Ann Stratton
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Five stories about meeting strangers and the lessons they migh have to teach: a boy on the cusp of manhood, a rat who leads his human to sanctuary, an apartment full of strangers, a man lost in the citrus trees, and a mysterious note leads a man all over town in futile pursuit.
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There's always something going on at Corey House, whether snooty and entitled guests, or an elephnt on her way to a sanctuary three states away, complete with entourage. Why an Elephant? Jenda doesn't know, doesn't care, doesn't want anything to do with the elephant in question. She doesn't know why it has to stay here. she hads work to do. she doesn't have time to look at elephants, no matter what her kids say. But it seems she's the only one who...
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It's the end of the world as we know it, and we don't feel fine. Mollty Cook wants to escape he island before the volcano blows them all to smithereens. Rowan wants her to come and sight see some bridge, like nothing was happening. How will she escape the old city before the volcano blows? Will there be a seat on the plane in time? Will there be any boats left to leave on? Will all the grabby people leave her alone until she gets to safety? Can she...
4) Yod's Story
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Leaders shouldn't act like spoiled children, but Yod is seriously thinking about turning them both over his knee. The fate of the world depends on their cooperation but they'd rather call each other names. He can build and create anything in the world, except for a lasting agreement between two spoiled boys. How will he find their common ground?
5) Schrödinger
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What happens when you meet yourself? Would you trust what you saw? What happens when you want to leave but you can't find the door? And just who are all these people who like me more than I do? A story of trying to adjust.
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Veracity's the personal assistant of her thirty times great grand uncle, the thousand year old astronaut. It's not such a bad gig, earning her the social and financial credits to live her life the way she wants. But then someone decides it's not fair that Jasper should live so long and takes steps to find out why. They harass and kidnap Jasper and it falls on Veracity to find and rescue him. Nobody's listening to her though. Nobody thinks this actually...
7) A Kindly Man
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Beau is a simple man. He leads a simple life and finds transcendent pleasure in simple things, like a shell on the beach, or cup of chocolate on a cool morning. It is a pleasure to do good for others, like his neighbor Wilson, who is building a whole new means to explore the universe. Will Wilson make it to the moon, as he wants so fervently? Does he really need to steal everyone's batteries to get there? And is a wrecked phone booth really the best...
8) Crossroads
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Magda does not want this city boy that Armin gives her, but it's take him in or leave him to starve in the open country. On her way to Crossroads, she finds out just how important he is to the balance of power between the cities themselves when her caravan is attacked by a city security force. But her troubles are not over when she does make it to the safety of Crossroads itself, not for her, not for the city boy, and not for her youngest daughter....
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The old parish house has seen everything and everyone come and go over the years. It also has all the usual problems with old buildings, like easily clogged plumbing. Jesus is the lucky soul who gets to come and deal with it. A sewer pipe full of roots isn't the only thing he finds, because somebody's been partying in the house when nobody else is there, leaving their foot prints all over the floors...
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Paul Arsenault has been hired at the last minute to oversee security for this wedding. He's not secured a wedding before, but even so, there are things that don't quite add up for this one. Nobody will tell him what happened to the previous security director. The house is a fortress. The women keep changing their appearance. There's the usual gate crashers. ...was that a rifle shot...?
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Eden's so called friends locked her in the witch's house. The leader, Angelica, stole a knick knack from the witch's house to prove she was there. How can Eden get herself out of this mess, when Angelica dumps the knick knack on her? Can she get it back to the witch, or is she doomed to have wierd battle dreams forever?
13) Gutter Ball
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John's down to the last day on his rent and one whole moldy sandwich to eat. To add insult to injury, somebody left a bowling ball on the kitchen table. John's never seen it before, didn't know how it got there, or what he's supposed to do with it. It has to belong to somebody, and so he sets out to find out who. Maybe he'll pick a job or something to eat along the way, too.
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Amanda Levinson and Sidar Nguyen are new in Little Port, and being the new people in a small town, it was inevitable they would meet: the lady in the lighthouse and the man from Oz. And then Amanda picks up the briefcase. Can she and Sidar forge a relationship that will help them survive the revelation of what the briefcase contains?
15) On the Bridge
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Santiago's back... and now he is harassing Alexander and Eden. They've just finished all the renovations on their dream house and owe money to everybody in the city, it seems like. He might be one of those contractors, but none of their contractors will confess to knowing anyone by the name of Santiago. There's only one thing left to do...
16) Small Jewels
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Every day is a jewel: most are flawed, some are perfect, but every one is precious.If you think nothing ever happens around here, you'd be sadly mistaken. Between escapee heifers, runaway children, morning staff meetings, trips to the (sort of) big city, and interrogations by the county attorney, small town life is pretty exciting. I barely have time to stop and catch my breath!
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Five Stories examining how some people get along -- or don't -- with their fellow humans: Rains in Their Season: Arjuna and Deliya are the last of their family, surviving in a decaying old mansion. Arjuna dreams of past days' glory, but Deliya just gets on with the day. But she still has dreams too, and one day the dream comes home to roost. Arusa and Jim! At the Warehouse: Arusa is a talking semi truck with an attitude problem. Jim's just trying...
18) Delta City
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Magda of Ferrin is on her way to Delta City to fill the marriage contract she made with Armin of Pothrin. She's been looking forward to this for a long time. However, the Great River stands at flood, the weather is foul, everyone has to comment on her family situation, and Mother Ferrin herself is in Delta City to oversee the wedding. What else can go wrong? Magda's about to find out.
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The combined stories from the short collections Monday is Winter and Other Stories and Home Is What You Make It. Ten stories that look at what makes a home, and places far from home, and whoever or whatever you may meet there. A house haunted by a woman whose work is never done.A man in search of work, and the bowling ball that urges him onward.Leslie got roped into cleaning up the old parish house, and there's someone else there who's not there to...
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After the world's been destroyed and all trust is gone, is the deal the only thing holding what's left together?
Dayel thought he had a deal with Jermy, but then that Jorjy butted in. And then Jermy took up with those two raggedy starving stranger Mikey and Bobby. Dayel took that deal because onlies don't live long.
So now the five of them have a little food, a shelter rebuilt into a fort, and they are living life as high as it's likely to...