These Stories Won't Make You Cry

By Trevian Hardeman

"These Stories Won't Make You Cry" are a collection of stories penned by Trevian Hardeman that relays powerful messages and one silly one. The first story, "Nine Lives", is a suspense story about a woman who stands before a dead cat. Instead of helping it, she leaves it to suffer. Eventually, many cats begin swarming around her house by the day with each day she's transforming into a cat herself. When she transforms into a cat, she's having trouble accepting what she's become until she meets someone who seems to have undergone the same transformation. After a shocking discovery, she learns to accept what she's become. The second story, "Latencorp", follows a teen who's just left his homecoming dance after a fallout with his date. Upset, he calls for a taxi ride home. Ironically, this is a taxi ride he needed when he meets a taxi driver who teaches him a lesson. The taxi driver takes it upon himself to let the upset teen vent to him about what happened. Most of the story is a civilized conversation between the two. The third story, "Meant to Be", is about a teen who wants to have the perfect day with his crush but when everything seems perfect, obstacles get in the way of his goal of having this "perfect date". The last story, "Dream," is a parody of Latencorp that takes and embraces a whole different storyline. The protagonist, Alyssa finds herself in a silly dream where she is with an alien traveling through space to planet Latencorp. While this nonsensical adventure story doesn't relay a powerful message, it is a different and unique approach to the original story.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trevian Hardeman
• Release date: Apr 22, 2022

Trevian Hardeman

Trevian Hardeman is currently pursuing his BFA in Creative Writing.

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These Stories Won't Make You Cry

Trevian Hardeman

Copyright © Trevian Hardeman, 2022

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Published 2022 by Smashwords

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Nine Lives

LatenCorp

Meant to Be

DREAM!

About the Author

NINE LIVES

Here it is, lying in the middle of the road. Its wet, crimson fur caught my eyes as it struggled. Its cries engulfed my ears with every weak screech. I didn’t mean to hit the poor old thing, but it was either the cat or my life. Who gave that man his driver’s license? I couldn’t bear to watch it suffer so I got in my car and drove away.

That night, I could barely sleep. The sounds of the cat still echoed through my mind. I tried white noise, I tried earplugs but all I could think about