12 Days of Short Stories DAY 5: SYMBOLS AND SADNESS
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When widowed Fred Thurston suffers a bad fall, the doctor advises he try the new Arti-Care package to assist with his daily activities for a better recovery. Fred is reluctant to have a robot invade his home and tries his best to relinquish this new carer.
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12 Days of Short Stories DAY 4: SAVING SANTINO
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Private Investigator Pabla Amaya dreams of working on bigger cases, but when a phone call from the local zookeeper asks her to investigate the disappearance of their beloved hippopotamus, she may have bitten off more than she can chew!
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12 Days of Short Stories DAY 3: KEPLER (STARS IN YOUR EYES)
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After a drunken text, Floyd becomes successful for an intergalactic mission to explore a new planet for earth’s potential relocation, but before leaving one illusive planet for the next, he must make amends with the few meaningful relationships left on earth.
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12 Days of Short Stories DAY 2: THE FUN OF THE FAIR
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Tiffany is ready for her life to start but for now, she must suffer another season working at her local seaside amusement park. On Halloween, the last and busiest shift of the year, an unusual drama might just be the excitement she has been waiting for.
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12 Days of Short Stories DAY 1: MJOZI
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A young girl suddenly starts dreaming in a foreign tongue. She has no explanation and she is soon scared that it will take over her identity. She begins to collect the words like gifts in the night.
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12 Days of Short Stories
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To celebrate the upcoming release of my short story collection ‘When Strange Calls You Home’, I’m sharing a sneaky preview of each story with you over the next 12 days.
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46 books this year, which I think is the lowest in a few years. But that’s ok. And very exciting that I will be finishing the year reading my own self-published collection of short stories!
Happy new year!
A Spot of Bother – Mark Haddon
Frankenstein – Phillip Pullman
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Burrows
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Simon Stephens
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeymoon
Scattered Servants – Alan Scott
The Winning Conversation – Gareth Morgan
The Lost World – Arthur Conan Doyle
There Will be No More Good Nights Without Good Nights – Laura Van Den Berg
Roar – Cecelia Ahern
Isle of Youth – Laura Van Den Berg
Funeral Platter – Greg Ames
Stardust – Neil Gaiman
The God of the Small Things – Arundhati Roy
The Way of the Warrior – Erwin McManus
The Library Book – Susan Orlean
A Thousand Mornings – Mary Oliver
Sleep – Nick Littlehales
Centuries of Stories – Ed. Wendy Cooling
Telling Tales – AQA Anthology
The House with Chicken Legs – Sophie Anderson
Normal People – Sally Rooney
Presence – Andy Hunter
War of the Worlds – H.G Wells
Letters to the Church – Francis Chan
Skellig – David Almond
Moon on the Tides – AQA Anthology
Daring Greatly – Brenè Brown
Give Me Your Heart – Joyce Carol Oates
The Golden Notebook – Doris Lessing
Driven by Eternity – John Bevere
The Woman at 1,000 Degrees – Hallgrimur Helgason
Dog Songs – Mary Oliver
The Emotionally Healthy Leader – Peter Scazzero
Self-Actualization Through Literacy – The Carnegie Writers, Inc.
The Whitsun Weddings – Philip Larkin
Oh my Gods! – Alexandra Sheppard
Autumn – Ali Smith
God’s Smuggler – Brother Andrew
The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron
The Strawberry Thief – Joanne Harris
Nevertheless – John Kirby
Simplify – Bill Hybels
The Vocabulary Gap – Alex Quigley
Tell Me The Truth About Life: A National Poetry Day Anthology – curated by Cerys Matthews.
When Strange Calls You Home – Kelly Punton
This rocket fuel inspiration is provided by a comment from a five year old. We were out for the day: playing in parks and then a break for some colouring pages and all that fun stuff.
Whilst colouring intensely, this amazing five year old said, ‘Kelly, I’m an absolute artist’.
‘Yes you are,’ I replied.
Happy New Year!
It’s that time of year again. You can read what I’ve been reading if you’re interested.
You can also check out my photoblog which will have some new posts too! Link here: https://kpnupappearances.blog
Uncommon Type – Tom Hanks*
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls – Elena Favilli*
How to Write Short Stories – Courttia Newland and Tania Hershman
Harry Potter and The Cursed Child: Parts 1 & 2 – Jack Thorne*
Wolf Hollow – Lauren Wolk
Does the Sun Rise Over Dagenham & Other Short Stories – ed. The Independent
The Angel’s Game – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Glimpse of Truth – The 100 Finest Short Stories Ever Written – ed. David Miller
God’s Blueprint – Andy Elms
Shine – Candy Gourlay
Smart – Kim Slater
Jesus Culture – Banning Liebscher
The Guardian: Review – Book of Short Stories
Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller
Beyond the Bright Sea – Lauren Wolk
Dennis Kelly – Plays: Collection Two
Prayer Through Paradox – Charles Elliot
The President’s Hat – Antoine Laurain
The Life of Lee – Lee Evans
Leadership Pain – Samuel R Chand
The Mindfulness Playbook – Dr Barbara Mariposa
POSH (The Fascinating Stories We Tell About the Words We Use) – Michael Quinion
Release – Patrick Ness
The Boy, The Bird and the Coffin Maker – Matilda Woods
The 15 Laws of Invaluable Growth – John Maxwell
The Shell Collector – Anthony Doerr
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
Full – Asheritah Ciuciu
What The Dog Knows – Cat Warren
The Reason Why I Jump – Naoki Higashida
Where Things Come Back – John Corey Whaley*
Beyond the Stars (12 Short Stories) – ed. Sarah Webb
This Book Will Save Your Life – A. M Homes*
Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan – Ruth Gilligan
Noggin – John Corey Whaley
Rooted – Banning Liebscher
Empire Falls – Richard Russo
My Rock, My Refuge – Timothy Keller with Kathy Keller
Three Cups of Tea – Greg Morstenson & David Oliver Relin
The Chocolate War – Robert Cormier
The Sad Part Was – Prabda Yoon
Ready Player One – Ernest Cline
Highly Illogical Behaviour – John Corey Whaley
The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern
Beyond the Chocolate War – Robert Cormier
The Man Who Ate A 747 – Ben Sherwood
Divine Direction – Craig Groeschel
Lonely Planet Guide to California
Children of a Lesser God – Mark Medoff
The Economy of Desire – Daniel M. Bell Jr
The Tortilla Curtain – T.C Boyle
Jamaica Inn – Daphne du Maurier
The Casual Electrocution of Strangers – Ed. The Literary Salmon
The Little Book of Hygge – Meik Wiking
54 books this year!
Another year, another reading list. Every year I publish what I’ve been reading for the last 12 months. And in the last few years, I have been inadvertently trying to read more each year. In 2016 I read 54 books and this year 59. A small margin, but margin nonetheless. As usual, I’ve also picked out my top 5 with an asterisk*.
A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara
The Little Red Chairs – Edna O’Brien
The Tempest – William Shakespeare
The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder John Ironmonger
Talking Heads – Alan Bennett
The Picador Book of Contemporary American Stories – edited by Tobias Wolff
Maggot Moon – Sally Gardner
The Understudy – David Nicholls
Wolverine: Origins – Marvel Comics
The Book of Happenstance – Ingrid Winterbach
The Artisian Soul – Erwin Raphael McManus
Imagine (How Creativty Works) – Jonah Lehrer
Wolf Wilder – Katherine Rundell
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep – Joanna Cannon
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Everyone Brave is Forgiven – Chris Cleave
*The Museum of Extraordinary Things – Alice Hoffman
A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
Lord of the Flies – William Golding
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – John Boyne
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime – Mark Haddon
Life of Pi – Yann Martel
The Bone Sparrow – Zana Fraillon
The Buried Book – D.M Pulley
Curious Reality – D. K Cassidy
*Small Great Things – Jodi Picoult
*The Versions of Us – Laura Bennett
*The Essex Serpent – Sarah Perry
Orlando – Virginia Woolf
Worldkeepers – Jo Tilley
Love Does – Bob Goff
*How to Stop Time – Matt Haig
The North Water – Ian McGuire
Capitalism – A Graphic Guide
Leaves of Grass (Poetry Collection) – Walt Whitman
The Smell of Other People’s Houses – Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
After Tomorrow – Gillian Cross
How to Look for a Lost Dog – Ann M Martin
We Are Called to Rise – Laura McBride
The Circle Maker – Mark Batterson
Spilt Milk – D.K Cassidy
Catcher in the Rye – J.D Salinger
Mind the Gap – Phil Earle
A Little, Aloud, for Children – Angela Macmillan
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry – Rachel Joyce
Centuries of Stories – Wendy Cooling
Simply Jesus – Tom Wright
Reasons to Stay Alive – Matt Haig
Macbeth – William Shakespeare
Lily and the Octopus – Steve Rowley
Things Fall Apart— Chinua Achebe
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Murder in Midwinter by Fleur Hitchcock
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce
Stumbling Blocks – Gavin Calver
Long Shot – Dick Francis
Face (The Play) – Benjamin Zephaniah
The Prisoner of Heaven – Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Keeper of Lost Things – Ruth Hogan
