Cheryl King

Rare Coins Cheryl King

If coins are the smallest denomination in currency, then short stories are their counterpart in literature, and equally valuable, eminently collectible. This book contains a collection of three novelettes and seven short stories from new author Cheryl King. Double Dare - A young boy witnesses a dreadful accident for which he feels responsible. What will happen when his past comes back to confront him?Red Sky at Dawn - The last thoughts of an elderly woman as she rides a plane to the destination of the crash. A Modern Fable - Aesop modernized - employing the sparse style of an Aesop fable but using a modern situation. Rare Coins - How will a confident, mature woman handle facing the father from whom she has been estranged for about forty years? Will they both be able to let go of the baggage of a lifetime?A Modern Fairytale - Fairytales are not a thing of the past, a remembrance of childhood, as one young woman discovers when she takes a solitary camping trip in the Ozark Mountains. Living Dead Will - Imagine you are alone in the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park and your spouse dies of a sudden heart attack while ascending a mountain. Now imagine that in about thirty-six hours, give or take a few, they will reanimate as zombie. This is the situation our heroine must deal with in this tale of love and loss. Eurwiccan - Eurwiccan is a play on words, a merging of Eureka Springs with Wiccan. The figure at the center of the story lives in Eureka Springs, Arkansas and is a practicing Wiccan as well as owner of the local beauty shop, Pollyanna. See what happens when she meets Mandy. Heat - A dark look at the inside of domestic abuse and just how far one woman will go to end the torment. Mother's Tongue - A light-hearted mystery with a humorous aspect. A woman buys a plant at an estate sale and makes an astonishing discovery which will lead to a cross country journey and a new friend. Ricochet - Discover the allure and attraction a handgun wields and the deadly consequences when it falls into hands too young. Like a rare coin collection this collection of stories has currency in many different denominations. Dark and light, funny and horrific.