SHORTS 2 - Five Short Stories

SHORTS 2 - Five Short Stories is the second book of short stories by Michael Ward

Brief Summaries of the stories are below - use the LOOK INSIDE function to check out the first one


The House That Collected Realtors

Jill and Colin are realtors with the top firm in their city. They have just finished showing a house to a valuable client when there is a shift at the edge of reality. The front door and hallway of the house look the same but the kitchen is completely different and Jill’s briefcase, which was on the kitchen counter, has disappeared. As they walk through the house they realize that this house has stairs but the one they entered did not. The biggest shock awaits them when they look out of the back window. Instead of a snowy Connecticut landscape the backyard has a lake and palm trees. They are now inside The House That Collected Realtors.

Your Mission is to Kill Saint Paul on Malta

A Muslim extremist goes back in time with the aim of killing Saint Paul when he arrives on the Island of Malta in the year 60 AD. In his pocket is a “hit list” of all the major players in the early Christian Church and his mission is to kill as many of them as possible. He is caught but escapes back to his own time. He has been successful because nobody there has ever heard of Christianity. However, nobody has ever heard of Islam either. There is a short window he can use to return to the original timeline but his circumstances have changed and on this new world he is a rich man instead of living in abject poverty. If he returns then he will go back to poverty but if he does nothing then Islam will not exist. What will he do?

Two Thousand Years Later

A man sits at a computer in Miami, Florida. For the last three weeks he has been troubled by unusual dreams and strange visions. As he types at the keyboard a veil that has been in place since he was born falls away and the Earth will never be the same again.

Canadian Train

Steve Addison sits on a train heading from Vancouver to Kamloops in Canada. He has a feeling of unease and a vague sense that something is seriously wrong. Although most of the people on the train are unaware that anything is wrong he sees that some of the other passengers on the train share the feeling of unease. Addison looks out of the window at the snow stretching to the horizon. At the other end of the train a man starts yelling that the snow is an illusion and all he can is a vast desert.


The Vampire Who Sold Houses

A female vampire works as a realtor and feeds on some of her male clients. One day she feeds on the wrong man and is attacked as a result. Is this the end of her or will she prevail to feed again.


Michael Ward is the author of the following series:

Lisa Molin Assassin Series
Dangerous Scotsman Series
Jacksonville Jack Series (writing as Peter Brennan)
Assassin Stephen Haggerty Series
Shorts Series


Novels

The Banker With a Face Full of Evil â€"Scandinavian Crime Novel set in Stockholm, Sweden

Silvertree - a book about men and women who can travel between worlds





Books in the Stephen Haggerty Assassin Series

Assassination in Washington D.C.
Assassination in Miami
Assassination in Anchorage, Alaska
Assassination in Detroit
Assassination in Jacksonville, Florida
Assassination in Orlando, Florida
Assassination in Toronto
Assassination in Annapolis
Assassination in Los Angeles