Tales from the Dead End of the Street

By Marissa Pedroza

"Tales from the Dead End of the Street" is a short story collection for those who love a little twisted fantasy with a renegade hero. The three-story collection are heart-stopping forays into the world of darkness at the dead end of your street.

 

In "She Remembers" a young girl focuses on her dead father while hiding away from burglars. As the remnants of their home is shattered by this invasion, Traci finds a way to say goodbye to her protector, while facing helplessness in the dark.

 

Leonie receives messages from an invisible force in "Into the Light". Will she understand the transcendental contact before she runs right into a ruse?

 

Set in the fantasy world of inner earth, "Night of the Naabaahii" is the origin story of a female warrior risking it all for love. Do warriors ever get a "happily ever after"?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Marissa Pedroza
• Release date: May 7, 2024
• ISBN: 9798215750643

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Dedication

To the most important people in my life, the ones whom I live for and adore: my grandchildren, Mieah Carter, Aleena Carter, Kai Thurman, Owen Wallace, and Kobe Thurman. I thank God for you daily.

She Remembers

I hate it here, the boy said.

Sssh, or they’ll hear you, Trina, his older sister, said.

Downstairs, they could hear people in the living room, the sound of shattered glass, and something heavy as it fell over.

The children didn’t make a sound as they hid under a desk in the attic. When the noises stopped, they didn’t move. When their knees grew sore and the air around them became hot, Traci swallowed her fears and said, I think they’re gone. Her voice shook and sounded smaller than her six-year-old frame.

Sssh! Tony said.

They remained beneath the old desk for