The Secret Annex
A Recipe
Synopsis: Ten short stories are woven together by the common thread of conflict between Faith and Reason. From the bitter yearning of "Tenderness Apart" to the hopeful triumph of "Anarchy in My Heart", Jais Nereis pulls the reader along the dark path of human emotion, where the angels of our better nature too often fall.
An odd collection of stories that I like for one reason or another. I want to make a movie of "Tenderness Apart" on my phone. "Bush Fires" was written for a little writing contest and it won. Lucky me. "Hired by Fate" is kind of a Hitchcock sort of story, one of those weird ones. Oh, who am I fooling? They're all weird.
Table of Contents
01 Tenderness Apart (F/F, Romance, No Sex) A Hollywood screenwriter discusses life, love, and happy endings with the people who make the magic.
02 Allah Akbar (Religion, implied violence) A brief opinion on the war on terror.
03 Post Apocalypse Dream (M/F, Fantasy) When society breaks and the world ends, and the guilty are deserted from history ... Who's left to blame?
04 Choo-Choo Girls (tough to code) Trains are big and strong, and they go far, far away.
05 Six Days (M/F, Alcohol) A young alcoholic tries to recover from her lapse, but the devil has other ideas.
06 Friendship (F/F, No Sex) Even best friends have secrets and at the end of summer, the truth comes out.
07 Nothing A Plumber (Politics, No Sex) When Plumbing and Politics meet, it's business as usual.
08 Hired By Fate (M/F, No Sex, Drama) A hired hitman finds redemption in the most unlikely place.
09 Anarchy in My Heart (M/F, Romance, True) Rachael wanted to get away, but her heart betrayed her.
10 Bush Fires (Romance, No Sex, Violence) A female Secret Service agent has to make the ultimate sacrifice.
All Stories Copyright 2009 Rachael Ross all rights reserved
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