In Running Wild Anthology of Novellas, Volume 2, Part 1 includes eleven stories that are trigger worthy. We're not kidding. You'll find cannibalism, racism, sexism, death, dismemberment, beatings, zombies, ghosts, emotional abuse, physical abuse. For fun we threw in self exploration and self discovery. Because it seemed to cut through the spice and make the broth richer.In this novella collection, we feature: Randall Brown, Ben White, Eric Lehman, Ben Slotky, Michael Washburn, Kevin Baggett, Kristen Edenfield, Richard Westley, Jordan Morille, Christa Miller, D. R. Blakeman
Sweet Willie Gold Has the BluesAfter a car accident, William Goldman, a nice middle aged married man wakes from a coma to find that he is a musical savant, able to play note for note every blues harmonica song he has ever heard. Is his newfound ability a blessing or a burden? Music or marriage, family or fame, he struggles to answer what he really wants out of his life.Just You WaitJust You Wait, a contemporary, literary novella, tells the story of Jasmine Whittow, an intelligent young woman and an only child growing up in privileged familial circumstances. Eventually she meets and lives with Pietro, an Italian moving to London to join her there, she learning how easily life, even one of her own choosing, may lead many astray, before falling in love with someone else she meets in Cornwall.The Day the Sun StoppedChristine wakes to find herself on a street lined with houses— all identical. Even more disconcerting, she discovers that there' s a family that claims to be Christine' s— a family with their own secrets.Bit by bit, Christine remembers her past life— and wonders if she made a terrible mistake. The question is: is it even possible to return? And what would returning home mean?Filial SojournSummoned by a phone call from a man telling him his long-estranged father is in his last days, Rutherford McAndrew drives deep into the upstate boondocks to see him before the end. Instead of impending death, he finds his father the subject of an unsettling clinical experiment and himself drawn in as an unwilling participant. As he insidiously becomes entangled in the dark intentions of the strange psychiatric program, his opportunities to leave diminish.
The Tragic Plight of E.G.: A Clinical Case Report“ The Tragic Plight of E.G.: A Clinical Case Report” is a day-by-day account of an ill-fated patient who is hospitalized for a mysterious illness. He finds himself in the care of a team of top-notch doctors, nurses, social workers, and therapists. Even so, the patient' s condition continues to deteriorate, forcing this modern medical establishment to grapple with what it really means to “ do no harm.” The Liberation of Jacob Novak a NovellaThe Liberation of Jacob Novak tells the story of a lonely, aimless young man, trapped in a virtual world. He causes a fatal accident and must pay the price. In prison, Jacob feels valued, gains self-confidence, even falls in love. After serving time, he finds his own way in the world. At last, he is free. Sgt Katrina Dunn, a.k.a. Angela Parker & the Games They PlayAngela Parker, who isn' t your average 17 year old, but who is?, has her run of Alien Quest hijacked by a man who looks, curiously, like her Uncle Reggie. The Uncle Reggie clone invites Ange to play an innovative and sensorily immersive kind of game, one that involves adopting an avatar role where you become someone frighteningly like yourself in a world that rapidly goes crazy. As Ashlie Sweet, Angela Parker finds herself fighting villains that look uncommonly like today' s politicians in a small U.S. town. Everything apparently normal in this small town rapidly goes belly up: there are race riots, detention-centres, murder, and that's just in the first week. What' s more &– with her game based boyfriend Norman Mené &– she discovers they're in a game within a game and that they (their real theys back in Nottingham U.K. and Sydney, Australia and all the other places where the game players come from) are being data mined. The stakes aren' t just in winning or losing a game. Maybe the fate of the free world hangs in the balance.Talk about doing a girl' s head in.
This phenomenal anthology of novellas will keep you at the edge of your seat from a post-apocalyptic zombie story to the single female at the edge of the world to a world where all you have to do is step over a barrier to end your life, each is told with humor, darkness, and a good dash of fantastic writing.
Other People's Children - Jacob Adelman retired from a high-powered career to his greatest philanthropic effort: the conservation of the great Smoky Mountains. A flyer requesting botany samples introduces him to Lisa, an elementary school BMX rider, who delivers rare plants for his gardens. The joy he finds in mentoring Lisa and her crew is threatened by the sudden arrival of his two grandchildren. The older child's violent eruptions and destructive ways force Adelman to confront his bitter past and, after a death-run down the mountain that Lisa barely survives, Adelman must decide between redemption and peace. Crevices of Frost is a collection of stories about those who live around the Sea of Mortla, a sub-arctic body of water that holds orcas, lost compasses, and the supernatural. Two towns resting on opposite sides of the sea deal with the cold in different ways, rarely interacting with each other except for a postman who doesn't belong and a native radio spokesperson who needs answers. Sharing similar goals, they work together to find a group of whale poachers.Underwater Eyes Will is depressed and moves to Los Angeles to change his life.
The Ballerina Swan Lake Mobile Homes Country Club Motel: Wanda, a single woman in her early fifties, is the owner of the motel at the base of a water-starved mountain. She' s hardened by circumstance, morally honest, outspoken, and stuck in her life. When she rescues a stray pit bull, and then a defiant teenage girl, Wanda' s life will never be the same.Beyond the Door of Darkness: NYPD officer, Larry Petals, couldn' t cope with being a cop anymore after the morning of September 11th, 2001. After leaving the force and retreating to his hometown on Long Island without many options, he became a Private Investigator. Everything had become kind of normal... until his phone rang.Soap:A twisted love-story in a stark and surreal world, "Soap" is at once a journey, a mystery, and a psychological puzzle where Eliza must find herself.
A fantastic anthology of novellas that don't fit neatly in a box. Includes The Witch Girl and the Wobbly by Michael Cooney, Please Listen Carefully As Our Options Have Changed by Eric Aldrich, Hearts In the Dark by Christopher Woods, Allure by Ed Burke, Eternal Spring by Cora Tate, Shipped Off by Gordon Blitz, and Shangri La by Mark Williams.
95 North by Jason Matthew Zalinger Myron Oygold has returned home after a tumultuous and toxic relationship with the love of his life. Now in therapy, he recounts how it all began. 95 North explores how we make sense of our decisions in the aftermath of love gone wrong. The Thing in Violet Springs by A. G. Travers When a young family travels into the cold desolate woods of Violet Springs, they are confronted by a vicious monster hell-bent on stalking, catching, and devouring them. Their only hope is to escape the woods before sundown, but with no car, no phones, and the storm of the century brewing, escape from Violet Springs seems further and further out of reach. James and the Transparent Nudist by Ian Naranjo James is a film critic married to a beautiful man named Sam. His life is fairly normal, until one day Sam changes. Sam is a biochemist, and he's become completely transparent... Literally! Graffertiti by Russell Carmony An artist who goes by the pseudonym TM FlÂneur falls for Nina, a server at a neighborhood cafÉ, and paints their story in murals across New York City.
Ever craved stories that you can read easily in a day? Ones that will transport you to worlds and make you say, "Now that was damn great." If you answered yes, then this is the anthology for you. Pick up Running Wild Novella Anthology Volume 4, Books 1 and 2 to experience some of the best novellas available from 2020.
