Survival Short Stories

In this audiobook, you will find yourself set down in a mysterious redbrick townhouse in rural Illinois (“A House on the Plains”), working things out with a baby-kidnapping couple in California (“Baby Wilson”), living on a religious-cult commune in Kansas (“Walter John Harmon”), and sharing the heartrending cross-country journey of a young woman navigating her way through three bad marriages to a kind of bruised but resolute independence (“Jolene: A Life”).

Car-En, a ringstation anthropologist on her first Earth field assignment, observes a Viking-like village in the Harz mountains. As Car-En secretly observes the Happdal villagers, she begins to see them as more than research subjects (especially Esper, a handsome bowhunter). When Esper’s sister is taken by an otherwordly sword-wielding white-haired man, she can no longer stand by as a passive witness. Knowing the decision might end her career, she cuts off communication with her advisor and pursues the abductor into the mountains.

A thought-provoking and rich collection of short stories, many of which reflect the author’s love of myths and legends, his close observations of family life, and his skills as a unique storyteller. A beautiful collection of short stories written by one of the best-loved children’s authors of all time. This collection includes Micael Morpurgo's enchanting stories "Giant's Necklace", "Ancient Time", "Silver Ghost", and "Muck and Magic".

The human instinct for survival is strong, especially when the circumstances are dire. When five women and two men return to Earth as part of a disjointed and meager population, with the intent of completing a barely conceivable mission of reestablishing themselves on the surface and repopulating the planet, dire is an understatement.

After the death of their parents, the five young Meyter children found a home with their loving grandparents. It was a tight, but happy home, until their grandfather passed away and their grandmother grew too old to care for 10 little feet and five extra, hungry hearts. Life being what it is, their grandmother went to a home for the elderly and the five Meyter children went to an orphanage, The Harmony Home for Children.

Set in a post-apocalyptic America just after a solar storm destroyed the grid and most technology finds the hero David trying to create a sustainable life at his bug out location. David and his fellow refugees who bugged out to the lake continue the struggle for everyday existence as they must range farther abroad on their "borrowing" trips for supplies. Boudreaux and Bernie have gotten the Trading Post up and running and are finding innovative ways to keep it stocked as well as guarded against a populace growing more desperate everyday.

She stands at the edge of immortality, torn between terror and temptation. The portal will close on All Hallows’ Eve, and once the pact is made, there’s no turning back. Will she choose power or face what waits beyond? A dream vacation spirals into survival when tomb robbers strike. What began as an escape becomes a deadly game no guidebook could prepare her for. Can she outwit a threat that plays by no rules? Loyalty is tested when a crew’s biggest heist becomes their final reckoning. As greed poisons trust, betrayal is the only certainty. Who will survive when no one is on your side?

This is a collection of short stories written over my Christmas vacation. Go ahead, take a free look inside and see for yourself! If this book can't make you smile; nothing else will.

Lorsque Thomas s'est engagé comme mousse sur un bateau avec son frère, il ne pensait pas se retrouver naufragé sur une île déserte ! Pas si déserte que ça, finalement...

Le papa de Sven est parti loin, en mer, les laissant seuls, lui et sa maman. Mais ils n'ont plus rien à manger, et avec sa canne à pêche, Sven ne prend que de minuscules poissons. Alors, il se sent abandonné, c'est injuste, son papa devrait être là !

Three teens are marooned on a what they presume is a mysterious tropical island. Casey and Mike have made their way through the creature-filled jungle to a glass city where they hope to find help for Jack, their abducted friend. Once in the city, they learn shocking news that will change their lives forever, and getting Jack back will be anything but easy.

Penny helped Mia survive the horrors of high school. Now, Mia has a chance to return the favor and help Penny survive the zombie apocalypse.

Their parents had to leave for a business trip, leaving them with their uncle to take care of them. Jasmin, Annalove, and Lilyrain find themselves caught up in an atypical adventure.

Joe Daniel Baker was a computer geek, despite the fact that his father tried to train him about living in the wilds of British Columbia. When Joe's house burns down while his mother and sister are gone, and his father 's on a business trip, Joe must figure out how to survive.

Michael Brein's Travel Tales Collection, Spooky Tales 1, features a bunch of bizarre and strange tales of the paranormal that can happen to you in your travels. Strange things do happen, and mostly they are the usual, typical, expected sorts of normal experiences. But there are also those unexpected, strange surprises that pop up now and again in your journeys.

Chi sono i magici cuccioli della bella Piccola Perla? Un cagnolino dotato di straordinari superpoteri, un tenero barboncino bianco, una dolcissima cagnetta...

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.