Tensions and Situations: A Collection of Stories

By Carlos Reynoso

"The One with the Bag" is a crime drama story about Edward Constantine and his partner Johnson Daytona, two FBI officers that have captured a woman called Anna Minerva, a 20-year-old woman that is suspicious for being the leader of a terrorist group known as FATE, known for having destroyed an entire city some weeks prior to the story. Since there are some photos that prove that she is the leader, alongside the great resemblance between the two, Anna will be questioned by Edward with the purpose to get information about the leader and catch her as soon as possible. Everything happens from Anna's eyes, from the beginning till the end.

"Silver Funguses" is a medical drama and fantasy short in which Mitchell, a monster scientist and physician who along her assistant, Penelope, try to find and make a cure for a virus known as the Silver Funguses. As they make the cure, they are warned by their boss, Oscar, who keeps telling them to make it as fast as possible. In addition to that, they are tormented by a big crowd of people that have lost any sign of hope about a cure and that are making loud noises outside the hospital, trying to enter inside to destroy and burn the place.

"The Savior's Enigma" is a piece of nonfiction drama that follows Jay, who in company of Molly, his female golden retriever, wants to find and save the thief that saved his life in a bank robbery. However, his mother, a police commander and officer doesn't want him to look for the thief since it can be dangerous, so she tells him to stay at home until she returns. Since her mother comes at four pm, Jay sets a timer and goes outside into the city to find the thief before her mom's return. As he looks in the city, Jay will ask several people about the thief and if they have seen there before or somewhere. Some of them will help him, while others will ignore him.

"Her Precious One" is a cyberpunk and fantasy story that follows Jenny Blues, a poor redheaded girl who tries to get money by killing the animals that are around her home city. However, she doesn't earn enough money to have a house or to buy a lot of food. One day, Jenny, alongside her pig pet, Mr. Adrian, visits the House of Hunters to receive money for her catch. Richard Milo, a humanoid pig, and owner of the building, rejects the catch. Feeling pity for the girl, Richard offers Jenny five hundred dollars in exchange of Mr. Adrian. However, the pig pet is a gift from her father, who died before giving it to her. Now Jenny needs to decide between being poor without food and a house but with company or having everything she wanted but without company.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Carlos Reynoso
• Release date: Apr 28, 2022

Carlos Reynoso

Carlos Reynoso is a Film Writer who writes action, adventure, drama, fantasy, sci-fi, psychological horror, and cyberpunk. He has an Intensive English Certificate from Full Sail University, and he’s studying there to earn a BFA in Creative Writing. Carlos has published stories on Every Day Fiction. He is also skilled in drawing and editing images in programs like Illustrator or Photoshop. Carlos is from the Dominican Republic and is bilingual in English and Spanish.

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