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Brenda Locksley and Ben Lerner had initially met when both were pursuing their master’s in business administration degrees. The still handsome and trim Ben remembered Brenda much as she was now: a curvy redhaired beauty. Now, as 42-year-olds, they had reconnected for the first time in 19 years. They had been friendly acquaintances, but now they were cast into the roles of being rivals in a high-stakes game of marketing. And Brenda had come out on top. But Ben revealed to her that he knew she had not played by the riules. And she confesses, agreeing to a fitting penalty.

En esta colección de relatos de interioridad tortuosa, de complicidades mudas, de epifanías sutiles, Isabel Hion construye, con una prosa cálida y precisa, un muestrario de voces que nos convierten en confidentes de cruentas relaciones entre padres e hijos, situaciones cargadas de simbolismo onírico, de personajes que comparten una melancolía poco común en la narrativa breve contemporánea.

Wow, it's already Volume 3 of TIW shorts! The third collection of totally pointless exactly 500 Challenge and exactly 200 Weekend Quickie word nonsense (plus a few collaborations and extra TIW things) to entertain you while doing whatever you do when reading.

Yes! It's volume 7 of Dani J. Caile's short stories, including the 2017 Iron Writer Annual Championship winner "With Love and Affection"!

'Dani's Shorts' is a collection of 500 word short stories based on the elements given in the Iron Writer Challenge. These 28 short stories show a range of Dani's favourite writing styles, including pair dialogues, internal thoughts and sardonic parodies. If you are 'up to the Challenge', then go to... http://theironwriter.com/ "I hope you find the stories creative, serious, humorous, filled with pointless nonsense and poignant emotions. I hope you get angry, I hope you laugh, I hope you cry. I hope you share this work with everyone you know. Isn’t that what good writing is for?" B Y ...

Yuri’s List : “the only story [in the competition] to make me laugh out loud” Hairy: “unique and funny story” Hero : disqualified The Smirk : “Definitely amusingly tragic” Evil Plays its Hand: “grimly amusing […] anti-Trump spoof” Come and read more crazy, haunting and damn stupid stories by Dani J Caile! Inside these here pages is a collection of fabulous stories written for the Writers Games 2016 which were either unplaced or disqualified, but are still so unbelieveably great they have to be seen. So, turn those pages and read!

What you gonna do when the bad boy has a crush on you? I never expected to be in a throuple, let alone one that involves two of the hottest hockey players on campus, Luke and Greg. But here I am, navigating the complexities of our relationship while trying to keep my head above water. Just when I thought things were finally settling down, Enzo, the arrogant and bad boy hockey star, enters the picture, throwing my world into chaos. Enzo's sudden interest in me sparks jealousy and tension between Luke, Greg, and me. But as I spend more time with Enzo, I begin to see a different side of him—...

The Marbles follows two lifelong friends as they plan a reckless heist and build a crew of misfits to pull it off. But they’re all in—until everything starts to fall apart. A trail’s been left, and now the cops are circling. The real question isn’t if they’ll get the score....

In The Shadow Over Innsmouth, Lovecraft guides listeners into a decaying coastal town shrouded in mystery, where ancient pacts and unnatural beings have shaped generations. What begins as an innocent detour for a young traveler turns into a spiraling descent into horror, madness, and the terrifying realization of what lurks beneath the surface—both of the sea and of his own ancestry.

It’s Volume 5 of Dani J Caile's TIW Flash fiction shorts…! Quick, everyone, run for the hills!

What if the real demon... was inside your mind? Swapnil is an ordinary student. One night, he takes a shortcut on his way to class. But this simple choice leads him into a dark and terrifying world—one filled with shadows, silence, and a presence that watches him from within. As the line between reality and nightmare begins to blur, Swapnil must confront the one thing that haunts us all: Fear itself. Trapped in a world where logic breaks down and nothing is what it seems, he must find a way out—before he loses himself completely. The Devil’s Path is a gripping psychological horror ...

All About Laurie is the epic collection of all four real-life true stories about an extraorinary woman lamed Laurie who has changed the author's life forever.

He is her matchmaker. She is his worst client. At 32, Diana is battle-worn from the modern dating trenches. Sarcasm is her armor. Signed up for a matchmaking service by her best friend, she braces for disappointment. But then she meets Nate—the charming matchmaker who believes she deserves more. Too bad he is completely off limits... or is he? This laugh-out-loud romcom is a standalone novella in The Matchmaker Files—a series of interconnected romances set inside a modern matchmaking agency. You’ll love it if you like: Cinnamon roll heroes Grumpy-meets-sunshine vibes (grumpy heroine) ...

Summer Greer prefers manicures to nights under the stars. But when her best friend invites her to a wilderness adventure camp, it seems like the perfect way to get over her ex and find a no-strings, summer fling to punch her v-card once and for all. Cue the tequila shots, a pair of Daisy Dukes, a rude local, and a hot savior pretending to be her brother and her reckless summer heats up fast. Adventure junkie and single dad Price Webber has only one woman in his life and that’s how he likes it. His six-year-old daughter is his only focus outside of being the new director of Camp Wanderlust...

The Hunter’s Craft is a chilling psychological thriller told in the form of a personal manifesto. The serial killer speaks directly to the reader, revealing his early life, emotional detachment, and calculated evolution into a seasoned predator. Structured as a series of intimate answers to hypothetical questions, the book explores themes of trauma, control, addiction, and rationalization. The killer discusses how he selects his victims, his methods for avoiding capture, and his shifting desires—from his first “accidental” kill to the perfection of his process. Disturbing yet ...

'ಪುಟ್ಟ ಪಾದದ ಗುರುತು' ಗಮನಕೊಟ್ಟು ಓದಬೇಕಾದ ಕತೆಗಳ ಸಂಕಲನ. ಈ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಹೊಸ ಕತೆಗಾರರ ರಚನೆಗಳ ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲಿನ ಒಂದು ಮೃದುವಾದ ಬಣ್ಣ. ಸುನಂದಾ ತಮ್ಮ ಸಂವೇದನೆಗಳನ್ನೇ ಅವಲಂಬಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ತಮ್ಮ ಕಥಾಲೋಕವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಕತೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹಲವಾರು ಪಾತ್ರಗಳು ಎದುರಾದರೂ ಅವರೆಲ್ಲರೂ ತಮ್ಮ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನ ಸಂವೇದನೆಗಳನ್ನೇ , ತಮ್ಮ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಸಂಬಂಧಗಳನ್ನು ಕುರಿತ ತಿಳಿವಳಿಕೆ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಗಳನ್ಬೇ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳು. ಎಲ್ಲ ಕತೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ಎಲ್ಲ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕತೆಗಾರ್ತಿಯ ನೋಟ , ಭಾವಗಳೇ ಪ್ರತಿಬಿಂಬಿತವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ ಅನ್ನಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಕತೆಗಾರ ಕಣ್ಮರೆಯಾಗಿ ಕತೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಬಹುಕಾಲ‌ ಮನಸಲ್ಲುಳಿಯುವ ಕತಗಳಿವು.

You only need 3 key ingredients to make a mistake. Opportunity, proximity, lust. I made all three. Heather Have you ever thought about how people find themselves in a strange relationship or relationships? Mistakes. Sometimes relationships were formed through mistakes. I made a mistake, falling for my boyfriend's best friend. Or was it? My boyfriend, instead of throwing a fit, was open to the idea of ‘sharing’. Would this finally break us apart, or strengthen our relationship? And what was his idea of ‘sharing’? Only one way to find out. Let’s play. Oh, did I forget to mention? ...

Abdón Ubidia explora la profundidad de las emociones humanas a través de una colección de relatos cargados de nostalgia, amores imposibles y vidas marcadas por traumas y secretos. Desde la historia de Jack, un perro fiel que guarda las confidencias más íntimas de su dueño, hasta la búsqueda de sentido en un mundo que parece haber olvidado la memoria, cada cuento invita al lector a reflexionar sobre los vínculos que forjan nuestras almas. Abdón Ubidia nos ofrece una ventana a los rincones más oscuros y vulnerables del ser humano, abordando temas universales como el amor, la ...

It is summer and Cyrilla Tove and her daughter Bexley pick up and leave their native state of Louisiana to make a fresh clean start in the lovely southern state of South Carolina. A nosey young neighbor has eyes on them as soon as they arrive to the neighborhood of Halverson. Ambrosia—a pushy, troublesome young teenager—quickly starts up a friendship with Bexley. Bexley soon learns that she is unable to trust Ambrosia inciting hard feelings and gossip against the unsuspecting newcomer. Settling down in a new area for an easygoing life of peace and tranquility expeditiously gyrates into ...

Ghost Playlist By G.J. Fene In a hyper-connected world, some connections should never be made. From vanished friends and haunted signals to playlists that whisper secrets from the grave, Ghost Playlist weaves six chilling tales where technology becomes the conduit for the supernatural. A mysterious social network that can erase a person from both memory and reality… A train carriage that vanishes into silence, taking a passenger with it… A lighthouse beacon sending distress signals from the other side… A location pin that leads deeper into the dark—and someone who’s no longer ...