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Twelve stories that will bring you to tears, that will enrage you, that will make you laugh out loud. You'll want to hug those you hold dear more closely after having read this book. Click here for a free chapter for you! NOW JUST 2.99! No shipping! No delay! Click here for this book at the Kindle store Click here for this book at the Nook Store Click here for epub, pdf, rtf, lrf, pdb, or txt Don't have a Kindle device? Click here for a FREE Kindle for PC program from amazon.com Don't have a Nook device? Click here for a FREE Nook for PC program from Barnes and Noble |
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Twelve stories that will bring you to tears, that will enrage you, that will make you laugh out loud. You'll want to hug those you hold dear more closely after having read this book.
Excerpt from Short Stories "Now come to the pink." She moved over to the pink and set the pink candle to glowing. Wrapping my pillow around my hips, I got up and sat back down as she'd instructed. She pinched a bit more lavender onto the charcoal and fanned it again toward my chest. "Lavender fills your whole being with love. And love draws more love to you. Peace rests on your shoulder like a cooing dove, and at night happy dreams cuddle you." She kissed me on both cheeks. "Now gaze into my eyes. Go where you're drawn to go and then open your heart and let the love flow into you." She sang another chant, and I entered her eyes and was instantly immersed in white light. I found myself in a garden whose floor was a paisley of pansies, lady's mantle, and clover. Rose bushes praised the sun with their pink and crimson blooms, and daffodils gossiped in clumps. Bleeding hearts dangled blossoms like ladies dripping jewels in the shade of weeping cherries and mimosas. And the daisies in my lap had been tucked into a blanket of maiden hair fern and rue. Cupping my chin, my mother pinned a gardenia in my hair before sitting beside me. She whispered nonsense words and brushed a tear from my cheek then held out her hand to my father. He knelt before me and swaddled me in a hug, rocking me side to side. Weeping, he laid a poppy in my arms for every year of my life. Mr. Michot placed a pot of yellow asters at my feet, and Mimi brought me violets. Everybody brought me flowers, even those I didn't know-the ones who glowed, the wobbly forms all dressed in white. A woman's scream wrenched me back. Paralyzed for a moment, Mimi and I stupidly looked at each other. She snuffed the candles out and opened the circle while I scrambled back into my clothes. "Stay here!" she commanded. I raced out the door, tripped over the threshold, and fell into Lion Man. He shoved me aside and, wielding a pistol, bellowed curses. The light flash blinded me. The opaque black enveloped me as silently as a winter's night. I floated in its cold embrace until I found the gleaming tube. Drifting upward to its warmth, I relinquished my will and let the brightness draw me deep into itself. But then a force I could not see shoved me backward, and I fell, boulder heavy, into freezing black again. To see and hear Vila reading this excerpt click here http://youtu.be/sdUgj3nYCRI |
ReviewsI love these stories. I need to read them again. � Deb Shaw
The characters in Short Stories are trusted friends you go back to over and over! � Amber Paschal
BlkBerry writes on facebook More good writing from my friend Alice Exley, a k a Vila SpiderHawk, (grr @ fb for making her change it). Do yourself a favor, and get this, and many more of her wonderful works. They are sure to inspire you, and nourish your soul. �
Peggy Jay Hicks Writes on facebook: June 6 at 6:34pm If you haven't read these stories yet, you really must do yourself a favor and get them. You will enjoy them over and over again. I thought your Short Stories was so very interesting. So many lives, so many choices to make - it was fascinating to me. I found myself "there" with them. When I finished reading, I started wondering how I would have handled the things they faced. "The black of her pupils enveloped me, and the sound of her voice was the world. I floated through the tunnel on the breath of her tune and glided down the seeping stone stairs." What mesmerizing words as I read - wanting more. I finished the tale and had to find a way to loosen the gripping words. This is a superb collection, Vila. I highly recommend it to everyone. Many of the stories brought back sweet memories. In Annalise at lunch, " She shook the catsup bottle upside down, screwed the lid off and opened up her sandwich. As if punishing a child, she spanked the bottom of the bottle, creating a red dollop on the bun." Instead of actual bottles, everything is squeezable. Wado Vila SpiderHawk for bringing back this and so much more. � Loreen Silvarahwk
I'm a big fan of Vila's and when I read this book I wasn't surprised that it was absolutely the best! Great stories with awesomeness all through it!!! I Love it!!! � Jenifer Hurley
Vila Spiderhawk's books are AMAZING, they take you away from the mundane and transport you to a different time, it does exactly what books are supposed to do , capture your soul! if you want to relax and enjoy some quiet time, there is no better way than "short stories".......keep up the great writing Vila! � moonwillow
I just read Short Stories by Vila Spiderhawk; I must say that I was entranced from the first paragraph...it kept me turning pages and absorbing every nuance of the writing...and her approach to writing is a comfort...as if you are talking over a pot of tea and she is telling you these stories about people she knows...the book flows like a conversation...very fulfilling and sweet and paced to take us away from the busy world and help us to take a few steps back and re-center and find our spot of calm...its just right in content and length! � Kim Huse
Once again I have lost myself in your work! I cry, I rejoice, I AM that person you are talking about in your stories. Oh how I do love your stories! Thank you Dear One for the love you have put into every one of your people in these works of art! I am still wiping my eyes for Mimi. She was quite a treasure as are you � Peg Hicks
When I saw this book [Short Stories] was only 99 cents, I thought how good can it be? But I took a chance and bought it anyway. Boy, am I ever glad I did! This book is worth so much more! I love these stories! Vila, you put me right there in the action, whether it was in New Jersey or in Poland. I fell in love with the characters, too. I practically went into mourning when I reached the end of this book. I'm so glad you have other books I can get! If they're half as good as this one, I'll be thrilled! � Denise Cameron
I thought your Short Stories was so very interesting. So many lives, so many choices to make - it was fascinating to me. I found myself "there" with them. When I finished reading, I started wondering how I would have handled the things they faced. "The black of her pupils enveloped me, and the sound of her voice was the world. I floated through the tunnel on the breath of her tune and glided down the seeping stone stairs." What mesmerizing words as I read - wanting more. I finished the tale and had to find a way to loosen the gripping words. This is a superb collection, Vila. I highly recommend it to everyone. Many of the stories brought back sweet memories. In Annalise at lunch, " She shook the catsup bottle upside down, screwed the lid off and opened up her sandwich. As if punishing a child, she spanked the bottom of the bottle, creating a red dollop on the bun." Instead of actual bottles, everything is squeezable. Wado Vila SpiderHawk for bringing back this and so much more. � Loreen Silvarahawk
Sharon Beller your stories warm the heart with lost memories brought back to light. Through them we can relive some of our most treasured moments......thank you You captured the memories of my grand parents and great grand parents perfectly in your excerpt from Short Stories! I love that! � Bonnie Sanders
ravenwize1 has made a comment on Short Stories Villa I just loved listening to your short story. I felt for the woman and all the memories she had for her family home. A lifetime of such wonderful memories that she had. It was like I was reliving them with her. It was sad that she had to let the house go. Yet she was defiant to the end uncovering that couch and letting it live, giving it one more memory. I love the way your stories make you feel like you are right there in the story, being a part of it. Wonderful read. �
I love the stories in this book! Vila's work is always absorbing and compelling, and this book is no exception! I especially loved Grandma's House. Poignant and funny at the same time, it rang so true and just warmed my heart. Kudos to Vila for this wonderful work! � Michelle Dietrich
This is so wonderful. After reading all of the Forest Song books, now I can read a behind the scenes account of the characters. I will now go back and reread all of the Forest Song books with a new perspective. How brilliant Vila!!! � Robert Morini
Vila, you really have a way of reaching your audience that they can identify with the characters in your stories and it isn't hard to really feel the emotions of the characters. I just read them over again, and as I was reading, I was thinking of how true to life they were, because I remember feeling and still feel the feelings that they did for their loved ones and for their family home when it comes time to say good bye and pass it on to a new family who'll make their own memories in it, and it's so true how life is a circle and we must go on. I'm here, crying both with sadness, but with joy because reading the stories made me remember how sad it was to lose my gram and grand pa and the family home, but also that we must feel good knowing we leave legacies behind and that life goes on, and we helped others by passing on the home and our memories. Then, you also bring to life the history of how things were in the past and help those of us who are here, now, appreciate that if we hadn't had this past we wouldn't have what we have now. It helps the reader realize that maybe we should really treasure and learn about how people lived in the past and maybe try to capture it by maybe getting back to basics and learn that all this new technology is great, but the old ways will live on for ever and may someday come back. � Sharon Frantz
Vila has a way of bringing the reader into her stories, involving us to the point where we are hungry for more. Her short stories are long on characterization and creative details. It is Vila's attention to detail that really shows her talent. For example in the story 'Aunt Hattie' she writes about the loss of a loved one and the special times they shared at the ocean. Here is an excerpt..."as a child of the city I admired the silver-fringed beauty of the tide. I loved how it mirrored the moods of the sky, how it rushed to the shore bringing presents of shells." In this story she also talks of how her aunt had her 'listen' to the ocean, telling her the ocean is our mother and if we listen it will speak to us. Vila's love of nature and her understanding of human nature shine in her many stories. I highly recommend her books - they will not disappoint. � Reviewed by Ramona Louise Skidmore author of "Memoires Placed in the Heart"
Wow! I just finished reading Vila SpiderHawk�s Short Stories E-Book and it was fantastic! Whether you�re already a Vila SpiderHawk fan or have yet to have the �SpiderHawk experience�, you just have to download and read this E-Book immediately! Vila has outdone herself again. It has stories from her Forest Song series that acquaint you with the characters who live in those books and also other short stories that are separate from that. There is something for everyone. I loved them all. Two that I really like were "Annalise" about a woman who had lost her husband and was trying to learn how to move on. Another was "Mimi" about two new college roommates getting to know each other and becoming friends. There is some sadness in part of the story but you will have to find out yourself. Not going to give the plot away. There really is something there for everyone. Vila's descriptive writing is so vivid that you don't want to stop reading! You get totally caught up in every story. Who needs TV or movies when you can read this kind of thing? So get a copy of this e-book as soon as you can! After reading it, I am sure you will want to buy some of her other books listed. I will cherish this book forever. � Dee Melton
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