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Pablo's Boat
The stories take us through a summer of love, writing and self-discovery. Set in France, they paint a picture of a world both familiar and yet so different, both in time and outlook. They also recount an attempt to rediscover that lost world; an attempt filled with regret, nostalgia and, ultimately, resolution.
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Next
Stories should interest you, touch you, move you. There are 134 in ‘Next’. Many, possibly even most, will do just that. ‘Youth’, ‘love’, ‘life’, ‘death’, and so much more. Stories often relevant to you, your life, past and future. Stories very readable, memorable.
‘Next’ is generous, a friend you will want to spend time with. A book to keep beside your favourite chair, beside your bed. A friend to meet up with often over the years. Rather special, rather out of the ordinary.
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Nancy's Magic
From the witch’s daughter who has always known about herbs and potions.
A stone which stands tall and proud, waiting but waiting for who?
Driving ahead at full speed, searching and looking for the right road, the one which will take her far away to freedom.
To survive – an instinct bred deep inside of every man woman and child. To have the courage to go on and never give in.
Dreams which can be more real and terrifying than real life but can also be a warning of events waiting to happen.
Then there always is true love, a love which can last for many years and can never die.
Let the time fly by as you enter an emotional roller-coaster, from love and survival, witches and wizards, laughter and tears.
But things are not always what they seem, twists, and turns at every corner and at the end – who knows?
Enjoy the ride and always remember to dance in the rain.
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Mystery, History and Imagination
This book is intended to amuse and interest you. You’ll meet many people from history and see how they might have behaved in situations you’re sure to know about. There are also murderers and victims – some real and some fictitious, barbaric punishment handed out by figures of authority, and kings and queens from the past who didn’t always behave as they should have. There are 20 different stories for you to choose from and each is as fascinating as the other. Was Bloody Mary really as blood-thirsty as remembered in history? Did Lizzie Borden really murder her parents by giving them forty whacks with a hatchet? Was Rabbie Burns as enamoured of the lassies as reputed to be? (I think you’ll find he was.)
These are just a few examples to keep hold of your interest, but there’s much, much more between these book covers to keep you glued until the end of each story. As for the answers to the above questions, perhaps you’ll know those after you’ve read this book.
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Mishandled
In Mishandled, meet five characters forced down the path of destruction in every aspect. Their unstable lives of being ignored, outcast, and mistreated tore at the fragile human within, turning them into unrecognizable monsters. Their upside-down existence propels them to commit bloody acts against humanity.
You may ask – is it over for them? Is it too late to turn back, to heal their souls and regain their rightful place as normal, respected people who can develop their communities? They’ve gone far, yes, but what about forgiveness? How possible is it to save them if they feel the gift of life – that intense, mysterious power of caring? This love can melt mountains of hatred and dark thoughts.
In this book, find five unique stories – criminals as monsters, detectives solving twisted crimes, and more. Can the mighty force of compassion overpower lifelong pain and resentment? As events unfold to challenge notions of justice and redemption, what will emerge triumphant – good or evil?
Please enjoy these short stories of suspense and moral complexity that compel us to confront the boundaries of humanity itself.
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McCreed
Ashton struggles with university. He doesn’t have many friends but fills his time with coaching and training, looking to become a professional fighter.
One day, his twin sister reminds him of an expensive event that their parents are hosting. Loads of rich and significant guests will be joining the family for food and business conversation. Gorgeous women and suited men littering their mansion.
The security business is booming.
A person can change forever in a single moment, their whole world in a series of them.
At this high-profile and heavily-guarded event, Ashton and his family’s lives are turned upside down.
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Lila's Tree and Other Stories
What if you knew what was to happen in your life and so you got a chance at amending by doing things differently?
It would save a lot of guilt and tears. And if these changes were easy things, new habits could transform your future and that of those you love into a brighter one.
What if your experience and knowledge of things in life could ensure you a better tomorrow, something you would be proud of? Something to claim as being a legacy of kindness, love and respect for humanity and the planet.
It happened to older generations, it is happening to us, it will keep on happening until we learn to replace the What Ifs and Should Haves by concrete actions and a better way of living so as to ensure our beautiful world keeps being so and the human race deserving to be the one in charge.
Let’s imagine the wrong side of tomorrow and steer away from that image, starting today.
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Life According to Brian
Life According to Brian chronicles 44 stories of mishap and misadventure of a scale unparalleled in modern man. Disguised in comedy to protect the seriously guilty, the story follows Brian’s escapades traversing the world and captures not only the lunacy of life but the luck involved in avoiding one’s own death.
The guidebook for the mentally impaired includes: poaching, drugs, imprisonment, kidnapping, poisonings, alien hunters, crocodile suicide and much, much more…
The sorry episodes are being played out via a game of chess. God and Charles Darwin, seeking to save mankind, are plotting Brian’s untimely demise. The winner of each play gets to choose the method of death. Constantly interrupted by visiting deities, kings, queens and E.T., the two main players are frustrated in their attempts to have some peace and play the game, with a nice cup of tea and some Mr Kipling cake.
Send the kids away, euthanise the cat, find a comfy chair, pour a pint of the finest whisky…have a reliable psychiatrist on speed dial.
Come inside and enjoy the ride…
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Leaving Behind
All his life, Malcolm Tutt wanted to be found. Now on the eve of turning fifty, he realised that sometimes life may never find you and if you wanted it bad enough, sometimes you would have to go and look for it yourself. The only problem was that he would have to die, if he wanted to live.
A young woman finds out that her husband is having an affair with her best friend. She decides to confront him, but before she does, she hatches a plan to catch them in the act of betrayal. As she gets closer and closer to discovering the truth about her husband, her anger towards them grows. Like a cheap paperback novel, her life begins to unravel until one night she commits a terrible act, and in the process, finds out what a scorned woman is truly capable of.
Leaving Behind is a collection of short stories that explores the lengths that people will go to when they are desperate, each with an unexpected twist.
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Late Life Musings
These stories capture a diverse variety of characteristics and personalities in different situations, and convey pleasure, pain and accurate observation.
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Last Keeper's Lighthouse Stories
The very nature of lighthouses captures the imagination. Being marooned on different lighthouses throughout my career has produced many memorable incidents and humorous stories. Diverse locations like Lundy, Alderney, Wolf, Sark, all have something unique to offer. Rock tower lighthouses, land lights or island lighthouses, each one is different. Cooped up on a tower and being pounded by heavy seas is not only exhilarating, but frightening as well. Fog signals can play a huge part in a good duty period and the relief for going ashore is always welcomed. The characters are what makes this book such a good read. It gets your chuckle chops in overdrive, especially at some of the antics on the lights. A month’s duty is filled with incidents and the constant change in weather conditions has an effect on everything that you do. These stories will show how hardship goes hand in glove with humour whilst aboard.
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Ladybirds - Tales on the Wing
As a youngster I loved getting, and subsequently owning, a brand new ‘Ladybird’ book. I especially liked the smell of the pristine pages as I turned them for the very first time. There was an aroma to their ‘inks’ that was distinctly ‘Ladybird’. What a joy! What a childhood memory!
These new tales came into being from the front covers of specific ‘Ladybird’ books, so to them I am clearly indebted. I just let my imagination do the rest once the seed was sown. They are both weird and wonderful, and abound with fact and fiction, truth and lies, deceit and lust. Very unlike the little books themselves, and if you take the trouble you will surely see what I mean.
£9.99