Author: Diane Marie Taylor

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Published: 2017-05-31

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9781521383261

Angels in the City is a book of short fiction stories. Most of these stories illustrate how real angels work in our world of today. Angels look and act like every day people. They do not have super powers but they do have a few abilities beyond our own. Through these stories we not only learn how angels might help, we also learn how they think and live. They are here from the future to help mankind avoid the worst pitfalls that befell people in their own time. The first story: Harsh Landing is about an angel who is shot at so falls from the sky with no memory of who she is or where she came from. A young girl leads her to her own house where the angel stays with the poverty and grief stricken family during the summer months. The Dying Man is about a former Mayor of the city who has fallen on severe hard times. As he lays drunk and dying of cancer in an alley, an angel notices and calls to people passing by to come help. No one does. Finally the angel gives up but finds a last act for the mayor to do before death. Hidden in Plain Sight is about how the angels hide their headquarters in old, rundown buildings by sending the space a few minutes ahead of earth time. No one should ever stumble into their headquarters, but a young teenager does. What can be done about the situation? Angel Down is about what to do when the impossible happens. An angel has been killed by a sudden gunshot that severs his backbone. His young angel in training feels the blow as it happens. What can the other angels do to help her? John finally decides to bring her on a visit to earth for a short visit in a safe place--an Amish farm. The Goldilocks Punch explains how one angel works quickly to prevent a heart attack in a good man who he has been trying to teach about love and save from loneliness. One Work Day in Detroit is about an angel while begging sees a young Minister of Order, the future's most hated man in the nation, a man who will one day coldly assign people to the determination center or contribution center. He will face a disaster this day. What should she do? Searching for the Mad Hatter is about an older women who hates being in a nursing home. She hates being dependent because she worked hard all her life and thinks her family dumped her. She will fall during a walk and find the wonder of nature.A Moment through Time is about a single incidence that imprints on a trappers mind in early America. Each succeeding life recalls that singular moment until the man realizes the true beauty of its meaning. This is only a sample of the stories. Not all of these stories involve angels. I included some stories in the book because I think you will enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed the writing.