UNEXPECTED CHRISTMAS – stories for the holiday season
From a detective called by an old friend to investigate a decidedly odd crime to a couple whose lives are irrevocably changed by the power of a wish…
From private investigator Dee and her hunky partner Diz as they try to track down her sister’s missing outdoor Christmas display to an elderly woman trying to regain her holiday spirit to a moveable holiday feast that no one in the neighborhood will ever forget.
The stories in this Christmas collection showcase Annie Reed’s writing at its best.
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UNEXPECTED KILLERS – stories of surprising murders
From a deputy sheriff investigating the murder of a young woman at a 1950s dude ranch catering to guests establishing residency for a divorce to a woman trying to cope with the aftermath of a sudden, brutal attack…
From a daughter raised to protect her elderly father at all costs to a husband out to avenge the senseless murder of his wife…
Each of the stories in this collection deals with the intrusion of sudden, unexpected killers into otherwise normal, everyday life.
The five stories in this collection show why multi-genre writer Annie Reed is called a master of fiction that packs an emotional punch.
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UNEXPECTED CRITTERS – stories of surprising encounters
From a mouse with a compulsion to paint the monster who lives in his house to a very special cat ready to battle to the death to protect her person…
From a grieving young woman who discovers magic thanks to the rabbits who hide beneath the bushes in a suburban backyard to an artist whose animal friends help her answer the most important question of all…
These are some of the unexpected critters you’ll meet in the seven contemporary fantasy stories in this collection by multi-genre writer Annie Reed, a master of short fiction that packs an emotional punch.
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UNEXPECTED FAMILY – Stories of surprising connections
From an orphan who discovers she’s not all alone in this world after all, to a young woman whose sudden compulsion reveals relatives she never dreamed she had…
From a grieving father unable to let go of the memory of his son, to a woman with unreliable memories of her life…
What do they all have in common? Family. Unconventional family. Unexpected family.
A master of fiction that packs an emotional punch, multi-genre writer Annie Reed writes stories that pull at your heartstrings in the best possible way. The six stories in this collection are some of her finest.
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UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTERS – Stories of memorable meetings
Unexpected encounters can change your life in amazing ways.
Take the neighbors you’ve never met who hide their lives behind drawn curtains. Or the furtive family you see late at night at your local pizza parlor. Or the old woman who might hide a heart-breaking secret beneath her wrinkles and gray hair. What would it be like to get to know them—really?
Ranging from tall tales with a definite steampunk flair to urban fantasy to near-future science fiction, this latest collection in Annie Reed’s Unexpected series will open your heart to the possibilities that exist when you take a minute to get to know the people we share this planet with.
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UNEXPECTED HAUNTINGS – Stories of ghosts and apparitions
Ghost and apparitions and things that go bump in the night, oh my!
The stories in these pages take traditional ghost stories and turn them on their ear. From a ghost who’s haunted by an apparition of his own to a teenage entrepreneur who unwittingly opens her home to all manner of ghostly pets to an unexpected holiday reunion, award-winning writer Annie Reed has crafted unique tales that will touch your heart—as well as send shivers up your spine.
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UNEXPECTED TRAVELS – Stories of surprising road trips
People often dream of taking the road less traveled. But would they really?
What if that road took them to a different reality? A place where video games came to life, or a magical world trapped in the belly of brass statue? Or deep beneath the surface of a modern city where monsters lurk in the dark?
A smart blend of urban and contemporary fantasy with science fiction, the magical stories in this latest collection in Annie Reed’s Unexpected series will take you on journeys that will touch your heart, chill your blood, and let you travel to places that only exist in the imagination. Or do they?
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UNEXPECTED FUTURES – Stories of the apocalypse
How will the world end?
In a flash of nuclear fire? Or the endless night of a sun gone inexplicably dark? Or perhaps the loss of all the electronic data that makes the modern world go round?
Maybe just with the quiet disappearance of most of the world’s people, leaving behind only a few to start over again.
If you’re a fan of post-apocalyptic fiction, you won’t want to miss this latest collection in Annie Reed’s Unexpected series. Just make sure you read these stories with the lights on, and have a few tissues nearby.
Just in case.
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UNEXPECTED GOOD GUYS – Stories of hidden heroes
Quiet heroes. The ones who don’t call attention to themselves.
The ones who make a difference. Who make life better for strangers they never met.
Or who avenge the innocents society can’t or won’t protect.
Exactly the kind of heroes this world needs. That’s what you’ll find in the seven stories in this collection by award-winning writer Annie Reed.
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UNEXPECTED CRIMINALS – Stories of hidden crimes
Quiet criminals. The kind you might not notice at first glance. Sociopaths? Killers in hiding? Or just someone with a long-buried secret?
Award-winning mystery writer Annie Reed brings these characters and more to life in this collection of stories that will touch your heart while they chill your blood.
The latest in Annie’s Unexpected series, Unexpected Criminals takes you on a journey through the shadowy world of people with hidden secrets and double lives they’ll do anything to protect.
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UNEXPECTED ALIENS – Tales of other-worldly encounters
Little green men from Alpha Centauri?
Not always. And not what you’ll get in this collection by award-winning writer Annie Reed.
Annie puts her unique twist on these six stories of unexpected alien encounters. Meet a grandfather protecting his granddaughter from the future he knows is coming, and an ambitious reporter who finds more than he bargained for at the edge of known space. Attend a pop culture convention with truly out-of-this-world guests and a retiring time travel pioneer who discovers the deadly purpose behind his life’s work.
These stories and more fill the pages of Unexpected Aliens.
Come along for the trip to a future you never imagined.
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UNEXPECTED MONSTERS – Modern tales of classic monsters
Vampires and werewolves and zombies, oh my!
But not how you’d usually expect them.
How about a retelling of The Three Little Pigs were the wolves aren’t exactly what they seem? Or a warrior who’s getting a little long in the tooth facing an unbeatable elder foe? Or a blood-sucking fiend who’d like to tell you her origin story—if you can believe a word of what she says.
Award-winning writer Annie Reed puts her unique twist on these updated stories of classic monsters seen in a whole new light.
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UNEXPECTED HOLIDAYS – Stories of surprising celebrations
Christmastime, but with a twist.
That’s what you’ll find in this latest edition of the Unexpected series. Celebrations that will surprise you while they warm your heart in the very best way. Feel-good stories to cozy up with on a cold winter’s night.
And stories of the best possible starts for a brand New Year.
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