There have been a large number of presentations based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella, A Christmas Carol, all revolving around the main character Ebenezer Scrooge. Without a doubt, A Christmas Carol, is one of the most influential and important works that has been the prominent backdrop for publications, cartoons, movies, TV shows, musicals and plays. It is also the most famous published work associated with Christmas, especially the character of Scrooge.Dickens provides enough information about Ebenezer’s childhood and events that impact the development of his demeanor.However, he does not spend much time including the impact that Jacob Marley had on Scrooge. This is the reasoning beh...

The Trotter Plantation is home to Abel, an adult slave blind since birth. Along the banks of the Savannah River, armed only with lessons taught to him by his courageous mother, Abel is determined to save a small boy from the looming horrors of slavery.                                              Sometimes freedom for yourself is not enough        It’s not Roots, Twelves Years a Slave, or even Django Unchained. Shade of the Sun is not the traditional telling of the events of slavery. Then how should Shade of the Sun be described? In a word, Brilliant. ...

Ben Nickerson lives on Cape Cod, one of the premier vacation spots in the country. He doesn’t have a house with an ocean view or live near the beach. He doesn’t own a boat. Ben lives in a sober home because he’s a recovering alcoholic. He works menial jobs and stays below the radar. His closest confidant is a two-year-old child who lived over a century ago.As bleak as his life seems Ben is still trying and he has a plan. A plan to put his life back together, put his marriage and his career back together. And while the road he’s currently on isn’t an easy one or a normal one, Ben has no idea yet how much more twisted it will become.This is a story about hope and reclamation and the ...

 

At sixteen, restless and dreaming of silver, Rory Fraser trades the familiar fields of his family's Indiana farm for the perilous promise of Leadville, Colorado, a legendary boomtown where fortunes are made and lost in a single day.Driven by the siren call of riches in the rugged Wild West, Rory plunges headlong into a world of unforgiving landscapes, backbreaking labor, and dangers he never imagined. Each rigorous mile and every grueling trial chips away at the naive farm boy, revealing a core of hidden resilience. From hopeful prospector to stalwart frontiersman, he forges himself anew against the stark backdrop of a brutal wilderness, enduring bitter cold and backbreaking labor.Along the ...

Superstition, mysticism, and religion weave like tangled vines through the tales of Amelia’s newly discovered ancestry. As a widow struggling to sustain herself and her ten-year-old son, Amy’s modest life is tragically disrupted when a dubious lawyer determines her late mother, adopted at birth, was the estranged daughter of the recently deceased Lexington McClary. Although the net worth of the once enormous estate is petty, Amy decides to travel several hundred miles to attend the funeral, in the hope of at least learning a semblance of her newfound ancestry.After the interment, alone in the secluded rural cemetery, Amy trips and bashes her head against a tombstone, suffering a coma and...

Blow Out Summer is book one of the summer series. Surf, party and romance are at the center of this novel about a group of local surfers who navigate life and the west coast waves. While in the background drug smuggling creeps into the California life style. Our main character has to make a decision that will change her life after a wild summer with her friends.

**The Tattered Black Book**  *Unravel the secrets of the past, and discover the ties that bind generations together.*Hidden in the depths of an old chest, a tattered black book and a faded wedding photograph hold the key to unlocking the mysterious past of Charlotte Wickham. When 8-year-old Danny stumbles upon these relics, she has no idea the secrets they hold will unleash such turmoil within her family.In 1951, while her family is out for the day, Danny wanders around her aunt's middle room, searching for something to pique her interest. Her eyes land on the old chest and she can't resist the temptation to explore its contents. But when she pulls open a drawer, a worn photograph and a...

When Hilda is locked in the maze of unconsciousness due to premature Alzheimer's, her husband Robert is left alone. He loves his wife, and devotes himself to taking care of her, but he also feels the right to get his life back. As an irony, destiny puts in front of him, the woman who understands his helplessness. Life has surprises waiting for the three of them, and it will be turned into a Golden Cage. For whom?

Set in London, Red Dress follows Katy, a career woman in her 40s whose seemingly perfect life is beginning to unravel. With a disconnected marriage to a power-hungry man, the pressures of teenage children, and the daily juggle of work-life balance, Katy feels lost and disillusioned.An impulsive decision sets off a chain of events that changes her life forever. An encounter from the past and a mysterious sequence of numbers lead Katy on a rollercoaster ride of self-discovery. With apprehension and humour, she walks a transformational path of awakening. Delving deeper, she discovers who she is and what truly matters.This beautifully written story is an engaging, light-hearted page-turner, fill...

When Kenosha crashes her car after a night of partying and a argument with her stepmother, she wakes up in a mysterious mansion on a plot of secluded land—with no memory of how she got there and no hurry to leave. The mansion belongs to five strange but captivating brothers, each guarding their own secrets, temptations, and desires.As Kenosha navigates this surreal new world, she begins to uncover truths not only about the brothers, but about herself. Drawn deeper into the mystery, she builds relationships with four of the brothers leaving one curious about her motives.  Soon, after her arrival her presence begins to stir something long dormant in the house… and in her own soul.&nbs...

A Story or Two to Tell is the presentation of two stories, with my fanciful resume. All read to the eager audience growing in numbers in the aged care complex I could call home. I don't live in an aged care home just yet and I'm not a psychopath. Even though the stories are aimed at a mature audience, they may sometimes seem immature. Nearly all of the story content comes from my rather warped imagination, having been exposed to too much TV and Films, but some are based in reality. Of course, most of it is pure fiction. The first story deals with reluctant and good-looking food operators, less-than-compliant outlaw bike clubs, cult-like Church leadership and adult entertainmen...