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    Stare and Other Short Stories
    Stare and Other Short Stories
    Stare and Other Short Stories
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    Stare and Other Short Stories

    By Mark Helton

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    STARE AND OTHER SHORT STORIES holds three tales of the otherworldly.

    "Stare" follows the twenty-year-old Charlie, traveling late at night on a lonely highway. His only companion on the road being a single semi-truck, Charlie imagines the danger he could be in, but makes light of the idea. However, when Charlie receives a call from an unknown number, he learns that he may not have just been imagining.

    Some people love the sea, but "Cruise" stops to think twice. A teenage girl who hates the ocean finds herself on a cruise ship during a vacation with her parents. In an attempt to distract herself, she takes some time to explore the deck, where her worst fear rises to meet her.

    "Of the Forest" is a story from an entire different world. Masha lives in the forest that houses a giant tortoise, but only because it allows her to. On a day she planned to go hunting, Masha finds herself distracted by an object resting over the water on the forest's lake. When she investigates, Masha is forced steel herself against what the forest has to throw at her.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark Helton
    Release dateNov 20, 2019
    ISBN9780463300213
    Stare and Other Short Stories
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    Mark Helton

    Mark Helton is a game writer for single player games, specializing in fantasy, horror, and sci-fi. He is earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Full Sail University. Mark’s flash fiction story "A Wooden Box" was published by the website Theme of Absence. His favorite type of music to listen to is metal.

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      Stare and Other Short Stories - Mark Helton

      Stare and Other Short Stories

      By Mark Helton

      Copyright by Mark Helton, 2019

      Smashwords Edition

      ISBN: 978-046-330-0213

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Title Page

      Copyright Info

      Table of Contents

      Stare

      Cruise

      Of the Forest

      About the Author

      Stare

      If anything, Charlie enjoyed the company in his fellow traveler.

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