Weird Strange

This is a collection of 11 short stories based on random dreams that I had. The dreams are weird, funny, and a reflection of my imagination.

Regina Hartley has had enough. The demands of life have taken a toll on her and, no longer feeling equipped to endure the strain, she decides to end it all in watery surrender. But instead of drowning to death, she finds herself being revived on shore by a concerned, handsome stranger. After saving her, the stranger refuses to leave her alone. Regina realizes she doesn’t mind his attention and finds herself more interested in what else life has to offer overall. But after saving her spirit, will the handsome stranger eventually disappear? Gabriel finds himself in the right place at the ...

Canadian hockey is rife with tales of the odd, the strange, the funny and, occasionally, the disturbing side of the game: in 1976, Maple Leafs coach Red Kelly installed pyramids in the players’ dressing room and under the bench in an attempt to harness “pyramid power”; the Cusimano brothers started the tradition of “octopus hurling” during the 1952 playoff games; in 1930, Toronto Maple Leafs’ general manager Conn Smythe placed a winning bet on a longshot horse to pay the cash-strapped Ottawa Senators for star player Frank “King” Clancy; and more!

Although there had been treaties and seemingly cordial trading between the Native Americans and the new settlers in that area, recent fighting in nearby areas like the Battle of Tippecanoe less than a year earlier kept all sides on edge, and the British aim to maintain a barrier between America and Canada by propping up Native American tribes led to a controversial battle in the Illinois Territory at Fort Dearborn, a fort built along the Chicago River, shortly after the War of 1812 broke out.

A series of short real life stories over my life, stories of life and death, luck, paranormal and spiritual. Each story is true, some quite unbelievable. Even I can not believe they actually happened.

Interracial Gender Swap Magic! Tanya/Tony continues his life as a woman, amazed his pop music career as a beautiful black woman is a hundred times better than his life as a white male rapper. But is everything as good as it seems? What happens after Tanya sleeps with two very popular kings of hip hop? Will he be able to escape from Tamantha? Does he even want to anymore or is he enjoying his life as a woman too much? Find out in Return to Sender Gender Bender, book four of the Becoming a Thug Wife Interracial Gender Swap erotica series. LENGTH: This Gender Bender Story is 5,900 words in ...

A rich collection of diverse and fascinating stories by famous classic authors. 1.The Bus Conductor by E. F. Benson 2.The Murderer by Perceval Gibbon 3.The Death Mask by H. D. Everett 4.Caterpillars by E. F. Benson 5.His Brother’s Keeper by W. W. Jacobs 6.The Secret of the Black Bag by William Le Queux 7.A Joy Ride by A. J. Alan 8.The Perfect Murder by Stacy Aumonier 9.The Furnished Room by O. Henry 10.The Squaw by Bram Stoker 11.The Dust Cloud by E. F. Benson 12.The Idiot by Arnold Bennett

First published in 2021 this book provides details of individuals from the world of film, literature, music, sport, theatre, and television, as well as many ordinary people, who died in bizarre, extraordinary, peculiar, strange, or unusual circumstances. Why did someone kill himself because a consignment of fish was late being delivered? Whose death was caused by a toothpick? Which dancing icon was killed by a silk scarf? Who died when they were struck by a falling tortoise? Whose pet monkey survived a plane crash? You will find the answers to these intriguing questions and many more ...

Josh thinks Fizz is dentally challenged and fluent in gibberish. Fizz thinks Josh is the Prince of Handsomeness. Doooom! Or is it? They're destined to work together at Marigolds Old People's Home - can Cupid's arrow strike among the Zimmer frames or is it all just too weird?

Two friends embark on a walking tour of northern France, but they encounter a strange fellow traveller who they struggle to shake off on their journey.

Equal parts riveting and stirring, Carter takes a staple of campfires and rainy nights - the ghost story - into surprising new territory in this collection. No gore or gratuitous splatter here - these tales are meant to raise the hairs on the back of the neck and leave the reader feeling quietly discomfited hours after reading. These five tales have all the makings of good ghost stories with a touch of strange thrown in for good measure.

"Philomena has a way of taking something innocent and turning it into something so dirty, you can't tear your eyes away...even if you want to." - Skyari MacWood, not a bestselling author. "I spent all day yesterday laughing every time I walked by the ‘billing department’ at work." - Amazon reviewer Read the romance sensation that has taken the platypus world by storm! When emergency doctor Joanna crashlands in the Australian outback, she's found by a mysterious man so alluring that she immediately takes off her clothes. He's not entirely human though, but she doesn't mind in the least, ...

William Wymark Jacobs (1863-1943) was an English author of short stories and novels. His most popular works in the early part of the last century were his humorous tales set around the docks of Wapping and in the taproom of the infamous Cauliflower tavern. 'The Rival Beauties' is one of the night watchman's most unlikely tales. He narrates the time when his ship came across a giant sea-serpent and they attempted to lure it with them to New York.