Short Story Press Presents Waiting For Martin

<p>“Waiting For Martin” is set in a nebulous future-never in which catastrophic environmental change has returned ancient beings to earth as well as raining down a disastrous helping of new ones. A family of children try to make their way home to their older brother who is their guardian when a bit of environmental fallout gets in their way. Some personal changes make the journey even more interesting for the one “normal” member of the family<br /><br />You will enjoy this story if you:<br /><br />• Enjoy reading mythology.<br />• Like mystery stories.<br />• Enjoy family oriented short stories.<br />• Believe family member should take care of each other.<br />• Believe in the power of love and self-sacrifice.<br />• Have a family of your own.<br />• Enjoy reading urban fantasy.<br />• Ever believed there were fairies little green men or things that go bump in the night – even for a couple of minutes.<br />• Like reading stories based on the Heinleinian writing principal of “what if”.<br />• Relax by spending few tense moments reading about the troubles other people have and are glad yours are not that bad.<br /><br />This story is a tribute to the many hours my mother spent reading aloud and telling stories to me and to the hours I have spent hearing the new stories written by my own children.</p><p>Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.</p>