Secrets and Adventures: A Collection of Short Stories

By Joel M. West

Immerse yourself in the macabre and the dangerous, the suspenseful and the thrilling in this collection of short stories by up-and-coming young author Joel West. Read about a husband whose wife is more dangerous than she seems, a house with a secret, and unique twists on the stories of the frog prince and Theseuss battle against the minotaur.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jun 3, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524609986

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Berlin Wall

Markus was living in a two room apartment in West Berlin. He wasn’t wealthy by any means, but he did well for himself, and never was lacking in an area of importance. A perfect image of the hard-working middle class man. He was sitting on his plush chair, looking at the news on his small TV in the living room/kitchen, the only room apart from the bedroom. He was not watching it, only staring blandly at the screen, lost in his own head. He was thinking of a friend from years past. They had been extremely close in their teenage years, before the wall kept them apart indefinitely. The day that East Berlin was cordoned off from the rest of the world, the two friends were heart-broken. As time passed, Markus began to create his own life, but his friend never completely left his mind. It was during this moment of contemplation and reflection that a report on the news caught his attention. It declared that at midnight, East Berliners, citizens of the GDR they called them, would be free to cross the border. Markus was taken aback. For nearly 30 years, the East and West had been separated; the Soviets seemed determined to keep the people of East Berlin under lock and key and wall. They were giving up? Markus was dubious, but hopeful. Could he perhaps unite with his long separated friend? He began making plans for that