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Eight stories celebrating the inner strength and courage of women
by award-winning writer Annie Reed. From a little girl orphaned in
the war in Afghanistan to a widow learning to cope with life on her
own to the woman who discovers an unexpected chance at love in the
unlikeliest of places, each of these women face a sudden change in
their lives head on and come out stronger on the other side.
Sometimes harrowing, sometimes magical, the stories of their lives
will touch your heart.
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Dragons (Paperback)
Leah R Cutter, Ron Collins, Annie Reed
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R434
Discovery Miles 4 340
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Award-winning writer Annie Reed likes to scare us, charm us, haunt
us, and make us fall in love. She does all of this and more in this
collection of stories set in her home state of Nevada. A lonely
desert highway provides the backdrop for a mother and daughter
facing an uncertain future in "Night Passage." A simple day at a
man-made lake turns out to be anything but in "Lady of the Deep."
In "For a Few Lattes More," a barista encounters a hero from her
childhood, while a former party girl faces the toughest decision of
her life in "Bait." Life in witness protection takes a sudden left
turn for a former hitman in "Night of the Cruisers." Luck runs cold
for the petty thief of "Strike Two," while the world itself chills
down for the old motel owner of "One Sun, No Waiting." And in "Love
Among the Llamas," a woman finds unexpected romance waiting around
a bend in the road.
In this five-story collection, award-winning writer Annie Reed
takes us on a bone-chilling tour down the mean streets of The
Shadows, a place where dark magic and crime rule the night. A man
obsessed by his wife's death finds more than he bargained for in
"Changeling," as does the budding serial killer in "Famous." A
young woman goes on a desperate search for her twin's murderer in
"Iris & Ivy." A stripper becomes the latest target of a
dangerous man in "Don't Touch." And in "Ties That Bind," a young
wizard risks everything to save the company she inherited from her
father.
Five stories of a distant -- and not so distant -- future. The
title story "The Forever Soldier" features a far-future infantry
soldier who can't stop fighting, no matter how many times she dies.
A journalist searching for that one big story in "Human Interest"
uncovers more than he bargained for on a mining colony at the edge
of known space. "The Liar" finds one woman preparing for the end of
the world in her own unique way. In "Reboot," a time travel pioneer
facing forced retirement sends himself on the most important
mission of his life. And in the award-winning, near-future story
"One Sun, No Waiting," an old motel owner tries to maintain an
oasis of normal in the Nevada desert as the sun dims and
civilization falls apart around him. "Annie Reed draws a
pitch-perfect portrait of the Nevada desert and peoples it with
folks so real I want to drive out by Vegas and check up on how
everyone's doing. Its quiet voice and fast pace weave together to
make any reader care." -- Cindie Geddes, Editor, Lucky Bat Books.
"A friend recommended the works of Annie Reed. I was not
disappointed. In fact, if her other shorts are as good as this one,
I plan to read many more." -- Carol Davis Luce, author of NIGHT
GAME (reviewing Annie Reed's short story CHANGELING) "The
appearance of a new Annie Reed story is a treat. Try one and you'll
be hooked." -- Dave Hendrickson, author of CRACKING THE ICE,
forthcoming from WestSide Press Author Annie Reed is a prolific,
award-winning writer whose stories have been published in numerous
science fiction and fantasy anthologies, as well as in Ellery
Queen's Mystery Magazine. Annie can be found on the web at
www.annie-reed.com.
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