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Climbing The Walls
Nicole has the “perfect” husband Kris, but when her boss Darren confides in her his marital problems, Nicole realises just how easily a marriage can crumble.
Her boss thinks his wife is cheating on him. She probably is.
Her husband suspects she is having an affair with her boss. She doesn’t know what to make of that.
Her boss is her best friend, and she owes him her career — both of them.
Her husband on the other hand?… Well, she owes him everything else.
Where do her loyalties lie?…Can Nicole keep her marriage from crumbling while she watches her boss’s marriage fall apart in front of her?
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Amalgamated Darkness
A girl becomes a woman—with another’s blood on her hands.
An athlete is propelled by bloodlust to a senseless act.
A boy becomes the custodian of his mother’s madness.
A young woman chooses a path to self-destruction in her partner.
A village enacts its own justice system.
A man fixates on a mysterious young girl.
A misfit evolves from observer to admirer to aggressor.
An act of youthful folly consumes a woman’s sanity.
Thought-provoking and evocative, these tales take power in their universality: they could happen anywhere, at any time, to anyone. From virtuous innocence to tainted experience with a sprinkle of the supernatural, these eight captivating short stories take you on a journey to the darkness that fuels the often ordinary lives of people that inhabit the world around us.
