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Some
of the names and places in these stories are invented and, probably, cannot
be found in the dictionary.
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Short Stories for Older Children |
It
is easy to think that the reality we know is the only one. But the galaxy
is immense and full of other possibilities. There are also dimensions where
existence is not tangible for its inhabitants. We would call them ghosts.
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Face in the Wallpaper
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Elfin mischief
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Friends from Mars
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Dangerous secrets
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Pied Piper
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Lost children or benefactors' Nemesis
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Rooftop Phantom
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A mechanoid's memories
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Jack of Spades
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The true nature of existence
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Tomb in the Trees
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Shadows of ancestors
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Trip of a Lifetime
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Worlds beyond imagination
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The Last Garden
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Flowers in a devastated world
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Dragons Down Below
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Electric weed
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Fantasy, Fiction and
Horror
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Reality can be more astounding than
fantasy, and often unfurls a mysterious tendril to draw in the unsuspecting
person. Encounters with troglodytes in a crypt, fluorescent honey and the
house that goes to the ultimate extreme to get rid of its inhabitants, can
happen.
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The House that Creaked
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In need of renovation.
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2,240 words
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Funny Honey
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Lighting up the world.
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2,280 words
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Cannibal Crypt
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The last of the troglodytes.
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3,100 words
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Smugglers' Gold
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Hidden treasure hoard and ancient murder.
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1,280 words
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Sister in Pink Rhinestones
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Getting to know the bossy older sister.
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2,540 words
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Tantrum Tower
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The cure for petulance.
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1,400 words
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Empathy
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Touching the minds of others.
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1,740 words
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The Forgetting Flower
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Some things are better not forgotten.
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1,480 words
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Floating in the Clouds
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Travelling to eternity.
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610 words
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Silverstream
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Too late to save the planet, Mr Brendan.
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1,470 words
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Don't look now because the clown from Hell is right behind
you, the smog is melting people away into another dimension, and monsters
roam the golf course. Your friendly, helpful smartphone could be the portal
to Purgatory and that mysterious toyshop holds a secret to turn the toughest
teenage mind. Not suitable for younger children.
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Tricardy, Dicardy and Boo |
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The trouble with triplets |
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Clouds |
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The clown from Hell - and another from Heaven |
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The Terrible Toyshop |
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Wicked cure for delinquents |
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The Smog |
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Melt away into an alternative dimension |
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Madam Phantasmagoria
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Monsters on the golf course
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I'm on the Bus
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Smartphones that swallow users
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Eyes in the Sky
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An island under alien observation
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Game Over
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Plug into an electronic dimension
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Butterflies
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The chrysalis of hope
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