" Here are stories to challenge the reader’s mind and heart. You’ve survived the wilderness, but can you survive civilization? Is there someone for everyone? Will you grab your dream or destroy it? Who will you sacrifice to fulfill your ambitions? Four from Wishes is a collection of three short stories and a novella. In each, a woman reaches a point of decision. What she decides will determine, not only her own happiness, but also the happiness or even survival of another. In “The Edge of the World,” set in the nineteenth century, a young woman tells how she and a small group of women and children survived alone on an island in the South Pacific. What she leaves out of her tale becomes more compelling than what she includes. Tired of waiting for the perfect love, a woman of the very near future takes matters into her own hands. With “Satisfaction Guaranteed,” the outcome will depend on a stranger knowing her even better than she knows herself. “The Dreamer and the Dream” begins with a routine police call. However, in futuristic New York City, routine calls can end with elevators full of snakes or stairwells full of dinosaurs. Officer Washington finds herself sorting out dreams from nightmares. “Battle,” the collection’s novella, is the story of Caroline and Elizabeth. Caroline is a technician in a facility funded by a government eager to improve its citizens. Elizabeth is a prisoner, an unwilling participant in the facility’s genetic experiments. Knowledge, ambition, honor, and humanity become weapons as the women battle for their lives and futures."
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Judith K. Parker, known as "Wishes" to her online fans, lives in rural Ohio. A graduate of The Ohio State University and Wright State University, her paying (and most rewarding) job is teaching students with learning and behavioral problems. She is a Canadian-in-training and hopes to someday move to Vancouver, British Columbia, and write full-time. Meanwhile, she is keeping her day job. She has had two collections of poetry published. Waiting for Spring, published by Counterculture Press of Montgomery, Alabama, traces the feelings of loss and recovery following the death of a parent. Stone Pillars, published by Renaissance Alliance Publishing, Inc., of Austin, Texas, follows the emotional journey of a woman who fears only one thing, falling in love. Four from Wishes is her first book of stories.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Real Xena fans will love it!,
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These four, wonderful, uber tales were written by one of the best Xena Fan Fiction authors, WISHES. 1. EDGE OF THE WORLD takes place in the late 1800's. A ship's captain and crew are surprised to find a lifeboat filled with women and children, survivors of a terrible storm and maybe something more. 2. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED tells of a young woman in British Columbia who struggles with a notion. Could there really be someone for everyone? 3. THE DREAMER AND THE DREAM Two cops arrive at an apartment building. And the crime? Dreams made reality in the first degree? 4. BATTLE Caroline, a technician in a government research lab, can earn a better life if she sacrifices the freedom of Elizabeth, a subject for deadly experiments.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Wonderful collection of unique stories,
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Wonderful collection of unique short stories
My Favorite was the first story - it felt real and solid, yet ethereal. The ending was super and yet poignant. The writing was perfect for this type of story. The second story was excellent and I loved the clever ending. The third story was a wonderful fantasy and if you are fan of a certain TV show that aired in the US from 1995 to 2001 you will get a major kick out of it. The last story and the longest was too intense for this reader and after the fifth chapter I cheated and read the end. I am still uncertain if it was real or not. The whole story had a Matrix like feel to it. The author was able to portray unbearable cruelty and yet not graphically.
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