Hi, I’m
Louise Lyons. Thank you so much for having me on Slashsessed to help promote
the new anthology from Wayward Ink Publishing, of which I’m delighted to be a
part. My short story, One Snowy Night, is one of many great stories in this
book.
Stranded –
from Wayward Ink Publishing
Release
Date: October 10, 2014
DEFINITION:
adjective
* (of a boat, sailor, or sea creature) left aground
on a shore.
"a stranded whale"
* left without the means to move from somewhere.
* left without the means to move from somewhere.
"he offers a lift to a stranded commuter"
*~*~*
The boys in this
collection of short stories have most definitely been left STRANDED!
They’ve been shipwrecked
and abandoned.
Marooned and cast away.
And left helpless and high and dry.
But you should never underestimate the tenacity of
the human heart…
STORIES
INCLUDED:
CRAVING STAINS
Alina
Popescu
Trapped since birth
in a sterile, hospital-like apartment, Wynn longs to break free to experience
the world.
Enter Doyle.
But is Doyle real, or
is he just a figment of Wynn’s imagination?
*~*~*
SAY CHEESE
Michael
P. Thomas
Sitcom sensation
Felix Medrano, America's Sweetheart, throws a star-studded surprise party for his sweetheart, beanpole barkeep Grover Shepherd.
It’s a smash, save
for one detail: Shep is a no-show.
Who’d have thought it
would be so hard to pop the question?
*~*~*
STANDBY
Kim
Fielding
Who’d have thought being stranded at the airport
could possibly have some long term benefits?
Certainly not Tom.
But then he hadn’t bargained on meeting Rafael…
*~*~*
THE RAIDER
Asta
Idonea
The
gods truly do work in mysterious ways as Thorstein found out when he was left
for dead on the battle field of a foreign land.
*~*~*
THE BUCKLE
Rob
Colton
One ditching and one
rescue later, Hayden discovers the use of a telephone isn’t the only offer
that’s on the table…
*~*~*
ARI
Nephylim
Benji and Ari have spent their lives
feeling lost and alone, stranded between genders.
Can they help each other stop unravelling?
*~*~*
OPPOSITES ATTRACT
Lily
G. Blunt
Chris
and Andreas are opposites in character.
Both
fear the other wants to move on.
Can
being stranded on a mountainside resolve the doubt that is threatening to tear
them apart?
*~*~*
OUT OF ORDER
Eric
Gober
Rob was the one who
got away.
Trent stumbles upon
him during a trip to San Francisco…
Right before a deadly
earthquake…
*~*~*
DATING FOR DEAFIES
Nikka
Michaels
If Evan
York keeps hiding from the world behind his laptop he might miss out on
something special.
Will he
find the courage?
*~*~*
ONE SNOWY NIGHT
Louise
Lyons
One snowy night, Keith
Brambles learns that appearances can be deceptive.
*~*~*
THE CLIMB
kirifox
Jessie went camping with friends expecting to have some fun
and maybe drink a little beer.
Instead, he found his perfect man…
but is he real or just a dream?
*~*~*
DID YOU LEAVE ANY FOR
ME
Sarah
Hayes
Two ex-lovers, one hotel room, and
one random act of technology.
Will they fall out or fall back in
love?
*~*~*
SWEETNESS AND
STRENGTH
jn
olsen
Miles makes one seemingly small and inconsequential decision that turns
out to be not so small and inconsequential after all.
*~*~*
Louise’s Story – One Snowy Night
Main character, Keith Brambles, is an up and coming British singer. He
has had one disastrous first date after another, finding most men are only
interested because of who he is. After yet another failed meeting, he sets off
for home, driving too fast for the conditions. He loses control of his car in
the snow and finds himself stranded – with no mobile phone
signal and an outfit completely unsuitable for braving the freezing conditions.
Just as Keith has begun to think he’s destined to spend a night in his
car, possibly suffering from hypothermia, a potential rescuer arrives, but
Keith wonders whether he might have more to fear from the man, than the
weather.
Excerpt
“You all right, mate?” a gruff voice asked.
“Y-y-y-yes,” Keith stammered. He was shivering so badly he doubted he
could utter another word.
“No injuries?”
He shook his head in response.
“Can you get out?”
“I… d-d-d-d….” Keith meant to say I don’t know. He shoved the passenger
door open and extended one leg, until his foot reached the snowy ground
outside. He groaned as he tried to move the other leg. His knee was locked, and
he couldn’t feel his foot at all.
“Fuck. Wait there.” The driver’s door slammed. Seconds later, the man
appeared at the other side of the car. Large arms reached out and scooped Keith
up. He clutched at the thick neck of his rescuer as he was plucked from the
Audi and carried to a waiting white Transit van. White Van Man. Keith cringed, and hoped the man wouldn’t recognize
him. His type probably wasn’t very tolerant. Then again, it wouldn’t really
matter whether he knew who Keith was or not. Keith was wearing a purple silk
shirt, heeled boots, earrings, and eye makeup. He thought his preference must
be fairly obvious.
“There you go.” White Van Man managed to pull open the passenger side
door of the van and hoist Keith up onto the seat without much effort. He
slammed the door closed, went around the other side, and climbed behind the
wheel.
The heating of the van was blowing at full blast. Keith leaned forward
and placed his frozen hands over one of the vents. The interior of the vehicle
was like a furnace, and he knew he would thaw out quickly, but painfully.
Louise Lyons
Louise Lyons comes from a family of writers. Her mother
has a number of poems published in poetry anthologies, her aunt wrote poems for
the church, and her grandmother sparked her inspiration with tales of fantasy.
Louise first ventured into writing short stories at the grand old age of eight,
mostly about little girls and ponies. She branched into romance in her teens,
and MM romance a few years later, but none of her work saw the light of day
until she discovered FanFiction in her late twenties.
Posting stories based on some of her favorite movies,
provoked a surprisingly positive response from readers. This gave Louise the
confidence to submit some of her work to publishers, and made her take her
writing “hobby” more seriously.
Louise lives in the UK, about an hour north of London,
with a mad Dobermann, and a collection of tropical fish and tarantulas. She
works in the insurance industry by day, and spends every spare minute writing.
She is a keen horse-rider, and loves to run long-distance. Some of her best
writing inspiration comes to her, when her feet are pounding the open road. She
often races into the house afterward, and grabs pen and paper to make notes.
Louise has always been a bit of a tomboy, and one of her other
great loves is cars and motorcycles. Her car and bike are her pride and joy,
and she loves to exhibit the car at shows, and take off for long days out on
the bike, with no one for company but herself.
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