Short Stories/Novellas

SHORT DESCRIPTION: When a young widow abruptly loses her beloved husband, she finds a way to reconnect with him…but there’s a price. REVIEW: "This is a hauntingly brilliant story about second chances. Sam and Sarah are married, with two wonderful kids. They are soul mates and each other’s childhood sweetheart until Sam is killed in a car accident. Sarah is devastated and bereft. In a moment of peace after the funeral Sarah retreats to a tiny island on their property where they had built a whimsical adult tree house together. Sarah plans to spread Sam’s ashes – a promise they had made to one another. As a fog rolls in she hears a voice and then a figure emerges from the mist – Sam. Whether dreaming, or going crazy or not Sarah embraces a last opportunity for a goodbye she never had the chance to say…" — SciFiGuy.ca NOVELETTE: 7600 words Includes a new afterword by the author. HLS #1 - Light Through Fog HLS #1 - Light Through Fog About Holly Lisle Singles: Along with novels, I write short fiction. Like my novels, my short work comes in all genres, in many styles, and is about all sorts of subject matter. If this is your first experience with my work, there’s a LOT more out there already. With Holly Lisle Singles, I’m both reprinting out-of-print work and writing new stories, trying out new characters (or revisiting old ones), and exploring new genres and voices. I figure it’s a good way for folks who have never read anything by me to try out my work. Besides, short fiction is fun to write. So with every Single, you’ll be getting something different. If you find something you love, or meet a character you would love to see more of, TELL me. Go to either of my sites, HollyLisle.com or HowToThinkSideways.com, and use the SUPPORT link in the header on the right to let me know which story you loved, and which characters or genres you’d like to see more of. I listen.

Life Is Choice, Not Destiny At the center of a dirt crossroad, a woman who has lost everyone she ever cared about buries the tokens of her damaged life and makes a deal with the darkness for one more chance to relive her short happiness before everything went wrong. But she fails to remember exactly when everything went wrong, and discovers that to get where she wanted to be, she’s going to have pay a much steeper price than she imagined… …Or she’s going to have to change what she wants.