Fiction Survival Stories

A young girl wakes up Christmas morning to discover the worst has happened, throwing her into a struggle over who she is and how she will live her life.

In an apartment building in the Lower East Side of New York City, success is reserved for the Puerto Rican locos who are willing to do anything to make a buck. Everyone else remains stagnant, not daring to dream on the boss’ turf. Shortly after her 17th birthday, Yasmin knows that rescuing three pit bulls from a nightmarish life will upset their poor excuse for an owner. However, the teen never imagines saving the dogs will land her on the bad side of the worst people.

"Hop-o'-My-Thumb" (Hop-on-My-Thumb), or "Hop o' My Thumb", also known as "Little Thumbling" or "Little Poucet" is one of the eight fairytales published by Charles Perrault in "Histoires ou Contes du temps passé" (1697). "Hop-o'-My-Thumb" is the youngest of seven children in a poor woodcutter's family, and his greater wisdom compensates for his smallness of size. When the children are abandoned by their parents, he finds a variety of means to save his life and the lives of his brothers, eventually confronting a scary ogre.

Discover how Jack the bat overcomes the biggest challenge he will ever face! A story rooted in the ecology of the rare Greater Horseshoe bat in England and Wales.

The new coronavirus, which originated in China, has spread to Japan. An American expatriate journalist residing in Tokyo, Japan finds himself caught in between the zombies, as he catches up with his military expatriate buddy. The American expatriates, William and Cooper, overcome the sudden surprise of deadly zombies and also makes an encounter with the Japanese mafia.

The Event causes the failure of every electronic device in the town. Suddenly, the ageing Vietnam War veteran Jimmy Spears doesn’t seem as crazy as many people had assumed him to be as he built a life around concepts of self-sufficiency and minimal dependence on state support structures.

Tallulah the spider and her friend Buck the horse live in a meadow at the edge of the Old Forest. One day a dark and dense fog creeps into the Meadow, and Buck enters a deep and dreamless sleep. The very life of the Meadow is threatened. Tallulah doesn’t know how to help her friend until a tiny magical bird tells her the secret of how she can fly.

Wistman Wood was loved by all the forest creatures. It was safe, cozy, and thrived with life, fruits, nuts, and berries. But when the littlest hazelnut, Hazi, senses a mysterious ‘swarm’ is headed their way, the peace of the wood is suddenly at stake.

Enjoy this collection of outdoor adventure stories. In "Emerging from Darkness", listen to a thrilling story of siblings Michelle and William, who go out on a caving adventure. What happens when they end up losing their way? Also included are two other stories of families surviving the great outdoors: "Natural Instincts" and "Cottonmouths and Pigs".

Josephus "Thatch-hut" Thomas was familiar with a different Christmas story, before he knew of Santa Claus. Before he knew of a Christmas tree, he knew the story of another Christmas tree. His mother, Amelia, entertained him every holiday season with a story of joy and hope. Josephus' troubled and fascinating journey to his mother's homeland, in the Caribbean, will fill the listener with a passion for happiness.