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An amazing collection of 10 unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. In this collection, you will find 10 short stories from all your favorite genres. You can use them as writing prompts or just for fun! You can expect from inspiring stories about courage, friendship, inner strength, and self-love, with an exciting writing style and authentic spoken dialogues to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability.

Madison is weary of love. After witnessing her parents’ tumultuous relationship, she thinks avoiding men will help her avoid heartbreak. No matter how her friends encourage her, she’s determined to focus on school and leave dating to everyone else. Dorian is trying to juggle a life filled with changes. While dealing with a breakup and quitting his job, his life is further complicated by his parents’ checkered pasts. When their two worlds collide at a mutual friend’s wedding, will they find strength in each other or continue dealing with their problems alone?

Ogum and Oxossi are two valiant gods among the ten gods birthed by the goddess of the sea, Yemanja, who lives in the valley of Orixa, a realm for gods and all magical creatures. The two gods are taken out of the realm while they were still toddlers to protect them from evil forces that had invaded Orixa.

Skilled forensics scientist Schuyler Liu never expected her job working for a ghost-hunting show to bring so much peace. Until a grand locale in the Garden District uncovers way more than just rattling pipes and drafty entryways, and she walks away with more than she ever imagined. When chaos morphs to terror, she turns to the one man she knows may be able to help her. They may not see eye-to-eye, given their vastly differing beliefs, but Pax is her touchstone in the maelstrom, and she plans to grab hold with both hands until they find the answers they seek.

Trinity Hughes has spent a lifetime resenting her biological father. However, now that he’s dead, Trinity wants to set the record straight. Her father might have killed one man 35 years ago, but he paid his debt to society. She knows deep in her soul that he did not murder 16 men and she’s going to prove it. All she needs is a little help from the last man who saw her father alive. When a homeless stranger comes through town and is accused of murder, and then killed right in front of him, local police officer Emmett Kirby questions the investigation.

Haunted houses are an angel’s day job. The monsters in the closet won’t get the kids on my watch. Not again. I don’t care if I’m the last angel on Earth, nothing will hurt them. Not. One. More. Time. My first family to save here on Earth-3457. Different Earth with darker demons. The mom called us. Her baby’s dead. I have to find out what did it. Typical sick case. But something’s off with these kids. The warrior angels look down on us house cleaners. We do the hard work on the ground. All they do is fly around in their fancy silverwings. So out of touch with reality.

Everyone has demons, but fifteen-year-old Eleanor can actually talk to hers. When her family moves to a new neighborhood, gender-questioning artist Eleanor thinks she can escape her past—and the secret she’s been carrying since she was little—but Creep won’t be left behind. He’s her childhood bestie and her only confidant. Always there: fish-bone teeth and gravel-voiced. The monster under her bed. The top-tier fan of all her nightmares who keeps her from what she wants most: a new start.

In this confessional memoir, Cecily Watson Kelln leaves the comforts of her childhood cackleberry farm to face womanhood fraught with struggles to find love and security. Divorce, rejection, and despair try to knock her down. But her mother's exemplary Christian faith keeps her full of hope. This true story involves travel and adventures, such as the Peace Corps, cold winter in a tent, and a psychedelic baptism.

A short story about Jerald, who works at Rowdy's Pizzeria, meeting a woman named Lissa, and going on adventure.

In this stirring memoir, JayQues recounts his beloved grandma’s bittersweet journey from the earthly realm to paradise, bringing to light the kindness with which she touched everyone she knew and absolutely lavished on her grandson. JayQues takes us on a journey of spiritual bonding that not only stretches from Kingston, Jamaica, to the Bronx, New York, but also transcends time and space. The deep, fiery love he shared with his grandma, the motherly devotion with which she raised him, and the bond they shared and continue to share in Christ are evident.

In the bitter cold of New Year's Eve, a young mother named Elise must choose between love and country when she is enlisted by United States Army Intelligence operatives to track down and apprehend her childhood love, who has fallen into a dark path of contract murder. Elise risks all as she embarks on a journey across oceans and continents, in hopes that the ruins of their love might stop an ever-growing string of murders.

All Brynleigh “Bryn” Tinsley wanted was to find a safe harbor and put the past behind her so she could raise her little girl in a peaceful, loving environment. Now, three identities later and 2,000 miles away, she finds herself in the small, seaside town of Lighthouse Cove, Florida. The last thing she needs is a pesky firefighter who keeps showing up at every turn, doing his best to become her handyman - and more. But when her daughter’s life is on the line, Brynleigh will do whatever it takes to protect her daughter from the hell that is her past.

As a middle school English teacher, Courtney Black was very familiar with all of the love stories, thank you very much. She preferred the love poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Shakespeare, but when it came to love in her own life, well, that was another matter. It was the most cliché story of them all, but after having her heartbroken by a cheating boyfriend, Courtney had sworn off love. Shakespeare did know a little about scorned women, and Courtney was determined to live her life on her own terms. Until a man came along that seemed just fine.

Claire and Hugo are two attractive medical professionals working in a hospital surgical unit. Claire's infatuation with her handsome boss is complicated by his marriage and his mistress, not to mention Claire's boyfriend. Her pursuit results in a mixture of love, lust and lies and eventually to a dramatic encounter in a hotel bedroom, where 'room service' takes on a whole new meaning until the final shocking denouement.

Vivian Rose thought she burned her family’s dirty little secret the day she laid her father to rest. Only years later, when her brother is found murdered, it seems that secret might have been the very thing that got her brother killed. Now, Vivian finds herself in the middle of an internet game that she doesn’t understand and the target of a dangerous man who will stop at nothing to make her his.

The minute running back Draven Jameson sees the stunning, raven-haired beauty in the stands during fan appreciation day, he immediately knows that he needs her in his life. Despite having to battle for his starting spot with his new team in Seattle, and memories of the hardships he endured before entering the league fresh in his mind, things couldn’t be better. Draven can see further into the future than he ever has before - not only with his career but also with his life.

Many parents are concerned they’re not qualified enough to educate their children. You are not alone in your quest for guidance. There is a wealth of resources at your fingertips to guide you through the start-up process and valuable tools to help you through each academic year. This book provides a comprehensive list of all the tools you will need to set up for homeschooling and the activities with hidden costs you might not consider. Whether you are considering homeschooling as a short-term or long-term option, this book is a one-stop homeschooling resource and parent handbook!

Diane Morris is part of the thin line separating a happy, mundane world from all of the horrors of the anomalous. Her federal agency is underfunded, understaffed, and misunderstood, and she'd rather transfer to the boring safety of Logistics than remain a field agent. When a troupe of international thieves make off with a pair of dragon eggs, Diane has no choice but to ally with a demon against the forces looking to leave her city a smoldering crater. Facing down rogue wizards, fiery elementals, and crazed gunmen, it's a race against time to get the precious cargo.

Paul Demonte didn’t feel like a winner. Driven by a relentless desire to succeed, no matter the cost, his hopes are dashed when he finishes law school at the bottom of his class. Forced into a lowly, public defender position, he ends up barely scraping by, and drowning his sorrows at the local bar. But, when a mysterious woman approaches him with a supernatural deal, he’s given an offer that seems too good to be true: He’ll never lose a case in his life. Eager to finally achieve success, Paul seizes his chance - but every deal comes with a price.

It is a common belief that if you take a long bubble bath, go to a spa, or buy your favorite outfits you must love yourself, right? Wrong! Join Sigourney Rosario on the journey of the true meaning of self-love as she discusses the five pillars of self-love: Spiritual, physical, mental, social, and financial.