Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Reason To Sing written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Reason To Sing by Janet Marie Lewis In a future time, well after all the countries of the world have engaged in a global nuclear event, a select few have survived The Great War and reorganized civilization within a sealed Bubble. In this day and time, there are only a handful of people remaining who ever lived and breathed outside the Bubble; most habitants were born within its sealed plexi-interior. The Bubble is a monarchy with one ruler, Arch Sedric. He has commissioned an intimidating army of police called the SAC, or Security Advisor Cadre. These police enforce strict ordinances within the districts, in order to enforce concentration on the main objective, the survival of the human race. Holidays do not exist within the Bubble unless Arch Sedric declares them. Consequently, reminiscing about the days before the war is strictly forbidden, and engaging in any sort of art form that would remind or instruct others of the days before the war are also taboo. Singing is a direct violation of Bubble ordinance. Once born, every man, woman and child receives a number…a code to designate who they are, what district they were born in within the Bubble, and what their life-job will be. One such being, a seventeen year old boy, has been assigned the job of biologist. He is apprenticing beneath an older man, the chief biologist who once lived in the pre-war world. When the boy hears a beautiful drone outside the Bubble, he questions his mentor and seeks to understand the nature of “singing”. Having been schooled in the intricacies of The Great War, his belief is that all humankind outside the Bubble is dead. His conscience begins to get the better of him when he hears the hum and song of what his mentor knows to be a Christmas tune, and his reaction places his mentor and himself in danger of being banished into the post-war ash outside the Bubble. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.
Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Pearl Port Singer written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-07-21 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Pearl Port Singer by Natashiah Jansen Mermaids, mermen, treacherous villagers and a Nix: these are some of the exciting things in store for you with the latest Natashiah Jansen story entitled “Pearl Port Singer”. You’ll be taken on a dive into the magical world of merpeople and learn: • why the treacherous villagers set up false harbor lights; • why the mermaids want to stop them; • why the mermaids call on Antaeus to help; • why Antaeus believes that Damarion, the moon equatorial feeder, would bring them victory; • who and what is Rusalka really; • why Ella dislikes Rusalka; • who will be with the fin at the end of the day. If you love humorous stories, you will love Pearl Port Singer. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.
Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Why You written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-12-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Why You by Tara Mitchell “Why You” is about two seniors. One has a rough and troubled home life. The other has a strong close knit family. Collin takes charge after his girlfriend Cleo disappears for a short time. He looks for her at work and school. He goes to her home and there discovers the root of Cleo life problems. Not knowing what to do, Collin talks to his parents about the situation and finds they are his best allies to help Cleo break away from a horrible mother and make a life of her own. Collin and Cleo enjoy the company of one another but through her disappearance Collin discovers his love for Cleo. He would not give up on her. Cleo learns that family can be a great thing. She also learns that not every person who befriends you wants to use you for their own gain. She finally learns to love and to trust. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.
Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Sergeant s Heart written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-10-26 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Sergeant's Heart by Natashiah Jansen Love, lost and new beginnings these are the things you can expect in the latest Natashiah Jansen story entitled “Sergeant’s Heart” Celest didn’t expect to start her new life with the love of her life on such a devastating note. Luckily for her, Dina, a life-long friend, is always by her side to support her. In her journey to recovery a handsome stranger moves into the neighborhood. If only she knows how much they have in common. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.
Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Unable To Breathe written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Unable To Breathe by Jasmine Bowen • A grungy, edgy Rockstar famous since he was 12 and a young model, innocent in her ways and just coming into her own. • They didn’t have much in common; except for fame…and the inability to properly breathe. • While Olympia’s father does everything to keep her cystic fibrosis under control, his healthy ways won’t give her immortality. Meanwhile, Michael has chosen to live life like a fast burning torch; since he’ll be dead soon either way. • Will Michael’s flamethrower ways destroy Olympia, or will her slow burning candle save him before it’s too late? • Olympia’s family disapproves of the troublesome Rockstar, and his band mates dislike the innocent almost-child that is always around. • Their tender romance is found in breathless moments of understanding; of silent gazes and knowing looks. • About finding beauty even in pain; even when your partner looks their worst. • When Michael receives bad news, it tests their romance at new heights. • “Unable to Breathe” is a story about love despite the difficulties; about the little things that bring you together even if you are worlds apart. About transcending lifestyle, religion, professions; all differences; to be with the one you love. • Is it truly till death do us part, or is there something after that can be shared? Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.
Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Romance And Goblins written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Romance And Goblins by Blaise Marcoux Fourteen-year old Eador has never remembered a time he wasn't a slave to the goblins. In their dark kingdom underground, he works blindly at their tasks while suffering their belittlement. Finally, though, two warriors named Thorsen and Coreon rescue Eador from the creatures' grasp. The three humans journey to the village On The Rocks of Tyvar River, but not everything is as it seems. • Who is the mysterious goblin girl who spied on Eador all the time while he was imprisoned? What does she want from him? How could it change his life forever? • What secret lies in Eador's lineage, one hidden from him by both the goblin girl and Thorsen and Coreon? What secret does the girl hold from Eador as well? • Why does Coreon keep eying the boy with suspicion? Could he have ill-willed plans plotted out for one of his own kind? Two societies are at war - the goblins and the humans. In the end, how could Eador ever reject his own race in favor of one that has tortured him for so many years? What tips the balance for him... or is the balance even tipped? When Romance and Goblins becomes involved, the results will always be unpredictable. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.
Download or read book Short Story Press Presents The Heart Knows What It Wants written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can you find love in the arms someone who is hiding an important part of their past? When everything seems to be going as planned, how do you handle a shadowed past that threatens your happiness? This story brings to light how our past transgressions can either tear us apart or bring us closer together. • Realizing that the past is a part of who we are, but doesn’t define us • Life is too short to let past Wrongdoings take hold of our hearts • Believing in your heart that something is real and not looking for it in the reassurance of others • Love is worth fighting for, both emotionally and physically • History doesn’t always repeat itself, especially when it comes to finding love in the arms of someone different About the Writer Summer Anderson is a mother, wife, animal advocate, writer and long-time lover of the game of golf. Her passion lies in writing from the heart, and on topics that are most important to the Millennial generation along with the occasional fictional love story. She hopes to impact those through her writing and advice on marketing and social media communication. Summer is married to her wonderful husband, Bob, and they have two lively kiddos – Heath and Autumn. When not enjoying a family game night, Summer can be found on the golf courses of Pennsylvania, enjoying a good of cup of coffee or hanging out with her pets. Professionally, Summer has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Arts from Allegheny College in Meadville and a Master of Arts in Marketing from Edinboro University. She currently works as an administrative assistant, and in her spare time, she freelances in writing, graphic design and website creation. Summer currently has two published works on Amazon, one fictional piece and one non-fiction on what it means to be a working mom in the 21st Century. She hopes that her stories will inspire others to write or to pursue their love of a good story that has yet to be written. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.
Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Chest of Childhood written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Chest of Childhood by Janet Marie Lewis An aged, decrepit old woman wanders the quiet hallways of her home. She remembers a day when they were brighter…more kinetic with anticipation of life within their walls. Family was a regular occurrence and the tinkling laughter of grandchildren used to echo through the house. Oh how she missed those times as she now hobbles oh-so-slowly with her cane through the archaic old home. And as the old woman wanders reminiscing through the halls, she comes upon a door; rusty hinges amplify groan of age as the door swings slowly open and she balances herself in the doorway. The old woman discovers a chest…an antique old cedar chest that is very large, and her breath catches briefly as her heart thumps in her own body. The chest has sparked a memory and she releases the door jam and using her cane for support, the woman shambles over to the massive trunk with anticipation in her eyes. It had been near eighty-five years after all, since she’d seen what was in the trunk and she could barely remember, though it called out to her in the otherwise empty room. Now, it took her what seemed like a very long time to reach it, and when she did, her weakened old body fell against it for support. She fumbled with the latch as her gnarled and arthritic hands fought against what it was she desired, but finally…she was able to snap the hasp upward, releasing the lock on the trunk. What she discovered inside was not just a memory; what she discovered was a living, breathing catalyst that grasped her firmly in its grips and propelled her back in time. The old woman discovered herself in the midst of her childhood friends; a child again herself, she caught the jump rope chant on the wind… Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.
Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Search The Ethernet written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-06-10 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Search The Ethernet by Ona Jo-Ellan Bass “Search the Ethernet” is set in a quiet neighborhood in Central City, in Some State, in the US. The characters include a single mom, her children and dog, and a gaming group who are meeting for an evening of fun, as well as a lot of people who know how to say, “I don’t think I can help you”. It encapsulates a crisis on what should have been a quiet evening of just hanging out online and having fun. You will enjoy this story if you: • Play role-playing games, on screen or table-top. • Like mystery stories. • Enjoy family oriented short stories. • Believe that we are all responsible for each other in this world. • Have online friends. • Believe that online friends are more than a pixel paper dolls. • Know someone who substitutes gaming for activities because they are ill or disabled. • Have ever realized you only know someone by their character name. • Like reading stories based on the Heinleinian writing principal of “if this goes on”. • Know someone who has cancer, diabetes or any other debilitating illness. This story is about the friendships that can be forged online through MMORPG’s, and is for the good friends I have made through my Guild. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.
Download or read book Not A Lot of Reasons to Sing but Enough written by Kyle Tran Myhre and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OF WHAT FUTURE ARE THESE THE WILD, EARLY DAYS? An exploration of the role that artists play in resisting authoritarianism with a sci-fi twist. In poetry, dialogue and visual art the book follows two wandering poets as they make their way from village to village, across a prison colony moon full of exiled rebels, robots, and storytellers. Part post-apocalyptic road journal, part alternate universe history of Hip Hop, and part “Letters to a Young Poet”-style toolkit for emerging poets and aspiring movement-builders, it's also a one-of-a-kind practitioners' take on poetry, power, and possibility. NOT A LOT OF REASONS TO SING is a: -post-apocalyptic road journal -alternate universe history of Hip Hop -“Letters to a Young Poet” -toolkit for emerging poets and aspiring movement-builders it's also a one-of-a-kind practitioners' take on poetry, power, and possibility.
Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Arguing Against Prophecy written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Arguing Against Prophecy by Catharine Parks A trip to the Holy Land was a dream come true for Catharine Parks, but it was no ordinary vacation. It was a visit to Israel never to be forgotten. From Tiberias to Eilat she felt a supernatural presence that stayed with her every moment of every day. From death's door to heaven's gates the Presence of God took her on a spiritual journey of faith, hope and mercy. The story of Catharine's soul journey will touch your heart as you experience the love and feel the power of the Holy Spirit as it changed her in Israel, and allow it to change you too. Go along with Catharine as she steps into the cave where Jesus was born and feel the power emanating from Christ's birthplace as it touched her and let that same power touch you too. In a life and death struggle, Arguing Against Prophecy will touch your heart and soul as you learn how to be obedient to God's calling. In this book, you will discover the spiritual battle we are all engaged in and learn how to win the war. • Get answers to the age-old question – Does God still speak to his people? • To be victorious in this life you must prepare your heart and mind to be obedient. • Do you know how Satan can use 'memories, guilt, depression, anger, rejection, hopelessness' to speak to your mind to bring about your ultimate end? • What to do when you’re faced with a crisis. • Master being victorious and reap the heavenly rewards. • Discover how God can take a broken heart and mend it completely. • Learn how God sends angels to intervene in a death and life situation. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.
Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Meet Me At The Track written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-11-09 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Meet Me At The Track by Tara Mitchell Ellen is a busy single mother with a daughter in eighth grade. She works as a nurse and because of that she misses out on some moments with her daughter Ashley. While in attendance at Ashley's track meet she meets a nice man whose daughter also runs track and happens to be part of a relay team that Ashley is on. As the girls become closer it put the parents in close proximity even away from the track. Dean, the father of Ashley's friend, is a busy man that works from his home. He has designed a back yard paradise for his work and invites Ellen over as well as the kids. Dean and Ellen become friends and feel comfortable together but have no intentions of taking it any further. That is until their daughters get involved. Both Ashley and Dean's daughter Sarah set them up for a meeting at the track in which Dean and Ellen are faced with the realization that they had not hidden their attraction to one another and even their kids see and respect it. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.
Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Parallel Divergence written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Parallel Divergence by Lynda Rodriguez Parallel Divergence is a new take on the story of a love affair gone horribly wrong. The narrator is one of the many women who find themselves embroiled in a romantic situation that they never saw coming. The unnamed woman discovers that she could, indeed , be any woman in any place. The middle aged woman who narrates has grown complacent with her life. She becomes increasingly discontent as she realizes that her children are growing older and she hasn’t quite moved in the direction that she always wanted. She pursues a long time interest in photography. Her teacher is dark and mysterious and seems to be exactly what she needs to add a spark into her dull life. Their affair advances from a one-time fling into a full blown affair, causing the town gossips to reveal her secret to her husband. Her terrified husband accommodates her in her struggle for happiness. Then an anonymous girl approaches her with information about her lover’s past. All things come to a resolution with a surprising twist at the end. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.
Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Dad s Down Under written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Dad’s Down Under by Chad Collins Dad's Down Under chronicles the tumultuous-- and often humorous-- funeral of an emotionally abusive husband, told from the point of view of the man’s eighteen year old son. Present are the distant relatives and immediate family, all of whom have different recollections of what kind of man he was. His immediate family views him as a monster, while his side of the family remembers him as a kind, loving, and generous man. • A semi-autobiographical account written from the young mind of someone who has witnessed many of the events in the short story. • The perspective of an eighteen year old provides fresh and keen insight into the issue of domestic violence and how it impacts children in such harrowing circumstances. • The short story structure allows for a swift-- albeit emotionally satisfying-- journey through the funny and, at times dour, narrative. • The funeral setting allows for readers to relate to similar experiences of their own. • The narrative element of an uninvolved paternal figure is something many young readers will be able to relate to. Chad’s journey may also provide a source of comfort for youth unaware of how their similar situations will play out. Written by a prospective writer. The short story will be his first foray into the world of publishing. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.
Download or read book Sing to It written by Amy Hempel and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/FAULKER AWARD ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 “All the tawdry details I’m dying for are in these stories, but they’re given out like old sweaters—without shame, without guile. Amy Hempel is the writer who makes me feel most affiliated with other humans; we are all living this way—hiding, alone, obsessed—and that’s ok.” —Miranda July From legendary writer Amy Hempel, one of the most celebrated and original voices in American short fiction: a ravishing, sometimes heartbreaking new story collection—her first in over a decade. Amy Hempel is a master of the short story. A multiple award winner, Hempel is highly regarded among writers, reviewers, and readers of contemporary fiction. This new collection, her first since her Collected Stories published more than a decade ago, is a literary event. These fifteen exquisitely honed stories reveal Hempel at her most compassionate and spirited, as she introduces characters, lonely and adrift, searching for connection. In “A Full-Service Shelter,” a volunteer at a dog shelter tirelessly, devotedly cares for dogs on a list to be euthanized. In “Greed,” a spurned wife examines her husband’s affair with a glamorous, older married woman. And in “Cloudland,” the longest story in the collection, a woman reckons with the choice she made as a teenager to give up her newborn infant. Quietly dazzling, these stories are replete with moments of revelation and transcendence and with Hempel’s singular, startling, inimitable sentences.
Download or read book Big Red Tequila written by Rick Riordan and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series Everything in Texas is bigger . . . even murder. Meet Tres Navarre—tequila drinker, Tai Chi master, and unlicensed P.I., with a penchant for Texas-size trouble. Jackson “Tres” Navarre and his enchilada-eating cat, Robert Johnson, pull into San Antonio and find nothing waiting but trouble. Ten years ago Navarre left town and the memory of his father’s murder behind him. Now he’s back, looking for answers. Yet the more Tres digs, trying to put his suspicions to rest, the fresher the decade-old crime looks: Mafia connections, construction site payoffs, and slick politicians’ games all conspire to ruin his homecoming. It’s obvious Tres has stirred up a hornet’s nest of trouble. He gets attacked, shot at, run over by a big blue Thunderbird—and his old girlfriend, the one he wants back, is missing. Tres has to rescue the woman, nail his father’s murderer, and get the hell out of Dodge before mob-style Texas justice catches up to him. The chances of staying alive looked better for the defenders of the Alamo. “Riordan writes so well about the people and topography of his Texas hometown that he quickly marks the territory as his own.”—Chicago Tribune Don’t miss any of these hotter-than-Texas-chili Tres Navarre novels: BIG RED TEQUILA • THE WIDOWER’S TWO-STEP • THE LAST KING OF TEXAS • THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO AUSTIN • SOUTHTOWN • MISSION ROAD • REBEL ISLAND
Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Reason To Sing written by Short Story Press and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a future time, well after all the countries of the world have engaged in a global nuclear event, a select few have survived The Great War and reorganized civilization within a sealed Bubble. In this day and time, there are only a handful of people remaining who ever lived and breathed outside the Bubble; most habitants were born within its sealed plexi-interior. The Bubble is a monarchy with one ruler, Arch Sedric. He has commissioned an intimidating army of police called the SAC, or Security Advisor Cadre. These police enforce strict ordinances within the districts, in order to enforce concentration on the main objective, the survival of the human race. Holidays do not exist within the Bubble unless Arch Sedric declares them. Consequently, reminiscing about the days before the war is strictly forbidden, and engaging in any sort of art form that would remind or instruct others of the days before the war are also taboo. Singing is a direct violation of Bubble ordinance. Once born, every man, woman and child receives a number...a code to designate who they are, what district they were born in within the Bubble, and what their life-job will be. One such being, a seventeen year old boy, has been assigned the job of biologist. He is apprenticing beneath an older man, the chief biologist who once lived in the pre-war world. When the boy hears a beautiful drone outside the Bubble, he questions his mentor and seeks to understand the nature of "singing". Having been schooled in the intricacies of The Great War, his belief is that all humankind outside the Bubble is dead. His conscience begins to get the better of him when he hears the hum and song of what his mentor knows to be a Christmas tune, and his reaction places his mentor and himself in danger of being banished into the post-war ash outside the Bubble. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.
