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Labyrinth – Short Stories
by Aditi Chincholi, Shawn Pereira, Mainak Dhar, Niharika Puri, Sushant Dharwadkar, Jeevan Verma, Abhishek Dwivedi, Rishabh Chaturvedi, Rohit Das, Richard Fernandes
‘Engrossing tales from local wordsmiths … a marvellously welcome collection of short stories …’ – Afternoon
‘Short Story Writers Group, an eclectic bunch of amateur authors…’ The Times of India
Short Story Writers Group, a group where writers get support and lots of constructive criticism …’ The Hindustan Times
About the Book:
In Labyrinth each story belongs to a different genre. This is to keep you on the edge with each turn in the alleys of the Labyrinth.
So, if getting caught in the cross fire on the battle grounds of Afghanistan with young Kemal in The Martyr is a little much to handle, you could hop a ride with Sharmaji in Mortified, as he winds his way through small town India, buying a Bata shoe and clutching his heart which is ready to be attacked. Though, we would not suggest hitching a ride with Joy in his Travel Through the Night, as he already has to deal with strange apparitions which have stepped out of the sugarcane plantations and refuse to let him pass.
These apparitions might seem like Casper, considering the creatures Kyoto finds himself fighting on a daily basis in the wonderland called Sym World. A world he has entered of his free will, but cannot escape. While we recommend a journey to Sym World, it should not purely be in pursuit of strange creatures as these can be found right in your back yard, when you least expect them. Much like the predicament Revant finds himself in when the Wokambee comes knocking at nights in the Night of the Wokambee. Talking of predicaments, doesn’t a puppeteer lead a precarious life? Or does he? Neither does Dr. Merryfloat, a reclusive doctor, have the answer, nor do his patients, who live in the valley below. The entire valley is befuddled as a spell is cast on its in habitants in the Puppet Show.
Leaving these strange worlds and paranormal events, you can return to a more identifiable situation in Candies, where you lose some and then win some in pursuit of love. This tug of war of lost and found has also been beautifully captured in Crashing Impacts, a story which spans almost a decade and is weaved on the fabric of human emotions of love, sacrifice, insecurity and strength of human character. Mists of Time and Russkaya Rulyetka show how anger, jealousy and vendetta make a man take drastic steps; while the apathy and ignorance of today’s youth to their surroundings is captured in a moving story Farming on Facebook.
From the farmlands you will find yourself freewheeling through the Indian jungles that inspired Rudyard Kipling. What begins as a safari in search for the elusive big cat becomes an adventure of a lifetime in Bagheera Log Huts. Another story of being caught at the wrong time and at the wrong place is I’ll Be Back, where an out of body experience takes a whole new meaning.
A Day of Battle, set in the times of Mahabharata, the most epic war ever fought, captures a day of battle in India and brings out the valour of some of the greatest warriors to have walked this Earth. And finally, you can join another great warrior, Theseus, on his quest to slay the Minotaur, arguably the most enigmatic monster there ever was.
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When attempted breaches of the network firewalls at the datacenter of Wise Woman, Inc. turn the midnight calm into alarm, computer specialist Lauren is confronted with an all too urgent need to decipher the source of these cyber-attacks. Are they the work of a band of hackers or is it some sort of implanted ghost in the machine? Hard on the heels of the untimely death of Wise Woman’s founder, Claire Wise, and with a frantic sell-off of the company’s stock set to recommence at the market’s opening bell, the very survival of this progressive, socially responsible corporation hangs perilously in the balance. Hunting for Sparrowsis a clever and captivating play on the conventions of literary genres and traditional gender roles that subverts stereotypes and assumptions through a riveting, thriller-paced tale of greed and moral bankruptcy.
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Frequent Traveller (Cathy Dixon #1)
by Pandora Poikilos
Catherine Dixon is everyone’s dreamgirl. Girls want to be her. Men want to be with her. From her charming smile to her gentle voice, one always turns to take a second look at Cathy. Wherever she goes there isn’t an ill word spoken about her. Her job as Vice President of Communications at MoonStar, one of the world’s top hotel chains is to make sure guests are happy to the point of perfection.
From the blue oceans of Antigua to the bustling streets of Vietnam, the racing adrenaline at the Green Hell, the devastating natural disaster in Japan and the stunning architecture in Germany, Cathy finds herself in a whirlwind of fine dining, plush clothes and sheer extravagance. But is perfection only a mask for untold disaster? In a job that deals so much with people, Cathy goes home to an empty bed. There are no pictures on her wall, no doting phone calls from a tongue tied lover and no family holidays to boast about.
What is Cathy’s secret and how will her world change when the world knows? What is the significance of the blue pendant round her neck? Who is the mysterious man she is seen with every three months? What are the contents of the brown envelope delivered to her on the fifteenth of every month? Will her secrets ever catch up with her or will Cathy continue to sail alongside perfection in the world she has created for herself as a Frequent Traveller?
(20% of royalties will be donated to the Intracranial Hypertension Research Foundation)
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Maui Widow Waltz (Islands of Aloha Mystery Series)
by JoAnn Bassett
Wedding planner Pali Moon is thrilled when a would-be bride shows up at “Let’s Get Maui’d” inquiring about a lavish beach wedding. That is, until she learns it must be on Valentine’s Day–just nine days away. Oh yeah, and one other little hitch–the groom disappeared at sea a week earlier. But the bride’s convinced he’ll be found safe and sound, so she’s got a plan–and a man–to do a proxy ceremony if necessary. The day before the big nuptials a man’s body washes ashore on a South Maui beach. Has the groom finally shown up? If so, what’s it going to be–a wedding…or a funeral?
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It started off like any other flight. The small single propeller air craft barreled down the runway and ascended. On the ground, the pilot’s girlfriend and his best friend smiled and waved as the Cessna disappeared into the clouds.
However, newly licensed pilot Kevin Campbell’s first solo flight doesn’t go quite as planned. He is forced to overcome panic and inexperience in a desperate attempt to save his life. A life that is not all that it appeared to be.
Flight of Deceit is a gripping and suspenseful novella that will keep you guessing till the last sentence.
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This River Called Life, A Letter to My Children
by Velinda Peyton
There comes a time when you know the world you are living in is not your home. When that happens it does not matter the existing circumstances. It does not matter how late in life you may have waited. What matters is that you are ready to jump into the life your soul has longed for. This is when you feel alive. This is when you know everything you have been prepared for is coming together, and it is time…time to finally live who you are. This realization is magical and resonates possibly for the first time with your life’s purpose. My message is don’t wait for what you know you are born to do. When you have a talent, it needs to be shared. When you have a dream, it needs to be lived. When your heart is leading you and your passion is talking to you, listen! Life is about your unique journey, and the difference you can make. There is nothing that will compare with your decision to finally go in the direction you are meant to go and all the magic that happens from that decision. This is when life finally falls together.
Originally written only for my Children as inspiration and guidance about life, This River Called Life, A Letter to My Children is encouragement…about taking control of your destiny instead of accepting what life lays in your lap. It’s about finding yourself, believing in your dreams, believing in yourself, leaving yesterday behind, and creating a world as unique as you are. What has been in your life up till now has nothing to do with what can be.
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Misfits don’t start out that way.
The lab accident that killed her parents cursed young Miranda Komyogi with the ability to become intangible at will. Randa moves into her aunt’s home on the rough streets of Spotknell, immersing herself in Japanese horror movies as a way to deal with her dangerous condition and with the alienation at her new school.
Neither the camaraderie of fellow oddballs nor the attention of an admirer can shake her sense of impending doom. When a serial arsonist brings Devil’s Night to Spotknell, Randa is faced with the question: How can I keep it all together?
This coming-of-age novella is a revenge thriller that tells the origin of urban enigma Miranda Komyogi, the action heroine introduced in Kekoa Lake’s novel THE TWENTYFIRSTERS.
YUUREI. The most dangerous curse is the one you place on yourself.
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Fossil fuel has an ageless affinity with dinosaurs. To create oil, dinosaurs died. Now the tables are turning!
The perfect energy storm is sweeping over the United States: Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown has paralyzed nuclear expansion globally, BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill has stalled deep water drilling, Arab oil countries are in turmoil causing doubt about access to future oil, the intensity of hurricanes hitting the Gulf’s oil rigs and refineries has intensified due to global warming, and the nation’s Strategic Oil Supply is riding on empty.
As the energy storm intensifies, the nation’s access to Arab oil, once supplying over sixty percent of our fossil fuel, is being threatened causing people to panic for lack of gas at the pumps, stranding cars across the country and inciting riots.
The U.S. Military is forced to cut back air, land, and sea operations sucking up 58% of every barrel of oil to protect the nation; U.S. commercial airlines are forced to limit flights for lack of jet fuel; and businesses are challenged to power up their factories, and offices as the U.S. Department of Energy desperately tries to provide a balance of electric power from the network of aged power plants and transmission lines that power up the nation.
The United States must find new sources of domestic fossil fuel urgently or face an energy crisis that will plunge the nation into a deep depression worse than 1929.
The energy storm is very real and happening this very moment. But, at the last moment of desperation, the United States discovers the world’s largest fossil fuel deposit found in a remote inaccessible mountain range within Alaska’s Noatak National Preserve surrounding six and a half million acres.
Preventing access to the oil is a colony of living fossil dinosaurs that will protect its territory to the death.
Nobody gets out alive; nobody can identify the predator–until Dr. Kimberly Fulton, Curator of Paleontology at New York’s Museum of Natural History, is flown into the inaccessible area by Scott Chandler, the Marine veteran helicopter pilot who’s the Park’s Manager of Wildlife. All hell breaks loose when Fulton’s teenage son and his girlfriend vanish into the Park.
Will the nation’s military be paralyzed for lack of mobility fuel, and will people across America run out of gas and be stranded, or will the U.S. Military succeed in penetrating this remote mountain range in northwestern Alaska to restore fossil fuel supplies in time to save the nation from the worst energy driven catastrophe in recorded history?
