Short Stories

The Sun Zebra

The Sun Zebra
Title: The Sun Zebra
ASIN: B006AC5FCU
Published: November 18, 2011
Author:
"The Sun Zebra"is best described as a children's book for grownups. Its aim is to encourage us to discover (or rediscover) the amazing things that children and their magical carefree world can teach us, even as we try to teach them about the harsh realities of our own. The book is a collection of five stories that follow the "adventures in living" of an unusual little girl named Nell, her mother Rhonda, and Nell's father who is the narrator of the stories.

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Maniac & Other Stories

Maniac & Other Stories
Title: Maniac & Other Stories
ASIN: B004OR1NDI
Categories: ,
Published: February 20, 2011
Author's Twitter: @debjbennett
A collection of short stories celebrating all that is weird in our world, including escaped murderers, haunted fairgrounds, genetic engineering and population control. From a twist-in-the-tale shortie to an adaptation of an episode of a UK horror television series, by means of fantasy, mythology and urban sf/horror, there's something here for everyone. This is an adult collection – no explicit sex (that I can remember), but some stories contain swearing.

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A Matter of Perception

A Matter of Perception
Title: A Matter of Perception
ASIN: B0061V4H9C
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Published: October 31, 2011
Author's Twitter: @TahliaNewland
This collection of imaginative and entertaining stories about ghosts, sirens, light spectrum mages, realm-hopping gods, alien monsters and ordinary people will warm your heart and make you smile, shiver, and maybe even wonder about the nature of reality itself. The theme of individual perception as a result of our assumptions, beliefs and emotional experience bind these otherwise diverse stories into a unified whole.

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A Hole in the Pavement

A Hole in the Pavement
Title: A Hole in the Pavement
ASIN: B006IJWMJO
Published: December 5, 2011
Author's Twitter: @TahliaNewland
Every morning, Norris watches his goddess walk to the bus stop in front of him, the gap between them far wider than the physical distance. This morning, she stumbles. He wants to run and help her, but finds himself stuck in a hole that appeared along with his self doubt. By the time he gets out, she’s long gone. He vows that if it happens again, he won’t hesitate, but when she falls the next day, he has more than his own hole to deal with. Can he find his heroic self before she walks away?

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