On Beauty is a provocative collection of moments, confessions, overheard conversations, and memories, both fleeting and crystalized, revolving around the small chasms and large craters of everyday life. Situated at the crossroads of prose and poetry, these 33 vignettes explore the rhythm, textures, and micro-moments of lives in motion. Composed with a poet's eye for detail and ear for rhythm, rob mclennan's brief stories play with form and language,...

England is a maritime nation. Our folklore and history is peppered with tall tales of the high seas: mysteries of the great ocean, the unknown world beneath the surface of the salt sea, and the liminal coast where the sea-gods meet our lives on the land. Here is a collection of traditional folk tales from the coasts and seas of England. Lisa Schneidau retells the old stories with a contemporary twist: dragons and monsters, sailor heroes and ghost...

Robert had gone through the painful experience of heartbreak and had developed a cold heart, making him uninterested in pursuing any romantic relationships. His friend Damian urged him to come out and enjoy life, but Robert was skeptical and not interested in pursuing relationships. However, fate had different plans for Robert when he had a chance encounter with a woman that left him feeling confused and unsure. She had a way of making him feel alive...

This book is a collection of short stories, where each story unveils a unique tapestry of global celebrations. Experience the mythical allure of the world's cultural richness and joyous revelry within the pages of this anthology. From the cherished traditions of well-known festivals to the hidden gems of lesser-known commemorations, each narrative paints a vivid portrait of the cultural significance and human experience that define these occasions....

In these ten stories, Steve Clark guides us through an urban terrain of relationships--marital and filial, romantic and bitter--exploring loss and longing in a timeless but modern cityscape. A man leaves his wife in bed with the flu and takes a walk through his past, encountering the dead and living, the real and surreal, on his last day alive in Paris.A couple, who've married each other three times, break up at an iconic New York piano bar. A wife...

"The Coincidence of Birth" is a collection of short stories by North Carolina native and nationally recognized writer Ty Keenum. Keenum's personal journey began in the mountains of North Carolina with residence stopovers in Florida, Texas, and finally culminating in Atlanta, Georgia. Like the author, the story's settings wind throughout the southland from the mountains of West Virginia to the Gulf coast of Florida, the furniture markets of North Carolina...

Lucas Amoz is ecstatic when his fiancé informs him that he will soon become a parent, but he has no idea that this development will completely upend his life, as he finds himself entangled in a web of deceit and betrayal that threatens to unravel his entire existence. As secrets about his fiancée and mother surface, Lucas is forced to confront the dark realities of familial loyalty and ambition. With a powerful prosecutor seeking revenge, and a...

Moruga Tales by June Lee-Sing KhanISBN: 978-0-9878256-3-6 (eBook)Second Edition eBook published May 2021The author spent her early years in the village of Grand Chemin in the district of Moruga. Grand Chemin is a seaside village on the south coast of Trinidad and to this day it is still very rural in nature, forgotten by Time and the Government.She grew up hearing the stories of the strange and supernatural creatures that haunted the area and filled...

"He is the absolute ruler of several galaxies!" Some adventurous traveller described. "He is also a ......(iantai) god who has created countless races!" A certain cat-eared female creature described. "He is also a treacherous merchant!" A certain peer described. "He's clearly a demon, if it wasn't for my carelessness, how could I have fallen into his hands!" The Gaia Loli who did not want to disclose her name said fiercely. It's actually the story...

Six Hundred.Most of these stories are short, six hundred words or so. It is a length that requires word discipline, not long enough for flowery prose or complicated scenarios but long enough to create movement. Just as an artist might paint a portrait with the subject gazing off to the side, or looking directly to us with an enigmatic smile that reveals the fact of a secret without us knowing what the secret is. It is the difference between writing...