What It Means to Live

By Samantha Olmo

WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE by Samantha Olmo is a collection of flash fiction stories about relationships between characters and their fight to survive under harsh conditions.

In "Love Remains", an old woman tries to get her husband with Alzheimer’s to remember who she is. The story of "The Sidewalk" follows an irritable homeless man named Teddy and a sick little girl called Daisy who bond through their shared struggles. "Intruders" is set in a post-apocalyptic world where a girl, Cayden, goes through a supposedly abandoned house in search of supplies. "To the Other Side" is a suspenseful story about a man who must traverse a frozen lake before he gets caught in an approaching snowstorm.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Samantha Olmo
• Release date: Jun 24, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463122358

Samantha Olmo

Samantha Olmo is a bilingual graduate from Full Sail University who earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. She loves writing stories that twist the boundaries of the real world in whatever genre or medium that may be. Her flash fiction, "Glass," was published in Scarlet Leaf Review. Samantha enjoys taking pictures of nature, playing video games, and listening to music. She hopes to make a difference in the world through her writing.

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