{"product_id":"2940014724449","title":"SHORTS 2 - Five Short Stories","description":"I started writing short stories before I started writing books because I assumed that if I had short story credits then literary agents would take more notice of me. This is not necessarily the case but I did find that I enjoyed writing short stories. The five short stories below are between 2,000 words and 4,000 words. My first short story was published by Matt Ward (no relation) who runs Skive Magazine in Australia. There are five free short stories below and also the first part of my book “The Banker With a Face Full of Evil” by Michael Ward which is available on Amazon for 99 cents. Use the Amazon free kindle reading apps if you want to download to a Personal computer, an iphone, an ipad, a blackberry or any other device – Amazon has free apps to download to just about anything. Here is a quick summary of each short story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe House That Collected Realtors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill and Colin are realtors with the top firm in their city. They have just finished showing a house to a valuable client when there is a shift at the edge of reality. The front door and hallway of the house look the same but the kitchen is completely different and Jill’s briefcase, which was on the kitchen counter, has disappeared. As they walk through the house they realize that this house has stairs but the one they entered did not. The biggest shock awaits them when they look out of the back window. Instead of a snowy Connecticut landscape the backyard has a lake and palm trees. They are now inside The House That Collected Realtors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYour Mission is to Kill Saint Paul on Malta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA MUslIm extremist goes back in time with the aim of killing Saint Paul when he arrives on the Island of Malta in the year 60AD. In his pocket is a “hit list” of all the major players in the early Christian Church and his mission is to kill as many of them as possible. He is caught but escapes back to his own time. He has been successful because nobody there has ever heard of Christianity. However, nobody has ever heard of Islam either. There is a short window he can use to return to the original timeline but his circumstances have changed and on this new world he is a rich man instead of living in abject poverty. If he returns then he will go back to poverty but if he does nothing then Islam will not exist. What will he do? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo Thousand Years Later\u003cbr\u003eA man sits at a computer in Miami, Florida. For the last three weeks he has been troubled by unusual dreams and strange visions. As he types at the keyboard a veil that has been in place since he was born falls away and the Earth will never be the same again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCanadian Train \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteve Addison sits on a train heading from Vancouver to Kamloops in Canada. He has a feeling of unease and a vague sense that something is seriously wrong. Although most of the people on the train are unaware that anything is wrong he sees that some of the other passengers on the train share the feeling of unease. Addison looks out of the window at the snow stretching to the horizon. At the other end of the train a man starts yelling that the snow is an illusion and all he can is a vast desert.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Vampire Who Sold Houses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA female vampire works as a realtor and feeds on some of her male clients. One day she feeds on the wrong man and is attacked as a result. Is this the end of her or will she prevail to feed again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBooks by Michael Ward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNovels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Banker With a Face Full of Evil –Scandinavian Crime Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort Story Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTS - Five Free Short Stories\u003cbr\u003eSHORTS 2 - Five Short Stories\u003cbr\u003eSHORTS 3 - Five Free Short Stories\u003cbr\u003eSHORTS 4 - Five Free Short Stories – to be published July 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndividual Short Stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYour Mission is to Kill Saint Paul on Malta \u003cbr\u003eSiberian Shamans\u003cbr\u003eThe Civilization of the Ravens\u003cbr\u003eBlowback\u003cbr\u003eEngland is the Property of New Delhi\u003cbr\u003eLisa Molin – A Hit Ordered by a Woman from London\u003cbr\u003eLisa Molin – A Quiet Kill in Interlaken \u003cbr\u003eThe Conquest of France  AD 2013\u003cbr\u003eXannefly – science fiction story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis short story includes a bonus copy of the first part of THE BANKER WITH A FACE FULL OF EVIL by Michael Ward","brand":"Michael Ward","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074072264944,"sku":"2940014724449","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014724449_p0.jpg?v=1763614549","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014724449","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}