15 short stories to trouble your soul
A Japanese labourer seeks solitude in a room that reeks of death. A scuba instructor volunteers for a bizarre experiment. Judas preaches his own gospel. Chinese scientists clash in a grim, winner-takes-all struggle. An outback miner’s attempt to raise money to return home ends in chaos. An old, African freedom fighter plots a daring murder. A kidnapped billionaire escapes across the remote highlands of Taiwan.
Each story takes unexpected turns.
Tales From Captivity introduces you to scenarios which, while fantastic, are only one or two steps away from real life. It is these tiny little patches to the fabric of reality that lead to profound consequences. In it are placed normal, real, fallible human characters, and things unfold in unexpected ways. For almost all of these stories the ending was not what I predicted. Even in the most harrowing moments, I was captivated, and read on . . .
Tales From Captivity is aptly named, macabre, entertaining, and well worth your time and money.
You can read the first story on Amazon’s free preview:
Tales From Captivity is also available on every other platform.
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Thanks to Lemmiwinks, Deacon Blues and SR for their eagle eyes in spotting errors and for other feedback.
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Ok. I didn’t even steal it.
Wouldn’t it be great though if there was a seller which didn’t make the customer run through a maze of log ins and such, then admit that I need a particular app to read it etc. Instead, just send the file. I would direct all my business to them immediately.
Or maybe it already exists but I don’t know about it.
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I could set up my own store and do that but it always seems like too much trouble.
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I bought the dead tree version (x2, one as a gift). Same logins and data mining bullshit to actually complete the purchase, but at least they can’t decide to delete it from “my” device. Besides, I much prefer reading a book over reading a screen.
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Let me know how it looks.
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Will do, ETA 14/12
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