Canvas & Sunrise

<p>A collection of short stories:</p><p> </p><p><strong><u>Canvas: </u></strong>A young portrait painter discovers the secret of his new studio.</p><p><strong><u>Interest Penalty: </u></strong>Nothing in this world is free.</p><p><strong><u>Afterglow: </u></strong>Carey a grad student with a useless boyfriend has unknowingly become the target of an old Celtic Crone. She leans on her close friends who don't have her best interests in mind. </p><p><strong><u>Level Ground: </u></strong>A lazy soldier trying to get by with the least responsibility and work. These traits lead him down a path not even his platoon sergeant could have seen.</p><p><strong><u>Sunrise: </u></strong>You wake up in a tropical paradise. The sun is bright the beach is clean and the water looks perfect. Everything is too perfect; that is the problem.</p>