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Free Short Story: One Small Step

Melanie needed a change.

Just not the change everyone else wanted for her.

A flash fiction story for the new year.

Eight year old Dami wants to keep her younger brother, Paxton, safe.

But sometimes her mum makes that hard.

As she watches the snow fall one night she wonders if things will change.

And in a brief unworldly moment, she sees a chance to make things different.

But she will have to do something brave—against her mother’s wishes—to seize it.

A story about the power of courage and love.

“One Snowy Night” by National Bestselling author Dara Girard is free on this site from only the 17^th to 24th.

When Lamar sees an old man struggling to carry his groceries, he watches from a distance.

A safe distance.

A former foster kid used to being feared, discarded or used, he approaches people with caution. If he approaches them at all.

But, in the spirit of the holidays, he makes a decision to take an action that won’t only change the old man’s life but also his own.

Call center operator, Krista Nichols, loves coming to the rescue of others. So when she meets a stranger in the woods, she is eager to help him.

Except the stranger isn’t a person.

And she may not be able to help.

A reality that may free or haunt her for years to come.

Amber thinks she knows a good man, but when she starts an affair she learns that not everything in her life is what it seems…

“One of a Kind” by National Bestselling author Dara Girard is free on this site from only the 17^th to 24^th .

This story is available in the collection Five Tales of Domestic Disturbance and as a single title through different retailers here.