Lighting the Dark Side

A short story collection featuring three novellas and three shorter works LIGHTING THE DARK SIDE covers a wide range of fiction genres including action thriller mystery/detective suspense and even romance. Join regular people who find themselves caught up in extraordinary situations. Some are simply down on their luck; while others struggle for survival. Each is locked into circumstances rendered more complex by their own weaknesses. Only when the shortcomings are recognized can they overcome these limitations and succeed. This collection of Six Modern Tales is designed to exercise your emotions capture your imagination and challenge you to think in new directions. The Stories BENT NOT BROKEN. Dwayne Johnson knows he is different. He lives in a world that can always be depended on to remind him of his strangeness. Despite his social awkwardness Dwayne meets a beautiful woman at a bus stop and soon his entire life transforms. Unfortunately his obsessions work against him keeping the couple apart pushing Dwayne to the point of alcoholism and insanity. IN THE GRAY. Michael Connor is estranged from his entire family and for good reason. His father is wife beating racist his brother a corrupt politician and his mother is all too willing look the other way. Unfortunately his loving Mum won't stop calling...insisting that he become more like his sibling and settle down and take a wife. BLESSING OR CURSE? When Brad Stewart won eleven million dollars in the lottery he would never have guessed a group of extortionists would kidnap his son for ransom. His decision to follow the kidnapper's demands and not involve the police is a choice that will threaten his marriage and his life with the violence of vigilantism. MAY 18 2010. Is May 18 2010 the end of the world? Trevor Woodward isn't sure. He just wants to go home after a long day at work. He is tired of all the talk about the approaching comet that may or may not impact and destroy all life on the earth. Howe