{"product_id":"2940014724654","title":"SHORTS - Five Free 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\u003eAssassination in Washington D.C.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn assassin waits in a hotel room in Washington DC. Four people sit at separate tables outside the restaurant below. One of those four people is his target. Each person has their own problems and each of them could potentially be the target. Which one of them will it be? The assassin never misses so one of them will die, that much is certain. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummoning the Wrath of God\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne man in a desperate situation in America asks God to intervene on Earth. This man is just an ordinary man but unbeknownst to him he knows how to pray and his prayers are special. What he prays for could affect the lives of seven billion humans. Does he have the right to do this? The only person who can stop him is a holy man in India.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Civilization of the Ravens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Magnar Amlish stands waiting in a room in a university on Northland. The university is situated at latitude 81 degrees North and the view out of the window shows tropical rainforest stretching down the hillside towards the Polar Ocean. Professor Amlish is due to talk to a small gathering of scientists and politicians. He has discovered a record left by one of the last humans 25 million years ago. What will he tell his audience?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Artist in This Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePicasso shares a bottle of wine with another artist. The other man is one of the most talented artists on Earth and his paintings sell for huge sums of money. There is a problem however. The man with Picasso was never meant to be an artist; his destiny was to be elsewhere and do other things. What was his destiny and how has this changed the world?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Devil Came Down to Georgia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA seventeen year old girl follows a man down a beach on Sea Island in Georgia. When she starts to follow the man he appears to be in his forties. Further down the beach when he approaches two girls he looks to be just twenty years old and later his hair changes from a very dark brown to Scandinavian blond. Every person they pass on the beach is scared of the man and some of them are very scared of him. The girl feels no fear; there is a connection between her and the man in front of her. What is the bond between them and when will she have to honor it?\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Ward","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074073313520,"sku":"2940014724654","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014724654_p0.jpg?v=1763614746","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014724654","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}