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The Long and the Short of it. — Jan Ruth
An emotive collection of stories and excerpts from the Welsh Mountains of Snowdonia.
What to do About Clara?
The certainty of old love, or the uncertainty of new?
Frankie has two women in his life and he needs to make a choice.
Over the Moon
It's Pattie's birthday, but will all her wishes come true?
Romantic comedy. Events are planned, but Pattie simply longs to escape, preferably to the man next door!
Two Hearts, One soul
The bond of a twin can never be broken, not even by death. Belief is a powerful, invisible tool. Celtic fantasy, inspired by the many Druid circles and standing stones scattered across the Welsh hillsides.
A Piece of Cake
Lead sixteen ramblers along an easy section of the coastal path. It should have been easy, but saving his life at the same time, made for a more challenging route.
Romantic comedy. Alpha male thinks he's in control, but the day brings some surprising revelations!
Christmas Present.
Christmas spirit; is it a present, or a presence?
Flash fiction. Some poignant thoughts about family and the pride of those elderly and alone.
Note from the Author:
Some of these stories have open endings in much the same style as they are written, allowing personal interpretation to play a part. They are followed by the first chapter from each of three novels.
Jan Ruth.
The certainty of old love, or the uncertainty of new?
Frankie has two women in his life and he needs to make a choice.
Over the Moon
It's Pattie's birthday, but will all her wishes come true?
Romantic comedy. Events are planned, but Pattie simply longs to escape, preferably to the man next door!
Two Hearts, One soul
The bond of a twin can never be broken, not even by death. Belief is a powerful, invisible tool. Celtic fantasy, inspired by the many Druid circles and standing stones scattered across the Welsh hillsides.
A Piece of Cake
Lead sixteen ramblers along an easy section of the coastal path. It should have been easy, but saving his life at the same time, made for a more challenging route.
Romantic comedy. Alpha male thinks he's in control, but the day brings some surprising revelations!
Christmas Present.
Christmas spirit; is it a present, or a presence?
Flash fiction. Some poignant thoughts about family and the pride of those elderly and alone.
Note from the Author:
Some of these stories have open endings in much the same style as they are written, allowing personal interpretation to play a part. They are followed by the first chapter from each of three novels.
Jan Ruth.
'The shorts are what I'd call life-slices, like eavesdropping, a fly on the wall of somebody's life. We see the indecisions, the moments of clarity, the realities of everyday life and yet there's a turning point in each, where our main characters make life changing decisions that may or may not be for the best. And like real life - we never know. How would your life have turned out if you'd turned left instead of right, married one person instead of another? Clever, satisfying stories that make you think.'
D.Bennett.
'Quirky' and 'evocative' seem odd words to find together in a description of a story, but that's this author's great achievement: she succeeds in portraying utterly believable and familiar human relationships against a background of rich, earthy geographical location. We can see the mist-wreathed North Welsh hills, smell the soil and the rain.'
T.Stevens.
Other titles by Jan Ruth: Wild Water, Silver Rain, Midnight Sky, White Horizon & another collection of short stories.
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