The Day It All Changed by Nicole Emmalee Morgan (2 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

We've all heard of it. It's the fork in the road decision that changes your life forever. Most of the time your decision is not even a question of right or wrong. I believe everyone gets to make this choice at least once in their lifetime. Like a lot of people, I didn't even know I was making it. I simply decided to knock on a door. The events that followed were unimaginable. Also included is the bonus short story: Throwing Eyeballs, a prequel to The Day It All Changed.

Genre: Short Stories

New Beginnings: An English Earl in Montana by Indiana Wake (Sweet Book Hub) (12 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

In the rugged frontier of Montana, five noble brothers face a stark new reality. Having left behind the luxuries of Waverly Hall, the Tavistock brothers must adapt to life on their grandfather's ranch without even a cook. James finds himself shouldering the burden of responsibility for his younger siblings while grappling with the terms of their inheritance: to secure their future, James must marry within a year. As they strive to rebuild their lives, James embarks on a quest for a bride through a local matrimonial advertisement, leading him to the beautiful and resilient Molly Carter. Molly, a woman of strength and grace, brings light and hope into James's life. But she harbors a secret that could change everything. In a tale woven with love, loss, and new beginnings, James and Molly must navigate their pasts to build a future together. Will James and his brothers find happiness and fulfill their grandfather's wishes, or will the weight of their aristocratic past prove too great to overcome? Discover the heartwarming journey of love and resilience in New Beginnings.

Genre: Short Stories

Kitan Club Vol26: A boy is standing in an empty train station. A large train arrives at the platform. With tears in his eyes, he waits for his ... by Alan Edoh (Halolub Co.,Ltd.) (1 Review)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Episode 54: The Station I am aiming to be a novelist and repeatedly have stories published in magazines. I try to write a short horror story sponsored by a publisher, but I cannot write anything good and the deadline is approaching soon. When I desperately try to write, I hear the sounds of ambulances and fire engines. There seems to be a family suicide nearby. The family was the one I saw at a fireworks display earlier. When I hear that all of the family members seemed to be saved, I am relieved. I go to work to complete the short story. Eventually, though, things go in unexpected ways. Episode 55: The Blind Monk Without Ears The last battle between Heike and Genji was held at Dannoura, and Heike was destroyed. However, the samurais of the Heike who died in the battle become ghosts, and these ghosts bother people for hundreds of years. There is a blind monk named Hoichi. Although he has had a hard time from an early age, he has a talent for playing and talking with Biwa and earns a living by polishing it. One day, a samurai comes and says that the nobles want to hear Hoichi's biwa story, and he takes Hoichi to them. He thinks he is playing in front of aristocrats in a luxurious mansion, but he actually has been deceived by a ghost of the Heike. The superior monk who notices it devises a strategy to save Hoichi. However, an unexpected situation comes up. Episode 56: The Sea Paintings A painter lives with his wife in a port town. The painter, who is very popular and has a constant demand for his works, lives a wealthy life. However, they prefer a quiet life rather than luxury. They like to have picnics near a famous place named Little Cliff, especially when the weather is nice. Yet the wife comes down with lung disease and dies. The mourning painter begins painting the sea, and only the sea, losing all of his customers. In the end, he stands on the cliff's edge, prays, and throws himself into the sea. At that time, a miracle occurs. Episode 57: A Firefly A young ...

Genre: Short Stories

SEBASTIAN: (Shaw Family Series Book One) by Andrea Marie (31 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Being the oldest of twelve children isn't what everyone would think it would be. There is a lot of responsibility and hard work to be put in. Then my father passes, leaving me the oldest male at just twenty years young to take on responsibilities of being the head of the household. On his death bed he asks me to help take care of my Mom and eleven younger siblings. To say my dreams for a fun, exciting life and a chance at young love died in that hospital room, is an understatement. Now, at the age of thirty-five, I may finally have the chance at true love. That's if she'll give me half a chance. This is the first installment of the Shaw Family Series. Each Instalove story is standalone.

Genre: Short Stories

The Land of Long Shadows by JJ Shurte (9 Reviews)    Price verified 31 minutes ago

These are not tales of survival, but tales of dying. In the heart of chaos, where two nuclear superpowers clash, an unrecognized island nation becomes the crucible of a world unraveling. Dark deeds birthed an apocalypse, shattering reality itself. City streets sink into nightmarish quagmires, and colossal pillars hold the sky aloft. From the shadows of this fractured world emerges a menagerie of horrors, stalking both the living and the dead. Some succumb to madness, becoming wretched beasts, while others, their sanity intact, grapple with the unanswerable question: why were they spared? Dive into The Land of Long Shadows, a collection of 11 gripping, post-apocalyptic tales, where survival means confronting the darkest facets of humanity and the unknown. Are you ready to journey through a world where death is not the end, but the beginning of something far more sinister?

Genre: Short Stories

THE CUT DIRECT: An enchanting Regency comedy-drama of love and heartbreak by Vivienne Shannon (1 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

'Being possessed of youth and the most exquisite of complexions, Felicia felt that life could not possibly be more agreeable. But her happiness was not to last... Miss Felicia de Vere's first London Season is a thrilling round of balls and parties. There's a positive swarm of dashing young men at her feet and an engagement on the horizon. But she hasn't reckoned on her headstrong brother Charles. Newly returned from France, he is in love with a most unsuitable young lady, and in possession of political views that positively enrage their father...

Genre: Short Stories

Possession by Patrick de Moss (7 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

From the forthcoming short story collection "Kings of Nowhere". Elliott, missing and presumed dead for the past two years arrives back in Foulton and into the care of his high-school friend Brian. Washed-up, broken in mind and body, but carrying with him something so terribly precious Brian cannot refuse to take him in. While Elliott may have lost everything about himself, there is still that one thing, that dark awful thing he has found in his two years in the wilderness, and Brian begins to want it for himself. A ghost story, of sorts, and a tale of memory and ownership and the price of both.

Genre: Short Stories