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When Adrian Fray of the Bar F had been bushwhacked, the town marshal pointed the finger of suspicion at Marty Savern of the Box S Ranch. He had every motive for killing the young rancher. However, since Marty had his alibis strong - or so it appeared - the mysterious murder remained unsolved until Marty's younger brother, Kane, returned home to Battle Mesa Valley. Kane Savern had to play his cards very close and track down a shadow killer si...

In this fourth collection of short stories, some real instances in the writer's life, or of someone close are narrated. Once again, each tale is assorted, straight-forwardly simple and quick to read. Enjoy the adventures of 'city Tarzans' and the 'monkey business' escapades of a father, an account of a ghastly barbeque and the paradox of an advantageous divorce. And there are tales of impulsive palm reading, an old man whose swing is deadly,...

In 'Home As The Birds Fly, ' the author allows the protagonist, Doug Geoghegan, a young professor of English at a junior college in Bangalore, to narrate the story of his life in his own way. He writes about the boyish, and passionate love he had for one woman who had an agenda of her own, and about another, his friend from childhood, who slowly drifted away from him. He sometimes quotes from an old diary, jumping forward, and then backward,...

Rebecca Waide is torn between two men. Without a doubt, she's crazily in love with one who, though devoted, loyal and charming, is silent on the matter of them as a couple. And that's because she believes he still loves a beautiful red-head with whom he shared a brief, but torrid summer. The second has told her he loves her and has already planned for her wear his mother's wedding dress at their own marriage - whenever it happened. She lov...

In this play written in five acts comprising mostly of verse, a well-loved fairy tale is brought back to life. Though magic is hinted at, it is not made obvious, and though miners come to the aid of a damsel in distress, they are not dwarves. Join Heloise as she becomes obsessed with her own beauty, her step-daughter Marian as she flees from a man who seeks her heart, a band of miners who are 'rough as hard crystal, but diamonds at the core'...

Lent is a time of preparation, it is a time in which we focus on examining our lives and reflecting on the Passion of Christ. Join Evergreen with his great dreams, and how they came to pass, but really not in the way he hoped. Spend a moment with a kind lady who embroidered a piece of linen for an infant boy she would only meet, years later in the unlikeliest of circumstances, and then tread with a proud, successful man who felt the 'disgrac...

Short stories are like gossamer, those fine skeins that are woven by tiny spiders in the garden during autumn. They are delicate, catch just enough of the morning dew to sparkle with baubles and are a complete web of silk. In this collection are 30 short stories that are quick to read and will hopefully catch the glittering baubles of the reader's interest. Join the author as she recounts the experiences of a young lady and the marriage pro...

In this collection of Short Stories, the author celebrates the innocence of childhood, marks the deep pain of loss, and honours the messages of hope in deep blue skies and lacy white clouds. From the horrors of a road accident and the fury of a village mob, to near death experiences and then to the wings of butterflies, she lets her imagination fly, like dandelions dancing in the breeze. She celebrates children who found perfection in the imp...

Something appeared to be amiss in the Anglo-Indian town of Landsend - Doug Geoghegan could feel it as he drove to work that morning. The two young men whom he'd noticed by the Cross Road looked hardened and desperate, and very familiar. About an hour later, all hell broke loose when 25 children of the Mount St. Joseph School and their teacher were taken hostage by two armed men. What made it personal was that Doug's wife, the school's Headmist...

Though the themes in this collection of stories may vary and their style be dissimilar, every single one of them is identical in one aspect. Dabbling for the first time in "Nano Fiction" the author writes complete little plots of adventure, justice, mischief, grief and fear, some humorous and some quite the opposite. The tales are mostly concise, crisp and have strict economy of words - but still complete in every aspect of the plot. Th...

In 'Lost And Found' the author allows the protagonist, Doug Geoghegan, a young professor of English at a junior college in Bangalore, to narrate the story of his life in his own way. He writes about the boyish, and passionate love he had for one woman who had an agenda of her own, and about another, his friend from childhood, who slowly drifted away from him. He sometimes quotes from an old diary, jumping forward, and then backward, and then f...