Download or read book Short Story Press Presents When Love Leaves written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents When Love Leaves by Elizabeth Owens “When Love Leaves” by Elizabeth Owens is a story many people can relate to: What do you do when love leaves, and you are left heartbroken and alone? Cassie is a divorced woman who had gone through years of abuse from a man she once loved dearly. When the abuse leads to a life shattering loss, she realizes she must escape the cruelty and try to make a life of her own. Leading a successful life as a social worker and making changes in children’s lives gives Cassie a feeling of contentment and satisfaction. When love returns in the shape of a loving, younger man, Cassie has to make a decision her friends don’t understand, but the support and encouragement from one unlooked for friend gives Cassie the strength she didn’t think she had. Will love stay this time? Why should you read “When Love Leaves” by Elizabeth Owens? • Real characters to which many people can relate. • Difficult choices that many people face, but don’t always have the strength to follow through on. • Vivid description and real life situations. • Lively characters that will leave you shaking your head while laughing. • Supportive characters who will warm your heart. • A main character you will be rooting for as she tries to find a love that will stay. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Download or read book Short Story Press Presents A Love In 3D written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Love In 3D by Valerie Lizotte What happens when you lose all hopes in yourself and in the world? Well, you become vulnerable and that’s what happened to Eddie, only he does not really know what is wrong with him until a meeting that will literally change his world and, in a very real way, his life. One day, as it is his habit, Eddie has stepped in a virtual travel cabin looking for a distraction from his bleak life and on an impulse he has made the journey to the era of 1950’s. An era that is so very different from his universe, somewhere in a not so distant, cold and unfriendly future, that Eddie is immediately fascinated with what he sees, with this much simpler and warmer life. He feels himself becoming alive again. There he also meets Marylyn, a pretty waitress working in a snack bar. She is so different from the women he has been keeping company with that Eddie feels himself attracted to her, attracted to how real and transparent she is. However, his engineer’s mind immediately sees the problem: Marylyn is not real and is the product of sophisticated computer coding. He tries to rationalise his attraction for her, but nothing can convince his heart and that is where the trouble starts. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Love On Demand written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-08-25 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Love On Demand by Sade Andria Zabala Cashmere Blake is Hollywood’s newest “It” girl. After 3 years of trying to get in the business, she finally has it all; fame, money and fortune. She gives all of this up to take a break in her humble hometown. But Hollywood is not so easy to let go of its new star. • Cashmere’s manager forces Philip, her costar and on-screen boyfriend, to go with her and pretend they’re going on a mysterious winter vacation in the hopes of getting some publicity for their failing TV show. This causes complications as Cashmere has secretly been feeling something every time she and Philip filmed a scene. • Things heat up when their managers and agencies keep pressuring them to date. It doesn’t help that Philip thinks she’s trying to steal his spotlight, and thus spends his time ignoring Cashmere during their pretend vacation. • Every night, Cashmere watches Philip sleep and imagines what life would be like if he could be just a little bit nicer to her. Cashmere realizes all her musings are futile as Philip hates her! Things get more confusing when it seems as though Philip is finally beginning to open up to Cashmere when he asks for help with his acting skills. Can Cashmere figure out what she feels before their “vacation” ends? Or will their story remain to be another unfulfilled Hollywood love on demand? Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Download or read book Outskirts Press Presents Fandemonium written by Outskirts Press and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2011-03-02 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can receive an instant 10% discount by ordering directly through the Outskirts Press bookstore by clicking here.www.facebook.com/OutskirtsPressThe American Red Cross received nearly 50% of the votes. www.OutskirtsPress.com

Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Camano Island s Heartbeat written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this story, you will experience a wide range of emotions while applying to the consistent theme of maintaining a positive outlook even in times of negativity and disarray. The story takes the reader and main character through a story that exemplifies: ● The relatable occurrence of sadness that all beings have experienced ● The importance of keeping a positive outlook in order to pull yourself out of the depths of sadness ● The implication to not cling or hold on to the past and look towards the future ● The ideology that serving and giving yourself brings happiness ● The power of a relationship and bond between animal and man ● The heavy weight of expectations that comes from friends and family that can keep people from following their dreams ● Beautifies family relationships and the need for understanding as a person who is an introvert and desires to be alone ● The ideology that action is important, and to take action immediately ● The Buddhist ideology of having the option to be running from darkness to brightness or from darkness to more darkness - you decide. ● The concept that all things rise, stay for some time, then pass away indicating there is no need to hate something viewed as negative or even love and attach oneself to something positive ● A story that shows there is happiness where you look for it, and sadness if you desire it. All the ideas portrayed in the story of Peter are to help the world today find the most out of the life they live. To realize they can give themselves if they feel that they don’t have enough and there is someone who needs it more than you know. It indicates to not wallow in sadness, even if it is all you have. It shows to take action and do good as this will be the best thing to heal you from your darkness. Stay bright! Michael Knighton has been writing fiction stories since he was a child. He was a vigorous reader from the age of 6 and it has continued well into his young adulthood today. He graduated high-school and went into factory work moving across the country to Arkansas, US where he worked until he was fired and he moved back across the country to his hometown, Boise, ID. He found work in a call center and bounced around different call centers for 5 years slowly falling into a deeper depression. All the while he was writing more stories and picked up a guitar and began playing music. He began to wonder what story his life was writing and what story he wanted his life to tell. He quit his job and moved to California working on a vegetable farm and from the money he made farming he visited India for two months. In India he met the love of his life and has since moved to Canada to be with her and continue his love for the Earth through developing his company, Regrowth Industries, which involves planting regenerative, ecological gardens on a micro scale to individuals and growing food forests in large plots of lands on a macro scale. He continues to write and believes writing is a healthy expression of oneself while also playing music to calm the mind that he says “sometimes becomes agitated with so many different things to do.” He hopes that people can see his love for the world through his writing and find true happiness in themselves through finding and following their true purpose. 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 Broken Rocks written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-08-03 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Broken Rocks by Cynthia Haltom Julia has been let go from her job of 20 years, as a ground water geologist in Eastern Washington and must find a new way to support herself. She decides to pack up her belongings and return to her family's cottage on Pine Island. There she hopes to find a new meaning to her life, while living in the peaceful and serene setting that she always experienced in the northern woods of Canada. She is surprised to discover that her old buddy, Andrew, still spends every summer across the river on Brown's Island, where he spent his youth with his family. The two had always spent their childhoods playing, fishing and enjoying the tranquility of island life as children. Once again, they share time enjoying the love of the great north. Julia had left for college over two decades ago, to make a life for herself working on the plutonium ground water cleanup project left from the atomic bomb processing, at the Hanford Nuclear Site in Richland, Washington. There she had made a life for herself; not returning to the island she loved so much. Destiny forced her to reevaluate her life and priorities encompassing many changes in attitudes and lifestyle. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Download or read book Short Story Press Presents A Final Kiss written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-06-08 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents A Final Kiss By Short Story Press & Alicia Danielle Voss-Guillén o Alicia Danielle Voss-Guillén, author of Price World Publishing’s Tori Series for middle grade readers, as well a previous short story (“One Winter Moment”) for Short Story Press, returns with another poignant tale of the difficulties and dilemmas imposed by impossible loves. o “A Final Kiss” relates the wedding day of Natalie St. John, an educated young woman from a wealthy New England family who must come to terms with the fact that she’s made a life altering mistake. o As an idealistic seventeen-year-old, Natalie meets and falls in love with Joey Renetti, a charming young waiter at a local Italian café. From the very beginning, it is evident to Natalie that the two are a match made in heaven. But Natalie’s uppity parents are far from being in agreement with their daughter. o Natalie’s mother insists that a life with a lower-class restaurant worker is not any kind of a future for a girl of Natalie’s breeding and social standing. She insists that her daughter meet and mingle with other young men. At first, Natalie is defensive of her relationship with Joey and goes to all lengths to protect it, even after she leaves home to attend a prestigious university. o But slowly and steadily time works it wiles, and Natalie’s parents succeed in driving a wedge between their daughter and the young man she truly loves. They are ecstatic when Natalie meets Adam Pennington, a well-to-do businessman and New England socialite who can provide their daughter with the finer things in life. Resigned to a future without Joey, Natalie embarks on a relationship with Adam, and the two soon become engaged. A mere month after Natalie’s graduation from university, the wedding will take place. But as the big day draws close, Natalie finds herself experiencing niggling doubts about Adam, and try as she might, she is unable to put Joey Renetti out of her mind. Even so, she goes through with the ceremony, assuring herself that everything will be all right. After all, Adam is kind, loving, and caring. Natalie has no doubt that he will make a good husband. o But when Natalie unexpectedly runs into Joey Renetti at her wedding reception, all her old longings resurface, and she must confront the reality of the life-changing mistake she made once and must live with for the rest of her days…. o Told through an alternating series of present-day happenings and flashbacks to Natalie’s eighteenth year, A Final Kiss explores the consequences we bring about ourselves when we close our hearts to their inmost desires. o Alicia Voss-Guillén was inspired to write A Final Kiss as she pondered the possibility of such a life-altering regret as Natalie faces in the story. “The concept of a bride meeting up with her one and only true love on the day she is married to a different man was just too good to pass up,” she says. The author infuses her character with the human emotion that she believes would be inherent in a similar scenario, and she hopes that none of her readers will ever have to deal with Natalie St. John Pennington’s level of regret. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Download or read book Outskirts Press Presents Fandemonium Volume 3 written by Outskirts Press and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the third year in a row, Outskirts Press invited its Facebook friends at www.facebook.com/OutskirtsPress to submit poetry and short stories for free publication in the 3rd annual Outskirts Press Facebook anthology. More writers participated than ever before! Proceeds from the sale of Fandemonium will be donated to the American Red Cross on behalf of Outskirts Press and its Facebook Fans. Thank you for the support. Each year, Fandemonium not only brings our Facebook members together for a good cause, it provides an easy, fun, free way to experience the joy of publishing with Outskirts Press first-hand. If you are a writer or professional with a book in your future (or a manuscript in your hands), Outskirts Press can help you with writing, publishing, and/or marketing it. Visit our website today for more information: www.OutskirtsPress.com

Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Better Than Syntax written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-12-27 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Better Than Syntax by Blaise Marcoux He is a famous author, a man who has penned best sellers. A man with a wife and a safe, sedate life. What drives his inner sorrow, then? What fuels his hidden frustration? Perhaps the answers start with the strange one-worded statements other people keep making at him. Maybe the truth lies in the reason why he is so extraordinarily afraid of answering back to those statements the wrong way. In this modern world, he is beyond the modern man, understanding far more than the average person, able of communicating far more than the best orator, the most talented blogger, or the greatest novelist. Yet all his thoughts are imprisoned within him because of the fear they can cause, that is, until the man meets two strange twin girls. What is the twin girls’ secret? How does the writer find out about it? How will these girls prove to be either his salvation... or his greatest doom? In a world that cannot understand him, does he finally have a chance to be understood? Witness the perils of a life where evolution and linguistics combine, where hopes can be forged and disappointed simply by using a sentence, where nothing may be Better than Syntax, not even a kiss from someone you are supposed to love. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Love Shackles written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Preents Love Shackles by Walter Price One of the most miserable and lonely places in the world is in a prison cell. The reason not being because you are locked away in a space the size of closet, away from society but because you have so much time to think. In the outside world you have resources to help make decisions and can move around to see for yourself when making choices. Being locked away physically also has the upmost mental effect on even a stable mind. One of the hardest decisions is figuring out exactly what path you will take once released from prison. This is vital because essentially the release the release date is the first day of the rest of your new life. The main character must make this decision but has to use his heart to guide him. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Uncertain Throne written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Uncertain Throne They were princesses that were never supposed to inherit the throne, but to live happily ever after with their princes. Everything changed when a mass slaughter took the lives of the generation before, leaving an elderly king with no heirs, save them. Felicia rules the kingdom with a heavy heart, separated from her long term love to love a man who makes her choose; love or the throne. Eva, the sickly but strong-hearted princess, and James, the navy commodore and trusted advisor of Felecia, no longer have to hide their long term love affair. Eva and James think they finally have peace after being separated for 15 years by Eva's arranged marriage: an alliance once made to help fortify the country. Now, Felicia must choose her own love and happiness or the throne. Will she disrupt the finally peaceful and relaxing lives of Eva and James to have them take the throne? Or will she choose to live in misery without the man she loves; a man she cannot marry? “The Uncertain Throne” makes us realize what we must do in the most desperate of times and realize our true self. Not all of us would respond the same way; not all of us would become the same person or make the same choices we think we would make. Suitable for ages 13+ up, the morals of this story transcend age and time Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Agent Romanov written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Agent Romanov by Natashiah Jansen Brigitte had a rough start in life. It all began when her village was bombed when she was just a child. After being sent to the USA by a refugee agency, she drifted from one foster home to another for some time. In her pursuit to find the sense of family she is recruited by the Russian mob, where she meets up with an old friend. The mob offered them everything except freedom. She wanted more. She changes her name and makes a new life for herself. She meets Martin who makes her an offer that was hard to refuse. Everything went well until she falls in love. In an effort to get information she makes a deal with a devil called Olga, the wife of the Russian mob boss. Her past comes to haunt her and almost takes the life of her lover. In an effort to protect her love she betrays Martin. Just when she thought everything was going her way, Olga surprises her with a special request to prove her loyalty. At first she hesitates but keeping her love alive was more important. Everything was perfect until she receives a phone call that would change her whole life. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Friends In Greece written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Friends In Greece by Skyler Gerard ‘Friends in Greece’ is a romantic short story based on the Greek island of Samos. Richard, a writer, and Jennifer, a stockbroker meet en route to the island. He wants to complete his book at Samos, while she simply wants to enjoy a holiday at a villa. The story tells how the two help each other out and become friends and soon, how love blossoms between them in the idyllic environs of Pythagorio on Samos, an exotic island in the Aegean Sea. Brilliantly conceived and written, the story is all about beauty, positive feeling, finding and knowing love, dilemma and sacrifice. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Washed Ashore Bride written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-08-03 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Washed Ashore Bride by Lannae Wilson Thomas Alexander was a proud man. He loved his high school sweetheart with all his heart and wanted to give her everything her heart desired. Being from a wealthy family, he knew he could do that but his pride wouldn’t let him support her with his family money. He had to make his own fortune before he could make her his wife. He started learning all he could about the oil business and invested in a few oil wells. It took two years of hard work. These two years were spent away from Angela, his Angel as he called her. It was a long time for her to wait on him but he was sure that it would all be worth it. At last, he did it. His oil wells hit and he was now wealthier than his own family. He had enough money to live 10 lives in luxury. He could now offer her marriage and give her everything he wanted and he was proud that he could do it on his own, without relying on his family money. Thomas was sure it would all be worth it. However, as the story unfolds, it reveals that things weren’t going to work out the way that Thomas had dreamed they would. • Thomas is jilted at the altar by Angela and later learns that she ran off with his little brother and was about to have his brothers child. • To make up to Thomas and ease his own guilt, Michael, Thomas’ brother tries to get Thomas a mail-order-bride • Thomas, because of his recent wealth, is now the center of the paparazzi and once the press learns of him being jilted at the altar and that his fiancé was carrying his brother’s baby, they can’t seem to get enough. • Thomas feels that the whole world thinks he is a pity case. He has to get away for awhile. • He buys an island and decides to live his life in solitude while he licks his wounds. • He finds a young woman washed up on his beach wearing a wedding dress and later learns that she ran away from her own fiancé and wedding. The young woman brings all the pain he was trying to put behind him to the surface all over again. Could he ever get past this hurt? Why did she have to wash up on his beach, he wondered and why did he feel an attraction to her? Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Her Mother s Child written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-12-27 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Her Mother's Child by Jasmine Bowen • Once upon a time, he was a heartthrob, on top of the world, finally with the woman he loved • Ever since he saw Joy across the street, at fifteen, he couldn’t take his eyes off her • Their fiery passion and attitude were a match for each other • The Hotel became a second home, a place of fights but also of discovery, of personality clashes that turned into friendships, of a fantasy life free from the stresses of the world • They may have fell in love in Queens, but they stayed in love in Hotel Gaelon • One day, hotel staff opened the paper to find Joy was dead and buried, across the world, at only 26, her widow beside her grave at 23. • At that age, if you were lucky enough to find the love of your life by then, you were supposed to living life up to the fullest, romance, flowers, late night clubs, easy living. Your whole life was in front of you. • The things you weren't supposed to be doing were the things Todd did, essentially. Bury your love, become a widower and a parent, with a child he would likely one day bury as well. • When a grieving Todd brings Veronica, the secret daughter of Joy to the hotel, and introduces her to the world in the same spot her introduced her mother, they can’t help but be shocked • As their visit goes on, the staff feels like they are seeing ghosts, transported back to a time five years ago when Joy was alive • Veronica’s looks, movements, and actions imitate Joy’s so much it sends shivers down their spine. She truly is “Her Mother’s Child” Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

Download or read book Short Story Press Presents In The Scope written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents In The Scope by Don Codner An assassin is at the top of his field and each of his kills are never the same. In this way, he never leaves a signature and that keeps the law two steps behind. It’s a life full of turmoil and continuous travel, but it’s the life he chose. • He gets a job that requires him to kill not only the mother and father, but also the heir apparent. The client wants this done, so there’ll be no one to step in and take what’s rightfully his. • The assassin has done this on many occasions and has no problem with it, until he finds his crosshairs on a one-year-old baby. • He can’t take this baby’s life, but he can’t leave him there either. So, he takes the little one into his home and raises him as his own. • The kid learns everything that the assassin knows and he tries desperately not to subject him to the life he leads. • One day the kid, now aged 18, finds a box that reveals who he really is and that his ‘Father’ is responsible for killing his parents. • He comes out to the public and takes the fortune that rightfully belongs to him. He can’t stop thinking about what the assassin took from him and sends out various characters to kill him. • He decides that he must take on his teacher on his own. Mr. Smith the Assassin has no choice but to play cat and mouse with his own son and takes the fight across the globe. The world has his face in their crosshairs and many would-be killers come out to collect the bounty on his head. Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.