Books with title Rainy-day Reads a Collection of Short Stories

“A collection of stories about everyday people overcoming everyday challenges in the face of not-so-everyday happenings” What do you do if your best friend is about to drown, but you can't swim? How do you choose between caring for a sick kid, and getting food on the table? And who can youtrust when it's revealed your whole life was a lie?From conquering fears and self-doubt, to surviving family drama, to simply finding time in the race of life to take a breathand look up at the clouds. YEAR is a collection of twelveshort stories about everyday people facing not-so-everyday happenings.Morals, warm fuzzies, and over seventyillustrations bringing these stories to life.

A collection of short stories featuring friendship, self-consciousness, love, and ice. Pink is a DistractionKeva Knight liked bright almost obnoxious colors for a reason.Jo and TerraInspired by the summer heat. A slice-of-life featuring two friends at a gas station. Play it Cool, AlAl is hit with a reverse love confession, job opportunity, and a new perspective of his childhood friend. Of course, his defeatist attitude doesn’t help him.IceThere’s a rumor that Sasha has ice in her blood, and it may be the only thing keeping her alive.Waiting for Bus 26She is waiting at the bus stop when he strolls by with a head full of curls and a navy-blue umbrella.Dreaded Dinner Party Prologue Aucuria “Curi” Andrews is a homeschooled girl who’s tired of her dinner party-throwing parents. Nothing is set to change this latest party until a sabotage attempt and her parents’ reputation is challenged by a cartoonish nasty couple. It’s up to Curi to put a stop to the slander, meet some new faces along the way, such as the mischievous traveler Mister Wolfeman or ambitious Ophelia, and of course, eat some delicious food.

Note: All but one of these stories is available elsewhere for free elsewhere in ebook format. Both the ebook and print version of this book has each of the book covers included in full color (if your device supports color)."1000 Words" is a collection of ten short stories, each approximately one thousand words in length. They range from science fiction and fantasy, to adventure and horror. Each short story is accompanied by its own book cover. Each of the stories are available for free elsewhere, but here they have been collected into one volume. This was a capstone project meant to merge photographic illustration with creative writing. Contains: 1000 Words (new) *A space traveler wakes up with no memory of yesterday's events, and sits down to read the ebook she finds on her bedstand.The Carrier *When a young girl gets transported to the future, she becomes single-handly responsible for a plague that could wipe out Earth's population. Socks *Two teens chose to save a library instead of escape into bunkers when their city was attacked. Now they try to stay together and find the device necessary to read the files they saved. Snow Witch*A young witch ventures outside of her town for the first time in hopes of transferring her brother's illness to a willing creature. The Hunt*A young hunter defends herself against an intelligent cougar stalking her family's village. Shafted Dreams *A father's actions run full-circle when he chooses to cut educational funding.Four-Way Stop *A man's choices lead him to four red lights in the middle of nowhere, where he is haunted by a ghost of his past. The Dreamkeeper *The mystical Dreamkeeper is intrigued by the appearance of a wandering child in her dream world. The Magician *A magician's reenactments of his past come to a halt when his sister shows up onstage. Aenima *A steampunk investigator discovers a missing scientist has created a strange clockwork angel.

Created during our 14-week break from school, the following stories were all imagined by members of the Writing Club. All of the stories were born from the same writing prompt: a door that has always been locked is suddenly opened. As you can see, each author imagined a very different and wonderful story through their creativity and hard work. We hope you enjoy these stories, and encourage you to write your own story as well!

Following her first book, There's a Huge Pimple on My Nose-which the Los Angeles Times praised: "If you simply want to enjoy some remarkable writing, it's hard to find a book more satisfying than Dallas Woodburn's"-this teen phenomenon's second collection of short stories, 3 a.m., is already receiving high praise:"Woodburn is a very gifted writer whose work celebrates the beauty and humor of everyday life. She is able to merge different cultures and generations in a thought-provoking and lovely way."-Laurie Stolarz, award-winning author of Blue is for Nightmares series"The writing is so wonderful you'll want to stay up reading until 3 a.m.!"-Julia McGuire, The Hudson Valley Literary Magazine"An emotionally resonant collection, dealing with the universal themes of identity, grief and love-with a little bit of humor thrown in as well. Dallas helps you recognize and appreciate the finer things in life."-Catherine Clark, best-selling author of Truth or Dairy"Woodburn's writing shines with both humor and poignancy. Her skillfully developed stories have amazing versatility. With characters that are human and tangible and extremely likeable-and details that make them come alive in a vivid and precise and utterly appropriate way-I couldn't get enough of 3 a.m."-Randy Powell, acclaimed author of My Underrated Year

I-Black’s Lonesome PathBlack, like a select few other beings, is a soul reaper, whose sole predilection is to claim human souls. However, his life is turned upside down in a chance encounter with a human woman. Black’s memories of his past human life come flooding back to him. Will he continue to hunt human souls or will he turn against the Authority and now hunt the hunters? This is the tale of the beginnings of Black’s journey as a changed reaper.II-Highway I-28This is tale about how guilt acted as a powerful enough force to transport Mark Rose to a world of beauty, mystery and monsters. Trouble is knowing what or who the true monsters are. As light and dark magic tussle for supremacy, wielded by sorceresses, could there be such a thing as grey magic? Was Mark Rose too far gone along Highway I-28 to ever go back home? III-Dear DiaryThis short story unfolds as journal entries. The journal’s author takes you through his grief stricken teenage life, having lost his girlfriend to the afterlife. The lad uncovers something fascinating about the magical book that he’d found in his attic, but what are the consequences to all this newfound power?IV-Deep SleepDelve into the unknown, as you too begin to question the nature of reality. The short story tale is an emotional roller coaster ride, with poignant, yet subtle inferences to notions of technocratic neo-feudal-like societies. Scottie is made to question everything he’s ever known, as he finds that his known reality literally fades into inexistence. What happens to Kathryn?V-Shells & ShadowsIn this modern day fantasy short story, SHOJOSH paints a world of seers, sprinters and normals, humans with different or no abilities, who live alongside a world of bountiful creatures, on several of earth’s dimensions. Beneath the façade of your typical coming of age story is an atypical coming together of several mystical forces.Lana and her family are secluded from the rest of Pink Coral, a tiny town that now assumes the worst of the seldom seen and rather odd characters within the Mackenzie compound. But how groundless is the townsfolk’s fear? What evil approaches Pink Coral?VI-The FieldIn a tiny kingdom of special humans, beings known as “surfers”, who’ve figured out how to travel across the globe in a matter of seconds, distrust and division festers. The queen, having lost her daughter to a criminal faction of surfers, now struggles to offer her tiny citizenry the comfort and stability of times past. As member of the strike force, will Luga Milash succeed in saving her loved ones, and avert a war where possible? What happens when a normal human, a “grounder” gets involved in the affairs of surfers, in the tumultuous matters of humans who channel and harness the power of the earth’s electromagnetic field?VII-What The Dead Don’t SeeIn a military kingdom where the king is selected through a series of challenges and through combat, with 600 competitors in the mix, a human warrior struggles to reach the top of an alien society and claim the throne. With his inclusion in the tournament, the first human in centuries to participate, Marcus comes to uncover a deeper and more sinister plot by the king that could see an end to tradition. Will he be able to survive the vindictive and malicious whiles of the sitting king, as well as triumph over his competitors, while winning over the racist judges? Who claims the throne once all is said and done, Marcus, Braga, or Kamie maybe?

It's not easy to become a famous singer. You need a combination of talent, ambition, charisma and, of course, lots of luck! In this fascinating collection of short stories, you will read about how Stevie Wonder became a child star and mastered many different musical instruments, despite being blind from birth; how Elvis Presley, far from being an overnight star, had to work long and hard on his way to the top; and how two teenagers from Liverpool, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, almost didn't agree to play on the same stage. You will also learn how Psy finally made it big with his huge hit Gangnam Style; how B.B. King almost lost everything on his road to fame; and how Sixto Rodriguez came back from the dead to become one of the biggest-selling stars in South Africa today.We hope that these stories of real-life success through hard work and commitment will inspire and entertain you. Singers is published by Hippo Books, a publisher dedicated to producing interesting, readable and fun books. This book is suitable for English students with pre-intermediate English or higher. Be sure to check out our other Hippo Graded Readers.About the Author:Cooper Baltis is one of the writers and founders of Hippo Books. He is a former Fulbright English Teaching Assistant at the National University of Mongolia and is TESOL certified. He has taught English in Asia for five years and has published stories in several literary magazines in America. His Hippo books include Hassan and Lulu and My Brother the Giant, as well as many short story collections. To find out more about this author, click his name under the book title above.