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1) Brother
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A horrible misfortune has left four year old Duncan alone in the cold with no parents and nowhere to live. He has to depend on his brother, Abel to look after him and help him get through this difficult time of his life.
**This story is included with 9 other shorts in "The Karasu Kollektion: Ten Dark & Feelsy Short Stories."**
2) Innocence
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Francis Graham is a young boy seen as dim-witted by the people of his poor, small town of Sunton. He lives in fear of his abusive mother, the school-aged bullies, dismissive adults, and the monsters that live outside of the protective walls. Suddenly, things start to look up for Francis, and he has his chance to prove his worth to himself and the people of Sunton. However, once outside the walls, he must face stories of beasts, "Soul-Eaters," the...
3) Fizzy
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Terry Hamilton really thinks Barbara Taylor is swell. If only he could just get up the courage to talk to her and ask her out. Luckily, their friends notice the attraction between the two and decide to set them up on a date to make them talk to one another. Terry and Barbara then have to get over their nervousness to make this surprise date a success.
4) The Old Man
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In the world of Embri, one will find the ordinary and extraordinary. The two superior species on the planet are human beings and revenants, a type of creature that manifests as a walking and sentient skeleton. Some are good; some are bad, but many have a story to tell.
Charlie and Winifred are excited about the fall carnival opening in their tight-knit town of Qiter Falls. They didn't have a care in the world until the day they bumped into a mysterious...
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True love has the power to overcome any difference; Understanding has the power to build any confidence.
Kida is the youngest princess of Foxhill and Mateyo is the reluctant young king of Harewillows. Both feel they are unprepared for their royal roles and responsibilities. To cope, they often slip into a naive mindset of acceptance and romantic notions. When Kida and Mateyo meet each other, they finally begin to grow a new confidence in themselves...
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When her parents told her to watch out for the people she meets on the internet, 15 year old Monica disregarded the warning. She believed those bad things could never happen to her. She changes her tune very quickly when she meets up with the man she has been having an online relationship and whisked off to Paris where he forces her into the sex industry. Though able to escape, she ends up unable to see where she is going and cannot understand the...
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There have been seals on Merrow Rock for as long as anyone could remember. What few people seem to know is that there are a whole more to those seals than meets the eye.
Rawly had a fear of the water after an accident seven years ago, but he was determined to face it. While doing so, he meets an eccentric lighthouse keeper named Admiral Nye Porter. He also comes upon six selkies in a marine biology lab, without their sealskins and unable to swim....
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What would you think if everyone told you that coyotes were like the boogeyman? For Sonya, that is a claim she has heard her entire life. Her village of Tyrn is said to be cursed by an angry forest spirit that uses coyotes to exact revenge. For as long as she could remember, coyotes have been seen as deadly demons, but the free-spirited child had barely eve seen one during her playful days in the woods, let alone in the village
This all changed one...
10) Monster
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In the world of Embri, one will find the ordinary and extraordinary. The two superior species on the planet are human being and revenants, a type of creature that manifests as a walking and sentient skeletons. Some are good; some are bad, but many have a story to tell.
While her brother delights in watching horror movies, Allison is terrified of the monstrous creatures in them. Seeking an escape, she goes to the park for some fresh air and company...
11) Baby Doll Eyes
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Edith doesn't remember much of her life before being rescued by her knight in shining armor, Evan. However, she can't understand why people keep giving them strange looks or why Cory, Evan's best friend, doesn't like her.**This story can be also be read in The Karasu Kollektion: Ten Dark & Feelsy Short Stories.**
12) Sugar Baby
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Courtney had it all. She gave up everything in order to be the sugar baby to a wealthy man. Courtney is fast learning what could await her as her free ride comes to an end.**This story can also be found in The Karasu Kollektion: Ten Dark & Feelsy Short Stories.**
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Inside this sampler is 5 excerpts from 5 more publications. This volume contains excerpts from:
1. Lord of the Maples (2015)
2. Imaginary Friends: Not Just Kid Stuff (2016)
3. The Old Man (The Revenants of Embri: Revenant Tales) (2017)
4. Psyche & the Human Condition: A Psychoanalytical & Deconstructive Analysis of George Orwell's 1984 (2018)
5. A Ticket to Ride (The Revenants of Embri: Revenant Tales) (2018).
14) Behold
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Secure. Contain. Protect. The SCP Foundation strives to contain, study, understand, and if necessary, neutralize the world's anomalies, be they creatures, people, objects, places, or concepts. Collin Dillard was a homeless, misshapen nobody when he was procured by the SCP Foundation. His days seemed numbered until he encountered one particular anomaly known as SCP-096. One fateful meeting would be the beginning of something new and life-changing for...
15) Poinsettia
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Scotland, 1897. Displaced and melancholy vampire, Gavin MacIntyre has had an emotional attachment to the St. Raphael's Children's Home & Hospital for decades. Every year, the children there receive personalized poinsettias to show them care and give them hope. So, it's quite a shock to Gavin when he learns that not only did the children not receive their poinsettias, but the hospital is going bankrupt all together.
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16) Please
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Secure. Contain. Protect.The SCP Foundation strives to contain, study, understand, and if necessary, neutralize the world's anomalies, be they creatures, people, objects, places, or concepts. When Janice escapes the Foundation with SCP-035, the mask is determined for the two to part ways for their own protection. However, her stubbornness and will to please keeps her close to it, despite its reluctance to accept her affections. SCP-035 is a difficult...
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The idea of imaginary friends (creative companions) is pretty standard in the realm of child psychology. However, we never really see anything substantial about the notion of these companions in adolescents and adults, let alone the purpose or effects of those companions on those individuals. Adolescents and adults tend to face more negative stigmas than that of children, yet also use their companions in a way that is more complex yet similarly to...
18) The Black Train
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When Benjamin is grounded, he decides he's had enough of his family and tries to run away to the circus. He gets as far as the train station where he meets Stewart, the friendly station master and learns a thing or two while waiting for his train.
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After an incident with a demon, Heaven and Hell are brought together to decide if Hope needs further supervision and protection from her fallen seraph, Vladimir. Will Stolas, a Hell prince be instated as her second guardian?
Hope is surprised to suddenly become a person of interest to her classmate, Nina. It seems as though there might be a tense friendship forming. However, there is something strange about Nina aside from her sudden interest. She's...