Travel Short Stories

From an award-winning science fiction writer (whose short story ‘The Story of Your Life’ was the basis for the Academy Award-nominated movie Arrival), the long-awaited new collection of stunningly original, humane, and already celebrated short stories.

After looking for five years for his missing girlfriend Estella, Rafael found out that she volunteered to preserve her body at a low temperature cryogenic storage facility at Ljubljana, Slovenia called Everlasting Cryonics, Inc. She will be revived in the future when they have already developed a nanotechnology treatment that will cure her rare infection. Determined to see the love of his life, he also volunteered. Waking up fifty years later in the year 2085, he learned that Estella was ‘revived’ five years earlier, and again disappeared without a trace. Now Rafael must look for the ...

Whether you’re planning on traveling to Spain or just want to learn another language, this audiobook guides you toward learning a basic to intermediate level of Spanish.

~ Sometimes all it takes is the right person in our…AfterLife. ~ In this romance with comedy, a man purchases an abandoned farmhouse in a tax sale unaware it’s haunted by the woman…ahhhhh…ghost that will become the love of his life and he the love of her AfterLife and together bring the man who murdered her to justice as only a Trans Spectral, TSP, couple can.

This book was previously published as “Hotel Spanking” by Reba Bale. This business trip is more painful than she expected… Trapped in a hotel room with her annoying coworker while working on an impossible project for their boss, Debbie can’t help but feel a little petulant and bratty. John is smug. Hot. Super annoying. And a secret alpha? Debbie had no idea her coworker had such a bossy side until he calmly informs her that he knows the perfect way to release her tension – a good old-fashioned over-the-knee spanking. When the spanking is over, they can’t help but explore the ...

Hold on to your time-hopping hats and chronological compasses, you're about to embark on a tempestuous trek through the tangled threads of time! Prepare to be propelled into a paradoxical panorama of temporal tampering, tantalizing twists, and a temporal traveler named Alex. This isn't your typical historical escapade—this is a heart-pounding, mind-bending odyssey where the past pirouettes on a precarious precipice, and the future teeters on the brink of temporal turmoil. Join me, your reluctant guide, as I'm thrust into this tumultuous tapestry of time by a chance collision with Alex ...

Shobana Mahadevan Short Story Box Set includes: One day in Paris (A Second Chance Holiday Romance) What would you do if you got a chance to spend one magical day in Paris with your high school crush? With the impending distance of two continents between them, will a measly day in Paris be enough though? The Affair (A Second Chance Romance) A chance encounter with his ex rekindles memories, regrets, hopes, and desires. Will the all-consuming love that they once had for each other consume them yet again? Robinhood in Hampi On her first trip alone, all she was looking out for was a bit of ...

On Christmas Eve, the Hardy Family are once again in a predicament on their horse farm. Someone or something has been stealing from them in the night. Was it human, or was it a ghostly presence who took all the coal? Or could it be Father Christmas, also known Santa Claus, Saint Nick, or Sinterclaas? And what was that giant beast that the farm workers saw galloping past? In a story that glances at Christmas myths from different countries, most of them scary, Sergeant Frank Hardy and his friend Hop Li search in the darkness to find out what's going on. Meanwhile, Mette gets to know Grace, ...

The Irish Classics Collection is a wide-ranging collection of 10 classic works of fiction and poetry by Irish authors, read by an award-winning cast of narrators. Included here are stories by some of the greatest writers of all time, including James Joyce; Bram Stoker; Oscar Wilde; W.B. Yeats; Elizabeth Bowen; and more.

Travel can be murder. Can Miss Riddell and Nona catch the villains before they become victims? In this short story, Deadly Dunes, Pauline and Nona meet up to attend a Crafts Fair and quickly find themselves on a misadventure in the desert. Will sharp whit prevail or will the two senior sleuths be thrown of course? Travel forward from the Miss Riddell series to the twenty-first century with the demure Miss Pauline Riddell as she befriends a strangely lovable, fly-by-the-seat-of-her-pants amateur sleuth, named Gretta Galia aka Nona. The two sixty-five-year-old travel companions visit tourist ...

In a remote countryside station long removed from the main line, a lonely stationmaster maintains a schedule no train follows—until one cold evening, a forgotten locomotive glides in from nowhere. The passengers have no faces. The whistle doesn’t echo. And the watch in his pocket, long dead, starts ticking again. The Stationmaster’s Watch is a chilling tale of memory, regret, and the hour that never ends—another eerie entry in the world of Sebastian Blackwood.

Meet Rebecca and John, a couple whose marriage is on the rocks. Sometimes it takes counseling to appreciate your spouse. Other times it takes a ride through a giant time wormhole. This story is about the second option.

In space, conquest reigns supreme. The mighty prevail, but only for those with the power. The Thulu have dominated the cosmos for millennia. Grand Viceroy Zaltis should revel in the glory of defeating the Earthborn Dagan, but it only leaves him empty inside. Why won’t victory satisfy him? His master, the godlike D’raith, doesn’t understand the failings of mortals. Its purpose is to rule the universe. With a Dagan governor as captive, the D’raith orders Zaltis to discover the last Earthborn refuge. It’s where the all-powerful Genesis Stone lies. Zaltis vows to break the governor ...

In the vibrant heart of Barcelona, amidst the grandeur of the 1888 World Expo, our hero and heroine are thrust into a whirlwind of unforeseen encounters and perilous adventures. The presence of a former contact sets the stage for an emotional and complex reunion. As the city buzzes with excitement for the Expo, counter-agents, armed with insider knowledge, threaten to plunge the event into chaos and ignite a war that could reshape the future of empires. Jed, distanced for some time from the cosmic battles that defined his past, is drawn back into a struggle that challenges his loyalties, ...

London Cartwright was asked to take a break as a 5-star Michelin Chef in New York to rekindle her passion for cooking and come up with some innovative dishes. Finding herself in Aberdeen, Scotland, London does find her passion... but not just for food. Her appetite for all things Scottish is turned up a notch in this breezy romp in the land of kilts and haggis.

As Jed and Marie prepare for our heroine's final World exhibition in Paris, Jed grapples with the complexity of time, his undying love for his beloved, and the end of an era in their lives. Their journey to this Exhibition in 1900 becomes a pivotal moment, not just marking the end of their public life together but also drawing them into a confrontation with forces that threaten their very existence and the future of humanity. Jed is faced with a foe who has planned and engineered a winning combination of circumstances so he can finally return triumphant to Pluto. Can Jed outwit such a ...

Are the Tresians using the weather as a weapon against their enemies to sabotage the 1897 World Exhibition in Brussels, Belgium? Tormented by the sound of unending rain, Marie finds some light relief, becoming involved with the art nouveau movement, along with her women’s rights work. Yet a morally ambiguous situation with the Expo’s stakeholders has her on high alert, calling for Jed’s help - as the Tresians predicted. Jed is mired in the mud with his work, sensing impending danger, yet sidetracked by the storms' effects. Can the couple piece together what awaits them and thwart an ...

En route to the 1893 World Expo in Chicago, Jed and his love embark on a new chapter in their lives, filled with excitement and the promise of innovation. Their relationship is deep and complex, shaped by past rescues, secret missions, and a shared love for the unknown. Each has their own reflections. Marie navigates the complexities of the exhibition and her advocacy work on women's suffrage. She also contemplates her relationship with Jed, his secrets, and their intertwined destinies. Jed grapples with the weight of his decisions and their impact on his future and the broader universe. ...

Copilots Msizi and Tariro are testing a newly constructed wormhole jump that presumably leads to unsettled habitable worlds. Then an explosion sends them off course, far from where they started and with little chance of ever making it back. Now they’re stranded on their new home for the diaspora. It’s called Malcolm X-b. But they’re beginning to wonder how many light-years from civilization they really are.

The sky is not the limit. From an alley in New York to an interstellar wormhole, the path to the future looks different for everyone. These cosmic short stories from some of today’s most influential Black authors reveal a universe of possibilities.