Two corporate drones are stuck in a dead-end job they secretly loathe and suspicious deviant Maxwell D. Kalist is their boss. When sexy new recruit, Caitlyn Brichacek, arrives their working world is tipped slowly upside-down, but not in the way they hoped. Bravery, lies and decency are the first threads that begin to unravel. After that, it’s anyone’s game.
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A powerfully compelling snapshot of a young girl’s life. Separated from the rest of the community by her isolated, domineering father, Katie begins to feel more and more alone. A change occurs within the family that no one predicts. In a dark cloud of grief, urged on by an inner strength she has yet to fully understand, Katie takes her mute mother’s pencils and draws a boy. When there’s no one else to talk to, she talks to him – and it’s then that Katie’s secret is born.
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Natasha Haughton, a young business woman with everything to live for, awakes one day to an unfamiliar room in a cold, abandoned house with no explanation of how she got there. She is alone and there is no sign of whoever put her there. Faced with confusion and uncertainty, Natasha tries to understand what is happening. Clues exist – but, for some reason, she is blind to them.
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In this exhilarating short story, loosely based on personal experience, Carla H. Krueger exploits her distinctive voice to draw us into an expertly-realised world where manipulation, corruption and violence is rife and where first impressions are less than reliable. Set on a destitute British council estate, it offers a compelling and intimate insight into the lives of a fraction of society many of us know little about.
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Lonely Simon Webber lives with his retired parents in Edgewood, Kentucky. He is addicted to real-time pornography. To sate secret fetishes he waits until he’s alone in the house, then logs onto Sex Media, a successful business devoted to satisfying the sexual needs of a range of clients worldwide using high speed, online technology. Simon excitedly selects GIRL with LONG LOOSE HAIR and he soon sees it flowing.
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Easy-going Kris Kartofski just wants to be a good father to his little boy, Jake. His marriage to Caitlin broke down last year and he lost some of his trust in women, but he’s prepared to give love another chance. He decides to take a risk on a new girl he met online by the name of Janis. She seems sweet enough and he’s eager to hook up. So one afternoon he drives out to her family’s isolated ranch and Janis’ brawny aunt, Dawn, greets him at the porch. Wide-eyed Dawn is bright and bubbly and quick to show off her late grandfather’s prized collection of firearms. Kris receives a warm welcome and plenty to eat, but he soon gets a gut feeling he hadn’t bargained for – a quiet voice inside his head is telling him to get out.
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