George's family were working class, moving from one tied cottage to another, which eventually took them to a Private girl's school. George was still pining for his childhood sweetheart, who drowned in a boating accident along with her family. A chance meeting with a new pupil at the school, Jennifer, helped him close that chapter in his life. There now followed a warning from the past, schoolboy/ girl romance, ghosts, and chilling music. He had lost the love of his life and was now building a new relationship or was he.

What IF time could be stopped?

What IF immortality was for sale?

What IF your space ship was captured and you travelers became pets of a more advanced civilization on an alien planet?

What IF an alien race tried to save earth from itself? Would the people of earth cooperate?

In these science fiction stories Roger Lee Vernon touches on romance, adventure, suspense, politics, women's liberation, and many possible futures.

The novella is set in a small country town surrounded by farms. It follows one eventful year in the life of a family of three girls, Paula, aged 9, Hanna, aged 8, Rose, aged 6 and their little brother. The story is told through the eyes of Hanna, the middle child. She is a daring child, whose love for adventure sometimes lands her in trouble. Suddenly, the family is faced with tragedy which throws them even closer together. The family copes with this tragedy with the support of the children's favourite aunt their neighbours and the community. The book gives a rare insight into the lives of children in a rural community.

TAKE FIVE is an eclectic collection of stories about provocative circumstances and intriguing events.............. "Dreams" blurs reality in a macabre interplay between the conscious world and the unconscious imagination. In "e-mail," the Internet extends a global reach of high tech revenge from Washington, D.C. to Central America. EVERMORE follows one man's unusually long journey that starts in the nineteenth century and continues into the twenty-first. "Parfum de Femme" is a sexually charged romp through the world of haute perfume marketing and corporate transgressions. From the SITUATION ROOM, the President and his senior staff try to control escalating events as the world moves toward nuclear cataclysm.

"Bears on the Road to Damascus" presents a mad hodgepodge of the real and the fantastic, a literary buffet designed to please several palates.

In this collection of short stories and essays, often macabre and always touching, strange tales of terror, love, absurdity, violence, loss, and conviction await. Just when things may seem a bit bleak, charming folk tales emerge to inspire and delight. The title story tracks a convoluted murder mystery in the beach town of Santa Roma, a strange place where the ocean hints at favors-but makes no promises.

This collection contains a first-person account of occupying a campus administration building in protest along with hilarious, satirical news articles; a long-lost script of Sarah Palin's Alaska; and a heartfelt essay examining our place in history, and the path forward.

With a little something for everyone, "Bears on the Road to Damascus" is an indescribable and peculiar adventure into pure imagination.

It Begins... This book contains fragments of letters found by an individual known as,"The Editor." When first presented with these mysterious letters, it was clear the writer was twisted. An individual so twisted and intriging, it gave The Editor no choice but to continue investigating this material and its origins. Is this material fiction - a sick joke, perhaps? Or is this the dark literature documenting the events of a serial killer? The questions kept stacking. Upon further research, The Editor was able to confirm his greatest fear... there are others. The thought was sickening to The Editor. Instead of one deranged killer, he is dealing with multiple deranged killers; but how many? That is the real question. The Editor warns that the contents of this book are not for the light-hearted, simple-minded, or sensitive reader. Though my puppet, The Editor is the messenger... and he brings the killers message for all to ponder. You have been warned... Have a glorious day -the devil-

'A debut collection of such precocity and aplomb that it stands comparison to the likes of Junot Diaz and Bryan Washington' Observer 'Moving, truthful, straight from the heart' Neel Mukherjee 'These are excellent stories, told with skill and verve' Jon McGregor Here, beneath the planes circling Heathrow, various lives connect. Priti speaks English and her nani Punjabi. Without Priti's mum around they struggle to make a shared language. Not far away, Chetan and Aanshi's relationship shifts when a woman leaves her car in their drive but never returns to collect it. Gujan's baba steps out of his flat above the chicken shop for the first time in years to take his grandson on a bicycle tour of the old and changed neighbourhood. And returning home after dropping out of university, Lata grapples with a secret about her estranged family friend, now a chart-topping rapper in a crisis of confidence. Mapping an area of West London, these stories chart a wider narrative about the movement of multiple generations of immigrants. In acts of startling imagination, Gurnaik Johal's debut brings together the past and the present, the local and the global, to show the surprising ways we come together.

Designed to massage your emotions, "Tales Under A Full Moon" is comprised of seven modern day short stories that prove once again that people do act strangely and weird things can happen. Escape into the lives of ordinary people who for one reason or another find themselves caught up in the events of the moment. Rich with likeable characters oftentimes pushed to their limits, these stories will capture your attention and your heart. Take a step beyond the familiar and into the unknown in a world where mystery and the paranormal may very well have you looking over your shoulder.While the stories go in one direction, the conclusions always have a twist that will land you in the unexpected.
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