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Genre: Speculative Short Stories Publisher: Mundania Press Audience: Adult Availability: Mundania Press
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Genre: Speculative Short Stories Publisher: Mundania Press Audience: Adult Availability: Mundania Press
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This e-book is a collection of short stories written in the style of "The Outer Limits", and "The Twilight Zone." Each story contains some surprises and a touch of human nature. With creative storylines and colorful characters this is an entertaining and thought-provoking collection.
Stories Included in the Collection:
Jonathan turned the key in a lock made stubborn by disuse, shouldering open the tower door. A wave of stale, musty air rolled out to welcome him, making him cough.
He felt as if an eternity had passed since he had allowed himself any reminder of Karen, locking away her things in a superstitious attempt to banish her memory. Now he hesitated in the doorway like a nervous bridegroom.
She stood on the edge of the windswept cliff...but again, he did not come. She was tempting fate. Every day the air was a little brighter, the angry red sun a little closer to bursting over the rim of the world before she would abandon her vigil and seek shelter from its flame. And still--he did not come....
"How badly do you wish it, Carter Dallas?" Her voice hummed with intensity-literally vibrating in her throat.
"More than life," he replied earnestly. "As long as I would have you beside me, I'd do anything you say."
"There is a way."
"What do you mean?"
"If you wish it badly enough, Carter Dallas."
I am searching the trailer for a straight pin. In a place this size, with the amount of accumulated stuff crammed into every square inch of space...you would think I could find a straight pin. It's very important. You might say it's a matter of life and death....
Cody felt a shiver of delight run through him. It was as if he'd been here before...and there was something here that he was meant to take away. He knew that with unshakable certainty.
John slumped down at his desk dejectedly and pulled open the drawer where he kept his rejection slips. He riffled through folders, searching for the correct one, then slipped the envelope behind its marker.
There had to be some way to get around lack of first-hand experience...
"I'm sorry I killed you."
Rob said the first thing that popped into his head-a bad habit he couldn't seem to shake. "I'm sure I deserved it."
He ducked his head back to his work, stretching over the engine block, and Kelly watched the ripple of muscle under his black t-shirt regretfully. No...things like that did not happen in real life...but oh, how she wished they would....
Nah, Mac shook his head. Immortality was not for him. The Caretaker had been right. Immortals bore their own curse.
He wasn't about to miss out on the biggest mystery of his life. He wouldn't miss dying for the world.
What the reviewers say about RIEVISIONS:
excerpt:
Steve --
What we have in this anthology is a set of nine stories taking in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. We have ghosts, vampires, androids, reincarnation, paranoia and 'The Caretaker'...
These tales are not groundbreaking, they do not stretch the reader exploring new ideas of technology, nor do they bring forth images of complete horror. But as a reader I do not want every book/story I read to be taxing. Every now and again I like a comfortable read and that's what books like this are for, as we get nine well crafted, easy to read, feel-good stories.
These are good stories, from an author who's yet to disappoint. The only thing I found when reaching the end of the book is that I wanted more.
8 out of 10
eBook Reviews Weekly
This was one of those I-want-to-keep-reading books. Each light horror short
story is unique with unexpected twists. The very talented author has provided
the reader with easy to read, enthralling stories about compelling characters.
Read one and you're hooked. For instance, the first tale about a young man who
has lost his true love. I followed along offering him pity for his lost and
then... Well, you'll find out. I thoroughly enjoyed it. And the fun tale of the
rather fearful waitress whose car won't start and she allows herself to be
escorted home by a strange young man.
The author creates worlds where nothing is as it seems. Beware reading these
stories when you're home alone in a house that talks to itself after dark. You
might find yourself looking out windows, listening, wondering...
I highly recommend this book to any lover of light horror or mystery or just
plain good reading. I hope to see more of this author's work. Soon???
Anne K. Edwards, author of "Death Comes Knocking"