Well...

By Top Writers Block

What is this book about? Well...these short stories are a fun collection of literal and allegorical interpretations of several Top Writers Block authors interpretations of the theme "Well." You may find trolls...or desire...or self-searching...or bodies...or a longing to escape. Anything is possible in this newest collection from a group of talented writers.

Top Writers Block is an international group of writers who continue to donate their proceeds to Sea Shepherd in France, an organization that devotes itself to preserving our seas and oceans and the life within. All proceeds from the sale of this ebook goes to charity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Top Writers Block
• Release date: Jul 8, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311291981

Top Writers Block

Top Writers Block is a diverse and eclectic group of talented writers who decided to write stories together - just for the fun of it! We are happy to announce that authors proceeds have always gone, and will continue to go, to Sea Shepherd.fr every time Smashwords has made a payment! Thank you to those who have supported the group, independent authors, and Sea Shepherd. Our collections are usually written with one theme or genre in mind. Each author contributes when they have the time, so some of the collections have as many as twelve authors participating. Every collection has something new, with stories and poems ranging from romance, drama, and adventure to mystery, fantasy, and horror. All the Top Writers Block's proceeds will go to Sea Shepherd, so by buying you are helping to keep our oceans alive! Thank You all so much!

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A Collection of Short Stories

by

TOP WRITERS BLOCK

Written on the theme:

Well

Copyright ©June 2015 – copyright held by individual authors

Published on Smashwords

cover photo ©2015 by Rebecca L. Smith, P.E., used with permission

ISBN: 9781311291981

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Well Dweller by Suzy Stewart Dubot

Pebbles In the Well by Tracey Howard

The Bodies in the Well by Melissa A. Szydlek

Consequences by Elizabeth Rowan Keith

Runaway by Barnaby Wilde

WELL DWELLER

by

Suzy Stewart Dubot

Copyright ©June 2015 Suzy Stewart Dubot

An Anglo/American who has been living in France for over 30 years, she began writing as soon as she retired. She recently spent seventeen months in London, UK caring for an aged relative. She is now back in France. Writing follows her as easily as her laptop. With her daughters, she is a vegetarian and a supporter of animal rights. She is also an admirer of William Wilberforce.

There’s a troll living in my well…

A troll?

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I’m a crop farmer and my house is located on land surrounded by fields. Until this past decade, I was outside of the local town’s jurisdiction, but over time, the town has expanded to accommodate new folk wanting the benefit of ‘city’ living. In its quest for providing suburban homes, on paper I have finally been encompassed within its governmental grasp.

The benefits, and there are certain benefits, are basic.

The road past my farm is no longer dirt. They have put in an asphalt road which has eliminated the dust, pot-holes and mud in the rainy season. It’s a lot easier on the mechanics of all vehicles. There’s the odd lamppost casting light along the road, which makes driving at night a little safer. I still have a septic tank but electricity and telephone lines were here before I was. Perhaps the biggest change is that I now have city water, which brings me back to my well.

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Until city water arrived, the well had been my only source of water. I was told by someone who knew, that the well went down deep to reach water. I just know that when I look down, all I see is a circle of shining water winking back up at me.

Built in a circular fashion from local stone, the wall around the well is about three feet high. It has two upright wooden beams holding a cross beam with a chain and bucket. You can turn the cross beam by a handle to lower or raise the bucket but I never had to use the bucket because an electric pump was installed to work automatically when the tap was turned on. As a result, I had long ago covered over the well with a fitted wooden lid and a handle. I hadn’t wanted to take