Short-Order Thrillers

Stories to Chew On

By: Darrel R. Day Jr.

Narrated by: Chiquito Joaquim Crasto

Time is a luxury in today's busy lifestyle. These short stories will give you the thrill and chill in short order. Just a few chapters and you are on to the next story. These stories will give you the excitement of a full-size novel that fits into any busy schedule.

She thinks she is a princess and her daddy forbids her to love anything less than a prince. When a flight goes terribly wrong, Melanie will discover that her daddy...was wrong. With crocodiles and natives all set on killing her, Melanie finds that her forbidden fruit is the only thing between her and certain death. Atlantis has always fascinated the minds of men. This story will take you to a place where sacrifices and curses hide a truth. Only one woman knows how to find it. Her doctor thinks she needs therapy until he too finds the truth. Just because you are an imp, it doesn't make you a demon. It simply makes you the cost...of keeping a secret.

The desert is known for its heat. What creature has the ability to change the 105-degree desert sand into chilling snow? Marlene and her companion Dan, along with their best friends, are about to find out. Dragons that breathe snow instead of fire, relic vehicles and planes, and a "something" named Sharu are stealing the Earth's desert to rekindle a life of ice and glaciers.

What can stop a powerful tribe, once known as the Amazon women, from enslaving the men of the world and making the Earth's people and land their own? The balance lies in the hands of a not-yet-born baby girl.

In the last, but for certain not the least, in excitement and thrills, a family is torn apart after wife and mother Sarah is nearly crushed to death by a semi. The doctors gave her a clear "go" to walk again. Sarah thinks they were wrong. Walking only a few feet at a time, Sarah relies on her family and a wheelchair to get her around. Her children have pulled away from her and her husband is at a loss. Then a business trip and an accident leave him stranded in the mountains of snowy Colorado. Hungry wolves and a hermit who wants his whereabouts to remain a secret wait for Jake at the bottom of the ravine. Sarah refuses to believe the police reports. Now, she and her two children will come together as a family to try to find Jake. Sarah needs her legs to work but she is afraid. Her kids will be with her for support but is it enough to save Jake?

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