Short Days

Are you ready to transform the way you think, overcome self-limiting beliefs, and unlock your full potential? How to Master Your Mindset in 30 Days is your complete guide to developing a growth mindset that empowers you to embrace challenges, learn from setbacks, and believe in your ability to improve. This 30-day journey takes you step-by-step through proven strategies for mindset transformation.

What Shall We Do Today? The Day of Many Celebrations Children's Educational Adventure Story Join Imani, Tommy, and Maya in this delightful children's story perfect for early readers ages 6-9! When curious seven-year-old Imani and her friends discover that five special celebrations fall on the same day, they embark on an exciting educational adventure at their local community center. Through engaging activities and gentle lessons, young readers will learn about: International Day of Sport for Development and Peace - how sports bring people together National Tartan Day - celebrating Scottish ...

From the Editors Of True Story and True Confessions A Turkey Day Gathering is a collection of stories about the heart wrenching problems that people have, how Thanksgiving brings them together and gave them hope to carry on. Stories like SWEET POTATOES AND STEPDAUGHTERS which is a account of a stepmother trying to find something in common with her husband’s daughter and only to realize almost too late that what they had in common was just love. Or the story GOBBLEZILLA TAKES A BOW about a frozen gigantic turkey and how it makes a husband and wife truly a family. And then you have the ...

The Virginia Woolf Complete Collection brings together all of her 9 published novels, from her very first published work, the exuberantly youthful The Voyage Out, to the modern masterpieces of Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, as well as the hugely ambitious and ever-relevant Orlando, alongside many other wide-ranging and ever-inventive works of fiction.

A young man wakes up in a mysterious land, injured and not knowing who he is. He finds a group of shepherds who he must accompany on their annual journey to the Great Forest to see the Great Star. On this journey, he will discover not only who he is, but where his home really lies.

When Jill McCorkle feels a short story coming on, she goes right ahead and "wastes" wonderful ideas instead of hoarding them for a novel. The result is another extraordinary collection of stories and characters. In "It's a Funeral! RSVP," the storyteller is a woman who takes up self-styled "careers" that suit her circumstances. Now she's stumbled onto one that's so successful that she just can't quit. It's planning funerals, what she calls Going Out Parties, in which the clients are the soon-to-be-deceased themselves.

Rambles and Daydreams is a short book of short fiction, a collection of short stories and flash fiction by author Billy DeCarlo, with two bonus poems. The works range from under 1,000 to over 5,000 words, and center around the quirky thoughts and behavior of everyday people, similar to the stories of Raymond Carver.

Two men are trapped in darkness. A shipping container, buried underground. No idea who locked them in there. It's been days. A week. Maybe more. And then the lock opens. Something is thrown inside with them. A gun. With only one bullet.

Immerse yourself in a collection of stirring tales specifically curated for seniors. 'Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors' offers not just stories but experiences crafted to lift the spirits and warm the hearts of older adults. This collection makes the perfect companion for peaceful afternoons or family gatherings, helping to bridge generations through shared storytelling.

Another 28 Days is the story of one desperate, damaged man’s constant struggle to manage and control two sides of his nature, both of which are destructive, but which also seem to be in direct conflict, making keeping them in check a challenge.

This is a short story (2825 words) reprinted from Mindscapes: Ten Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Short Stories (C) 2014 and Echoes of the Mind's Eye (c) 2021 by Victor D. López. Amazon description: Human beings are not the only intelligent life forms on Earth and possibly not the most intelligent. Efforts at communicating with marine mammals such as whales and dolphins whose brains are larger than our own have had very limited success to date, less so than the success we've enjoyed in teaching some gorillas and chimpanzees to communicate using sign language although their brains ...

A creepy anthology of 25 of the most hauntingly scary ghost stories ever written. 1.Afterward by Edith Wharton 2. Bagnell Terrace by E. F. Benson 3.His Brother’s Keeper by W. W. Jacobs 4.A Coincidence by A. J. Alan 5.The Confession of Charles Linkworth by E. F. Benson 6.The Death Mask by H. D. Everett 7.The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson 8.The Furnished Room by O. Henry 9.The Thing in the Hall by E. F. Benson 10.The Eyes by Edith Wharton 11. The Wind in the Portico by John Buchan.

This somewhat unpleasant tale, published as a novelette in the Smart Set in July 1920, relates a series of events that took place in the spring of the previous year. Each of the three events made a great impression upon F. Scott Fitzgerald. In life they were unrelated, except by the general hysteria of that spring which inaugurated the Age of Jazz, but in this story, he has tried to weave them into a pattern - a pattern which would give the effect of those months in New York as they appeared to at least one member of what was then the younger generation.

Welcome to the Sweetwater Cafe in the small town of Sweetwater, Kansas, where EVERYBODY knows your name!For Shelby Smith, enough is enough. After six years of working the BBQ Lunch Special under the overbearing eye of grumpy, Great Aunt Beula, Shelby is ready to get out of Dodge... until a handsome, young, newcomer walks into the cafe one frosty February morning.Can Chase Tanner change the direction this city wannabe is heading, and help to heal a family at the same time?C'mon in for a BBQ Sweetwater Burger and find out!

Bizarre occultists try to use a legendary monster to enact their revenge and only a hard-drinking gunslinger can stop them! Its Hell on Wheels meets Jaws! Blessed by a holy man, hard-drinking gunslinger Porter Rockwell was promised that if he never cut his hair he would not be harmed by bullet nor blade . . . But what if monsters strike with tooth and claw? Or occult spiritualists send hexes his way? Well this time just might be Port’s last ride . . . Either way it’s gonna be a helluva fight! You don't want to miss this ride thru the old west. Filled with action, suspense and a good ...

Topaz now realizes why the saying "distance makes the heart grow fonder" rings true. Weeks have passed since the couple's Valentine's Day rendezvous, and Topaz has still been floating on cloud nine. That is, until the cloud evaporates, and a vicious fit of home sickness awaits in its place. Is Meeko's presence just the remedy the doctor prescribed? And when life throws them an unexpected curveball, how will the long distance couple be able to adapt and adjust?

The essential novels of Jules Verne include the classics such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Enjoy all three novels in this enthralling science-fiction collection.

Ranging from the hilarious to the horrifying, this acclaimed collection of nine short stories - five of them read by full casts - showcases the remarkable variety of Bruce Coville's work. Listeners will meet a ghost who haunts a kitchen after a tragic baking accident, visit the goblin world with an unconventional princess, and fly with Justin Jones to an enchanted island that requires a heartbreaking decision. A rich, varied, and dazzling set of listening experiences!

"What Shall We Do Today? The Day of Stories and Sea Lions" - An Educational Adventure for Young Readers Ages 6-9 Join curious Imani, enthusiastic Tommy, and knowledgeable Maya in their latest heartwarming adventure as they discover the importance of marine conservation, storytelling, and community celebration! When Maya arrives with exciting news about three special holidays happening on the same day—Marine Mammal Rescue Day, National Tell a Story Day, and National Prime Rib Day—the three friends embark on an unforgettable trip to the local aquarium. Through engaging stories about ...

Abhorrent abominations. Murderous miscreations. Desperate desires, familial bonds, and soul-clenching will to survive contend with mythic malevolence and esoteric evils in 16 tales of disturbing, thought-provoking horror. Challenge both your imagination and courage with grotesque and bizarre stories published in small press across the world, collected and combined with never-before released material.