Immortalised in Paint and other short stories

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Cover design by Kyle William Urban

This is a collection of short stories.

Immortalised in Paint

Lauren has decided to go freelance. It wasn't easy, but with her partner's help, she has decided it was best.
Her first job is to paint a portrait from a photo she was sent, the photo is blurry, but she does her best and the customer is pleased and pays her triple the original agreed price.
When the painting is finished she sits back and admires her work. But the portrait moves. Strange things start happening in the house and Lauren realises that the person from the portrait is no longer on the canvas. The person is in the house.
Somehow a spirit has been summoned.

Run for you

Sarah Miller had never run a race before. She's never even considered it. Her twin, Connor, had always been the runner. But when he passes after a short battle with cancer, she wants to do something that would have made him proud.
While going through his things with their older sister, Eleanor, she finds some of his old race medals and decides that she wants to run in his honour. She signs up to her first-ever race and starts raising money to go towards helping people with cancer, and their families. As training starts, she realises that 5KM is a lot longer when you've never run before.
As the race draws closer, she thinks about backing out. She visits the fundraiser page to write her update and sees that the total is more than she ever thought she would raise, and it's still growing.
She decides that she won't give up. She wants to do this for Connor.