What if time travel is like alcoholism? Shouldn't mermaids have blubber to stay warm in the ocean? These short stories of fantasy and science fiction explore the weird, the bizarre, and the concretization of untenable fantasies. ❂ ❂ ❂ ❂ ❂ ❂ Abby Goldsmith is the author of an epic dark sci-fi fantasy series published by Podium and narrated by George Newbern. The Torth series begins with Majority, available on Kindle, Audible, and carried by Ingram. https://abbygoldsmith.com/majority

This collection tells of life, pain, suffering, and sometimes even happiness. I hope you will enjoy. Thanks to @wendythestoryteller , a super talented writer and artist, for making this brilliant cover! Highest rank: #3 IN VIGNETTE! Featured on @flashfic 's The BreakRoom reading list. Part of the Wattpad Block Party 2017. RtL was a Wattpad featured story. My piece, Breaking Up With Anne, was published in the anthology Conversations by Kingston University Press. https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/KUPress/popular © Christine Bottas. All rights reserved 2015-2020.

The stage is set. The ballerina poised. It all comes down to timing. [Noelle's end of the year/New Year oneshot contest] [#222 - Short Story] 20.05.2016- Featured

✰ A WATTPAD FEATURED STORY ✰ Short tales about troubled girls -- some sad, some dangerous -- each with a paranormal twist. 1. LUX AETERNA: Hell has its demons. Lux has Foster Dad George. A flash fiction superpower origin story of a sort. (1K words) *** Get the complete collection of beautifully creepy paranormal tales for free: https://instafreebie.com/free/FEern *** 2. THE FIRST WILL BE POETIC: Victoria Singer is going to prom with her high school crush, and she's decided that he will be her first... despite his dark past. She wants her first to be poetic, the way justice often is. (5.4K words - http://bookhip.com/GFFXLQ) 3. MAUDLIN CARNIVAL: A mysterious investigator walks through the memories of 22-year-old Evelyn Jones in search of clues to prevent her tragic death. (3.7K words) 4. ROZA MIRA: These young supermodels seem to have everything: beauty, success... and a strange man in black who watches them from afar, day in and day out. (5.6K words) Highest Ranking: #44 in Short Story (6/25) Cover by @ delinquent dreams