The Movie of Life: and other Short Stories

Short stories are a project, allowing a writer to put onto paper the many ideas circulating in his or her head. Yet, short stories are in themselves full length. Like any story, they start with a seed of an idea, which is then extrapolated, and eventually presented to you, the reader. A short story contains characters, and plots that are dear to the author, just like a full length novel. They are still meticulously written, re-written and edited until they form a final product, ready to be shared with the world. There are four short stories in this collection, with the fifth story taking the form of a short novella. This final story, the Movie of Life, is about a man’s quest to fight the oppression of a world ruled by five global empires. Together with friends, he forms an organisation to change the world. It is his journey, his movie of life, that we are watching.The short stories in this collection are not related, or even about the same world. Yet, they all share the same seed of an idea. It is the idea that an individual can change the world. The characters in these stories leave marks on the worlds they live, and they leave marks on the people they meet on their journey. For some, these journeys are long, and for others quite short. But every journey leaves a lasting impression.