Don't look for warmed-over tales of love's sweet harmony in these stories. They speak of the dark side of love, where an anti-Cupid aims poisoned arrows and where love songs are jarringly out of tune. Yet this is much more than a book of tears. We clearly see that, where human frailty might prevail for a petal of time, true love quietly abides. You will find your own story in this anthology - whether told in terms of stark tragedy, chilling terror, blinding mystery, or black comedy - and you will be warned, next time, to ...
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Don't look for warmed-over tales of love's sweet harmony in these stories. They speak of the dark side of love, where an anti-Cupid aims poisoned arrows and where love songs are jarringly out of tune. Yet this is much more than a book of tears. We clearly see that, where human frailty might prevail for a petal of time, true love quietly abides. You will find your own story in this anthology - whether told in terms of stark tragedy, chilling terror, blinding mystery, or black comedy - and you will be warned, next time, to look before you love . or allow someone to love you. If there is a next time! Here, masters of the short story art remind us that often we dance through panic to the end of love . because there is a creature in the rose. Contributing twenty two exclusive new tales to this book are twenty one masters of the short story art from continental USA, Hawaii, Canada, UK, continental Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Your authors are: Jos Bhuiyan, Teresa Nixon, Geordie Robertson, John Sales, Bryan Hemming, Kathleen McGurl, Nicholas Lage, David Hough, Luisa Capelo, Peter Lee, Les Crawford, Mike Broemmel, Jacques Preiss, Andrea Gardner, L Roger Quilter, William Starr Moake, Barry Ireland, Sally Quilford, Sarah Higgins, Karen Noble, RD Larson.
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