Review: Good Collection of Interesting Stories
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2013
This is a collection of stories that is best described broken down.A Good Education - Mornington, Moon, is attending school at Mercer's School for Boys, a prestigious school. But he doesn't fit in. Both when he hears a story about a young boy that drowned on the school, he can relate and has to speak up.The Watcher - A man has found a great spot to watch the girls on a play ground. A couple of them have caught his attention, along with the guy whose apartment he is using to spy on the girls.Moving Up - Jason finds a perfect suburb to buy all of the houses then turn them into big houses that people are demanding. The problem is the current owners don't want to sell.Hobson's Choice - A family on vacation have a flat tire. Then their dog escapes. But the worse thing was the young daughter that followed the dog into the middle of freeway traffic. What are the options to rescue her?Dear John - An aspiring writer is having trouble with a scene in her current book. She decides to enact it with her husband. But things don't go as planned.Every One a Winner - Eric was late to catch the bus to work. While wasting time for the next bus he purchases a couple lottery tickets. Forgetting about them he gets more than he asked for when they win the lottery.Lucky Charm - Robert 3 is a clone. It is now the 24th century on Earth and people are not allowed to have kids or to live past the age of 50. But Robert 3 doesn't want to die and comes up with a plan to keep alive.The Racing Line - A famous race car driver is about to start a race when one of his pit crew start seeing strange people. Not thinking much of it the driver starts the race until he sees one of the people himself.The Bench - A bench in the middle of a park has many visitors a day. It's interesting how they all link up one way or another.A Day at the Beach - A young couple spend time on the beach with their twin son and daughter. But things are not going to be as wonderful of a visit for some people.The Return of the Centaurus - It has been many years since a spaceship was sent through a wormhole. But now that it is back, something is wrong with it. The computer is going to have to be restarted to figure out what happened to the crew.Lost - Billy was playing an unsupervised game of hide and seek when he becomes lost in the woods.An Enduring Smile - Margaret is an 82 year old widow. She spends her time in the beautiful garden by her house. It always brings a smile to her face to think about all the good things that have happened in that garden.No Walk in the Park - A young lady is watching two kids for rich parents. But when an outing gets rained out, things go from bad to worse.Seeing is Believing - Madame Voirtout is a fortune teller in the local fair. She has a hard customer that has other plans for her than just a simple reading.Last Orders - Bo is 18 years old and a victim of his mother's boyfriends. The latest one, Steve, has flat out told him it's time to get a job and get out of the house. It's strange when Steve helps Bo get a job in a bar, but it's not going be as god of job as Bo thinks.This is a nice little collection of short stories. My favorite is The Return of Centaurus. Creepy!!! I loved all of the little twists. You never knew what was going to happen next. This is a great little thriller story. Don't miss reading this one.I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.