Tales of the Mind

By Barry Alder

Tales of the Mind

 

There is an internal struggle that goes on in the mind of the hero or heroine as they face their challenges. In this collection of short stories, we get to see their thoughts and feel their emotions. Are you brave enough to become someone else?

 

Alien Monster

After chasing a monster for years on a remote planet, a doctor finally confronts it, and discovers the real daemon.

 

The Cliff

A young woman is alone and injured on a cliff with no way up or down in a remote section of a vast forest. Does she have the courage to survive?

 

With The Eyes of a Child

It's been years after the global apocalypse and life in the small town has taken on a 'normal' feel. Then a murder occurs and a single father, faced with an impossible decision, seeks his young daughter's advice.

 

End of the Search

He disappeared years ago and you've been searching for him ever since. It has been a long, emotional search but it's almost over. Will it end the way you want it to?

 

Miracle at Green Lake

On a remote northern road in the dead of winter, a crash leaves the driver alone and miles away from any help. He survived the crash, but when two wolves appear, he realizes that his struggle for survival is just starting.

 

The Old Man

He sits in front of your house, dying, and there is nothing you can do.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barry Alder
• Release date: Apr 30, 2020
• ISBN: 9780991719990

Barry Alder

For many years I have been interested in and studying the Law of Attraction with regards to wealth. Some people swear by it, but my experience, and that of many others, has been less successful.  This is the reason I decided to really explore why the Law of Attraction sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t. What my years of research in this area have shown me is that there is a direct link between what you subconsciously believe and what your success will be in applying the Law of Attraction. What I found is that this profound link impacts your daily experience in everything you do, especially when it comes to your wealth goals. It also led me to develop an easily useable method that would be beneficial for everyone. My goal is to impart this knowledge and experience to you to help you bring more wealth into your life. I am a Reiki Master, a certified hypnotherapist, Psych-K practitioner, and a student of many spiritual beliefs.  I am also a published author of a number of science fiction and spiritual stories. I have had a long career in the IT industry as a Systems Administrator/Analyst, have given many technical talks and written numerous technical papers. Some of my personal interests are writing, world travel, photography and scuba diving. http://www.barryalder.com http://mydreamfulfilled.com

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Copyright Notice

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

Copyright 2020 Barry W. Alder

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Published by Alder Book Publishing

ISBN: 978-0-9917199-9-0

Alien Monster

I walk through their village. Small wooden and grass huts packed close together, dirt streets, a small creek running through the middle. The same as dozens of others I've walked through. They see me coming and most disappear into their huts, but some just stop and stare at me, their large yellow eyes open wide and clearly following me. I know they recognize me, but they say nothing. What can they say? To them, I'm the monster who came to their planet and destroyed their lives, and their civilization. There is nothing they can say that comes close to how I feel, to how much I loathe myself.

They know that. And let me pass.

But then, they have no choice.

* * *

The village is long past and I'm alone on the road. I stop to look at the grove of trees just ahead. Purple trunks and leaves and, in season, bright red fruit. The trees are surrounded by brilliant orange bushes, and farther out the green grass of the rolling countryside. I've always liked the trees, even if the fruit tastes like shit. The nutritionists say it's extremely healthy, which must be why the locals like it so much. It sustains me when there's nothing else around, but it will never be my favorite food.

I haven't eaten in days, so I make my way over, careful not to disturb the bushes. There might be Bushman snakes in there, poisonous ones that could kill me in a minute. That's not their real name, of course, but they have a lot of similarities with the bushmaster snakes back home, so we gave them the name. Just like we’ve renamed almost everything on this planet.

I gather some fruit and carefully make my way out to the road, eating it as I continue my wandering, not caring where I go as long as I keep moving.

* * *

The sun is starting to set. It gets cold here at night in the north, below freezing, but that doesn't stop the night creatures. They'll be about soon, some harmless, but most predatory or poisonous, like most of the species on this world. Time to make shelter. Or maybe not. I could end it all here; just let myself freeze, or be killed; be done with it all. But I'm not that strong. My need to survive still wins. The same need that made me a monster.

I go on. Endure when all I want to do is escape, to leave this life. To leave behind the savagery I visited on these people. But I build my shelter, to live another day, to continue my wandering.

* * *

The sun is well up when I awake. Reluctantly, I open my eyes to a new day. Another day of knowing what I've done. Another day of self-torture. Another day