BOOK TITLE: One
More Day
ISBN: 978-1-937744-37-3
AUTHOR: L
S Murphy with others
GENRE: Fiction/Fantasy-Thriller
NUMBER OF PAGES: 134
FORMAT: Advanced
Reader Copy / ePub.
SERIES / STANDALONE: Standalone
(set of stories)
REVIEW BY: Dhivya
Balaji.
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/20539669-dhivya-balaji
HOW I GOT THIS BOOK: The
author sent us an advanced readers copy via our private mail.
REVIEW:
“What if tomorrow never
happens?”
That
is the riveting tagline of this book, an anthology of stories. When the author
sent us the copy of review, what I did not expect was a collection of stories.
Each one is more intriguing than the predecessor. The main premise of the story
is time. What if time stops altogether or becomes a loop where events happen
repetitively. Here is a short review of all the stories.
Time Piece – Anna Simpson
Sadie
is an average girl who is just about to get her first kiss from a date. All of
a sudden, her date disappears in her arms and out of the bushes near her door,
there appears another Sadie, the older, slower Adie who swears that their only
living relative, uncle Joe has invented a time machine and is in danger. How
Sadie stops this and prevents from the collision of her future and past forms
the rest of the story.
Dark Rose – Marissa Halvorson
What
happens when a mega villain called as the Dark Rose decides to destroy the
world as we know it? Scarlett finds herself in such a predicament. She finds
her alter ego from a parallel universe colliding with her. Enters the dark rose
who has the ability to make time go in loops. She is from a parallel universe
and wants to destroy other worlds to find her true love. How Scarlett saves our
world forms the story.
Dragon Flight – J. Keller Ford
Acrophobic
Amber Jenkins sits in a roller coaster ride with her crush. Suddenly, the ride
stops and she builds up courage and walks down the ride. She rambles through
the park which has stilled in time and comes across bugs the size of a
Rottweiler. She notices a giant man who claims to have created a videogame of
which she is a part. How will this end?
The 13th month – L.
S. Murphy
A
story about the apocalypse, this is written by the lead author in this book.
Over the course of the world, the angels of Mercy and Death are reborn in this
world once every hundred years as siblings. They must fight to death on the 13th
month of the 13th year, before the thirteenth day. If neither wins,
the whole world ceases to exist. This premise is brought out well.
Sleepless beauty – Kimberly Kay
This
is old wine in a new bottle. The princess of the nation will fall into a cursed
sleep which can be disturbed only by the first true kiss of love. Or else, the
citizens are forced to be stilled in their actions as they are but remain
conscious for 100 years. One servant undertakes a journey to the neighbouring
kingdom to bring the prince of that country. But time slows down for her as the
day progresses and she finds it difficult to reach the destination. How will
the curse be lifted?
Stage Fright – Erika Beebe
Hannah, an expert ice skater who lost
her father to the army feels trapped in her surroundings. She wants to go to a big city. Her teacher
draws up a plan to get her a scholarship. He gives her the lead role in a play, and the
girl who fantasizes over men in magazines finds time freeze while on stage. One
of the men she dreamed of comes alive, takes her in his arms and offers to take
her away. Should she refuse or accept?
A Morrow More – Danielle E
Shipley
A lone messenger during war fancies
the prince of the nation. At the end of the war, the prince wants to send a
good message through her to his king, the father. But as he tries to get the
words out, time stops. Only the messenger can move. People are frozen in their
actions. She remembers an old saying that asks her to go to the hill to find
out answers, where she meets the creator. The creator, Morrow More, says that
she was bored of continuing the story and so stopped it. The messenger
convinces the creator to change the ending and mingle the universe! Does it happen?
WHAT I LIKED: The
unique concept of playing with time in six different stories, and things left
unsaid but understood.
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER: A
little odd for a first time reader and certain repetitive sequences give a
sense of déjà vu for different stories.
VERDICT: A
refreshing one time read.
RATING: 4/5
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S):
As
a novelty, here is the short gist of all the authors who have contributed to
this book.
Anna Simpson
Anna Simpson, mother of Bossman, enjoys living the good life
near the US-Canadian border, in beautiful British Columbia. You will have
better luck Googling Emaginette than her given name. Anna chose a web persona
that would standout; so far it’s one of a kind.
Marissa Halvorson
Marissa’s dream of writing came
about when she was ten years old, after reading a particularly inspiring story
of dragons and elves. She instantly fell in love with the fantasy genre, and
characters soon began to manifest to satisfy her adoration. It started with a
forty page handwritten novel, which she dubbed “Dragon Girl” and continued on
to more challenging (and better written) works.
Now, Marissa can often be found to be studying
literature in English class, curled up at home with one book or another, or
with her eyes glued to the computer screen as her newest set of characters
manifest.
J. Keller Ford
J. Keller Ford is a quirky
mother of four, grand-mother and scribbler of young adult fantasy tales. She
has an insatiable appetite for magic, dragons, knights and faeries, and weaves
at least one into every story she conceives. Her muse is a cranky old meadow
gnome that follows her everywhere she goes and talks incessantly, feeding her
ideas for stories 24/7.
When she’s not writing or blogging, the former
Corporate Paralegal enjoys listening to smooth jazz, collecting seashells,
swimming, bowling, riding roller coasters and reading. Jenny lives minutes from
the beaches of the west coast of Florida with her husband of twenty years, her
two sons and a pair of wacky cats and three
silly dogs. The pets have trained her well.
L. S. Murphy
L.S. Murphy
lives in the Greater St. Louis area where she watches Cardinals baseball, reads
every book she can find, and weaves tales for young adults and adults. When not
doing all of the above, she tends to her menagerie of pets as well as her
daughter and husband.
Kimberley Kay
When Kimberly
was younger, she was incredibly timid. She didn’t talk much because she was
afraid of what others would think of her. Instead, she expressed herself
through drawing. Eventually, art alone wasn’t enough. There were some things
she couldn’t express with pencils, so she began talking, and when she did, she
realized she had something to say. Now no one can get her to shut up! Worse,
she’s discovered she can put those words into writing to share what she has to
say with even more people. Kimberly writes short stories and novels—usually
fantasy fairytale retellings. Scattered within her works are things she loves:
horses, fencing, archery, and so much more. With her friends, she writes fun
fan-fiction that expands her creativity, (and shows what a nerd she is).
Through writing, she has found confidence and freedom.
Erika Beebe
Inspired by her first grade
teacher’s belief in her imagination from the first story she ever wrote, Erika
has been a storyteller ever since. A dreamer and an experiencer, she envisions
the possibilities in life and writes to bring hope when sometimes the moment
doesn’t always feel that way.
Working in the field of public
relations and communications for more than ten years, she has always been
involved with writing, editing, and engaging others in public speaking.
Her two young children help keep her creativity
alive and the feeling of play in the forefront of her mind.
Danielle E Shipley
Danielle E.
Shipley’s first novelettes told the everyday misadventures of wacky kids like
herself. ...Or so she thought. Unbeknownst to them all, half of her characters
were actually closeted elves, dwarves, fairies, or some combination thereof.
When it all came to light, Danielle did the sensible thing: Packed up and moved
to Fantasy Land, where daily rent is the low, low price of her heart, soul,
blood, sweat, tears, firstborn child, sanity, and words; lots of them. She’s
also been known to spend short bursts of time in the real-life Chicago area
with the parents who homeschooled her and the two little sisters who keep her
humble. When she’s not living the highs and lows of writing young adult novels,
she’s probably blogging about it.
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