Vehemence

<h2><strong>VEHEMENCE: An anthology of love anger and other emotions</strong></h2><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 55 0 1)>Featuring 'Gunnie's Last Round'</strong></p><p>And three new stories:</p><p></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong>Gunnie's Last Round ©</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Set in the 1970s in Australia an orphan named after the father he never met is on a quest to scatter the ashes of his parents. His namesake and appearance clash with the memory of a shellshocked veteran. If history cannot teach the living a lesson nothing will.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gold Dust and Dirty Secrets - an adventurous short story</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify>A pair of mixed-race teenagers witness an illegal fishing trade and need to disappear. Quickly. Hiding in the remote Palmer River Goldfields they pray their respective stepfathers don't come a hunting for them as well.</p><p></p><p><strong>Fear The Shattered Souls - a chilling short story</strong></p><p>On a quest to eliminate heinous behaviour against vulnerable youth a dying woman empowers victims to embrace their inner strength.</p><p></p><p><strong>Inherited Obsessions - a novella</strong></p><p>An old family secret escapes the clutches of history when a young girl's love affair with a well-told fable is recited in front of a crowd of homeless people. The delight of a <em>sweet child</em> and thrill of sighting a forbidden journal lays the foundation for her thespian career. As her stage curtain of life slowly closes she discovers just how dangerous knowledge can be.</p>