her down a spiral of jealousy that ultimately guarantees her loss of him. A middle-aged man struggles with this secret hatred for his brother and finds a way to enact a revenge whose absolute destructiveness promises to heal him. A white man who is left by his native Hawaiian wife struggles to understand why he and his daughter, abandoned together, feel such deep resentment for each other. A boy who insists on the illusion of his happy family suddenly recognizes his father’s lack of real love and comes to “the understanding that certain things are severed and they can’t grow back again, the sorrow from loving a place that doesn’t love you back.”
Hemmings’ tart, confident voice plunges headfirst into the unfamiliar world of a Hawaii far from the tourist track, providing glimpses of the islands’ divisive racial and class issues, as well as the proud heritage of kings and warriors and the legacy of colonialists and missionaries. Her unceremonious dealing with issues like drugs, sex, and abandonment and her entirely unself-conscious prose allow her stories to wash effortlessly like an ocean wave, portraying with unsentimental insight and wry humor the complex forces that bind family members together in love and hate.
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Free eBook – Strange Tales of the Curiously Uncommon
Strange Tales of the Curiously Uncommon by Andrew Biss
S trange Tales of the Curiously Uncommon is a collection of darkly humorous short stories, each with a cunning twist in the tail.
When extraordinary events befall some of London’s most ordinary of inhabitants, unexpected turns lead to some witty, strange, yet ultimately satisfying results.
An Honest Mistake: Madge has long since surrendered herself to the verbal abuse doled out to her by her belligerent husband, Stan. On this particular evening, however, her fears of a rat beneath the floorboards, combined with her natural absent-mindedness, result in her dishing up Stan not only his evening meal…but perhaps his just deserts!
A Familiar Face: Two elderly Cockney women, old friends, meet up in a London café shortly after one them, Dora, has been widowed. As Dora’s grief and anger grows increasingly fervent, her good friend Eydie begins to suspect there may be more to her angst than the loss of a loved one. When Dora calmly removes from her shopping bag a large glass jar containing a human head, discussions over its mysterious identity and how it came to be lodged in the cupboard under her stairs lead to some startling revelations.
A Slip of the Tongue: Miss Perkins, tired of the constant innuendos and sexual insinuations of her employer, Mr. Reams, has decided to hand in her notice. On this particular morning, however, Mr. Reams decides to take things one step further. Unfortunately for him, due to Miss Perkins’ natural nervous disposition and a telephone that rings at a shockingly high pitch, he soon discovers he’s bitten off more than he can chew…or at least, one of them has.
An Embarrassing Odour: Ethel, a frail, widowed pensioner, sits down one evening to tackle her daily crossword puzzle, when suddenly her tranquil world is turned upside down as a burglar breaks into her home believing it to be unoccupied. While Ethel vainly attempts to forge a relationship with the violent delinquent before her, his concerns lie only in getting his hands on her valuables…that and the unpleasant smell that fills the room. As Ethel shamefully admits, it’s an embarrassing odour for a seventy-eight year old to have, but what her intruder doesn’t know is quite why…though he’s about to find out!
A Stunning Confession: As Ron and Jan made themselves comfortable on their sofa, they thought they were settling in for just another quiet night in front of the television. But beneath the surface of this seemingly benign evening of domestic routine, each was withholding a guilty secret from the other, and on this particular evening one of them found they could contain themselves no longer.
Approximately 22,000 words (88pp.)
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Free eBook – Firebug
Firebug by Jon Hartling
W hen a strange rash of arson breaks out, the culprit – or culprits? – is like nothing anyone expects, in this short story of “weird fiction” in the tradition of H.P. Lovecraft.
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Free eBook – The Doll
The Doll by J.C. Martin
T he Island of the Dolls is a strange and eerie tourist destination in Mexico, where hundreds of decomposing dolls hang from trees like grisly Christmas ornaments. On a trip to the island, Joyce Parker’s daughter falls in love with a beautiful but sinister doll. Soon after, she starts developing strange mannerisms that concerns Joyce. Her research into the doll’s past reveals a dark history, and the curse of a lonely child spirit.
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