Travel Short Stories

Traveling faster than light, the transport ship Redundancy is cut off from communication as effectively as an ancient ocean liner. The isolation suits crew member Ace Vance just fine—she’s got nowhere else to be. But when a wealthy passenger turns up dead during a routine voyage, Ace will have to connect with the passengers and crew to uncover the truth. Tragedy will strike again—it’s only a matter of time.

On a far-off colony, humans tower over the local species who grow the plants they need. Narr keeps the workers in line—someone has to. But when Narr learns just how short-lived their species is, the little alien embarks on a big mission: to find out why their people die and how to stop it. Stubborn and hopeful, Narr has a plan for the locals, for humans, and for the future.

Pass through fairy tales into the magic of invisible worlds in these opulent stories by a beloved fantasy icon and author of the classic Riddlemaster trilogy.

A fascinating collection of travellers' tales, featuring weird innkeepers, ghouls and ghosts, robbers and murderers, card sharpers and confidence tricksters, dead bodies in odd places....the very thing for anyone busy planning a vacation this year....

In Metairie, Louisiana, a young woman revels in the solitary exercise that is riding in an elevator, as across town, a father attempts to pedal his way back into his childhood via a late-night bike ride in his quiet suburban neighborhood. Meanwhile, a young executive climbs the corporate ladder through the strangest of mind-bending means as just moments earlier, a lonely man awakens in his car to the fact that he may have the latent impulses and instincts of a serial killer. If only they knew just how interconnected their seemingly different timelines will become.

Adrian Ring is in a coma. Shot by a traitor in his midst, he has slipped into an existence where his consciousness is neither alive nor dead. He has gone to the other side. Bolstered by the presence of the friends he has lost since "that day", Adrian embarks on exploring this frozen landscape of dreams and nightmares. Transported through time and space, Adrian sees a hunting trip firsthand with Gavin and then relives one of Gilbert's worst firefights during his Vietnam era. Then, he sees something that hasn't happened yet, but will. And what he sees will change the world forever.

Embark on a heartwarming, empowering, and soul-stirring journey with The Rebirth of a Phoenix: Short Stories from a Traveling Souljourner — a beautifully written collection of real-life travel stories by a courageous woman over 60 who rediscovers herself through the open road and the loyal company of her dog, Macarena.

Trent Parlow, a troubled man with memory loss, struggles to come to terms with his fiancée's untimely death. Retreating to the Colorado wilderness, he makes a startling discovery. Trent and those around him will never be the same.

Construct Karl is on a secret mission: he needs to find The Majestic Man. Lost in action a couple years ago, his whereabouts are unknown. An answer needs to be found. Where is he? What's he been doing all this time? In reality he's been secretly plotting megalomaniac dreams of worldwide conquest. This is his dream and Karl must stop him at all cost. Or else....

"One Giant Step" mixes time travel, dinosaurs, and treachery, for a new take on how the dinosaurs went extinct. OGS is a short story (approx 2,300 words) from the Nebula Award-nominated author of REDSHIFT RENDEZVOUS and MANHATTAN TRANSFER. The story was originally published in the anthology DINOSAUR FANTASTIC, 1993, edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg. Narrated by Rich Adams, who has been a professional actor, voice actor, director, and scenic and lighting designer for the past thirty-five years.

A funny and heartwarming debut for fans of Celia Imrie and Dawn French. Evie Gallagher is regretting her hasty move into a care home. She may be 75 and recently widowed, but she’s absolutely not dead yet. And so, one morning, Evie walks out of Sheldon Lodge and sets off on a Great Adventure across Europe. But not everyone thinks Great Adventures are appropriate for women of Evie’s age, least of all her son, Brendan, and his wife, Maura, who follow a trail of puzzling text messages to bring her home.

Climate fiction author Richard Friedman takes the listener on a journey from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to the edges of the universe with his collection of short stories. A narcissistic east coast billionaire receives a visit from three ghosts in a contemporary spin on a timeless classic. Judgment Day asks, is humanity worth saving? A family takes a tour through the Grand Museum of the Universe in The Docent and the crew of the space shuttle witnesses a nuclear holocaust in The World Burns Below.

“Bess is among the most compassionate and intelligent characters.” –The Sun-Sentinel From the New York Times bestselling author of the Bess Crawford mystery series, a short story that unravels dark secrets from her close friend Simon Brandon’s past. Years before the Great War summoned...

In a futuristic western world where time travel is a reality, Marshal Jonah Creed, known for his shoot-first reputation, embarks on a mission to apprehend the notorious outlaw Silas Kane and his gang, the Temporal Outlaws, who have been wreaking havoc through the ages. As Jonah confronts Silas, he realizes he's been lured into a dystopian future, where Silas and the corrupt regime hold all the power.

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A dying man discovers that he has the power to rewind time.

Although this audiobook is tailored for the beginner, it is fully detailed with information that is useful to construct words and sentences. You will also see and learn the different grammar, pronunciation, nouns, adverbs etc.

The world is slowly opening again, which means you could now finally take that trip to the Spanish-speaking country that you’ve been meaning to… But what if you get there and you sound like a complete foreigner? What if you want to speak to a local but you get tongue-tied finding the right words to say? It doesn’t have to be that way… Here’s the deal: We created this Spanish-speaking crash course so you can become conversational in 30 days or less... without spending months on an app that you have to mentally force yourself to use.

This audiobook takes you into eight different stories from my travel around the world. These histories describe the situations as an intimate diary. The events recounted in these stories are completely true.

1945: Russian troops have entered Berlin, and are engaged in a violent orgy of robbery, rape, and revenge! Wehrmacht officer Hasso Pemsel, a career soldier on the losing end of the greatest war in history, flees from a sniper's bullet, finding himself hurled into a mysterious, fantastic world of wizards, dragons, and unicorns!