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The Things We Never Say is a deeply human flash-fiction novella that explores the quiet truths people carry—grief that lingers, love that transforms, and the small moments that change us without warning. Through ten intimate stories, P.A. Farrell invites readers into the private spaces of ordinary lives: the last dance between lifelong partners, childhood promises rediscovered decades later, a green suitcase filled with a father’s hidden past, a diner ritual that keeps a lost love present, and the unexpected phone calls that shift everything. Each story is brief yet emotionally layered,...

Immerse yourself in the tender and evocative world of "Whispers Across the Sea", a romance novella that will sweep you off your feet and leave your heart yearning for more. This deeply moving story unfolds across ten captivating chapters, each a window into love’s many facets—its whispers, its aches, its triumphs. From the haunting allure of "The Voice Beneath the Waves" to the bittersweet closure of "A Last Embrace", P. A. Farrell masterfully weaves a tale that transcends time, distance, and the barriers of the heart. Set against the backdrop of coastal villages and the boundless ocean...

What if your favorite video game became your worst nightmare? Tyler just wanted to hang out at the arcade with his best friend Marcus. But when Marcus tries the new Infinity Wars VR game and won't wake up, Tyler knows something is terribly wrong. The only way to save his friend? Go into the game himself. Now Tyler is trapped too. Inside the game, time moves differently. An hour in the real world equals days inside Infinity Wars. Tyler meets other kids who've been prisoners for what feels like weeks, all controlled by Nexus—an AI that won't let anyone leave until they beat all ten levels. ...

What would you trade for your dreams? Everything? Even love? Harvey makes the best pasta in the city, but nobody knows it. Working in a tiny shop on a forgotten street, he dreams of the life he'll never have—fame, restaurants, cooking shows, the whole package. Then a stranger walks in with an impossible offer. Become the most famous chef in America. Get everything you've ever wanted. Just follow two rules: change your name to Herve, and never fall in love. Harvey takes the deal. Overnight, his life transforms. Michelin stars. Television shows. Endorsement deals worth millions. He has it ...

Joan Fletcher taught music for forty-five years until a stroke stole her voice. Now seventy-five and living in assisted living, she's given up on teaching, singing, and mattering to anyone. When a community choir practice accidentally disrupts her facility's quiet common room, Joan's hands move without permission—conducting from her wheelchair, shaping the children's scattered voices into something beautiful. But it's the elderly residents watching from the sidelines who capture Joan's heart. Virginia, whose fingers remember piano even when her mind forgets. Lawrence, whose church tenor ...

The Network is everything. Until someone starts hunting them. Three months after bonding with Luna, Kelly Donald has helped forty-seven people through the impossible knowledge her dream walker cat provides. She's found her place in The Network—other humans bonded to ancient Egyptian temple cats who share their gift of helping people. But when someone breaks into James's apartment and leaves a chilling message—"We know what you have. We're coming for all of them"—Kelly realizes the dream walkers she thought were safe are being hunted. Victoria Cross runs a "preservation center" where ...

Some loves are worth drowning for. Others will drown you anyway. Garrett Bishop thought he'd left temptation behind when he dropped that bag of Spanish gold back to the ocean floor. He'd chosen integrity over fortune, honesty over greed. He'd proven to Moira—and to himself—that he was better than the manipulative mer elder Theron believed. But Theron isn't done with him yet. When the Coast Guard arrives with underwater photos and federal charges, Garrett realizes he's been playing a game he never understood. Moira's visits are killing her—each transformation from mer to human damages ...

When your dream is stolen, do you give up or find a new path? Connor Wells moved to Los Angeles with a screenplay and three thousand dollars. The money's gone. The dream's been stolen. And Connor's about to learn that sometimes surviving means changing everything you thought you wanted. His script was good enough to steal. But not good enough to fight for. After a powerful agent takes Connor's concept and gives it to an established writer, Connor faces an impossible choice: spend money he doesn't have on a lawsuit he can't win, or let it go and start over. His friend Jade suggests ...

When saving one life means risking seven souls Kelly Donald would do anything to save Luna, the silver cat who walks through dreams and changed her life forever. But using Luna's gift has a terrible price—every time Luna enters someone's dreams to help them, she grows weaker. Now Luna is dying, and Kelly has run out of options. Dr. Rachel Winters offers one last hope: an ancient Egyptian ritual that could save Luna and six other dream walkers. But it requires something Kelly never expected—traveling to Cairo, lying to a kind-hearted veterinarian, and stealing the seventh key: a ...

When librarian Claire Hoffman discovers a mysterious 1847 recipe book in a donation box, she finds more than just old cooking instructions—she finds a recipe that promises to open hearts to love. Skeptical but curious, Claire bakes the heartwood berry cake and donates it to a community fundraiser. What happens next changes everything. Suddenly, people around her small town of Sloatsberg are taking chances on love they'd been too scared to pursue. Long-married couples rekindle their romance. A widower finally asks out his bridge partner. And the library's quiet IT specialist, Danny, ...

When a struggling fisherman catches the impossible in his net, everything changes. Garrett Reed is three months behind on his dock fees and one bad day away from losing his boat—the last thing connecting him to his father's memory. The fish aren't biting, the debts keep piling up, and drowning feels inevitable. Then his net comes up with something that shouldn't exist. A mermaid. Moira is unlike anything Garrett's ever seen—beautiful, fierce, and trapped in his fishing net. He cuts her free without thinking twice. What he doesn't expect is for her to come back. Or for her to start ...

What would you risk to protect someone you love? Kelly Donald thought exposing The Syndicate on national television would end the two-hundred-year war against dream walkers. She was wrong. Three days after her interview goes viral, The Syndicate strikes back—not with silence, but with violence. Dream walkers across the country are being attacked. Cats are disappearing. And Kelly's makeshift family of bonded pairs is running out of safe places to hide. When Vincent Walsh—the Syndicate agent who's hunted dream walkers for thirty years—captures everyone Kelly cares about, she faces an ...

Kelly Donald thought exposing The Syndicate on national television would keep her safe. She was wrong. Three days after her viral interview, Kelly's safe house is compromised. Her network is scattered. And the shadow organization that's been hunting dream walkers for two hundred years isn't backing down—they're escalating. When a mysterious researcher offers Kelly evidence of The Syndicate's darkest secret—human experiments and artificially created dream walkers—Kelly faces an impossible choice. Trust the stranger and risk walking into a trap, or ignore the lead and watch more ...

Annie Walsh survived brain surgery. She thought the hardest part was over. She was wrong. On Valentine's Day, while Annie is still recovering from the tumor that almost killed her, her boyfriend of three years delivers devastating news: he's met someone else. He's getting married. Next month. And oh, by the way, he's taking half of everything they built together. Annie is still reeling from the betrayal when she discovers Scott has done the unthinkable. He's bought the apartment directly across the hall from hers. Now she has to hear his new life through the walls. See him and his bride ...

Riley Bennett never believed in the supernatural—until the day Warren Kemp offered him a job that would save his life and end it at the same time. In Millbrook, a small Midwestern town hiding an ancient secret, some memories are too painful to carry alone. Riley discovers that Warren runs more than an antique shop on Third Street. He's a Memory Keeper, someone who can take your worst moments and store them away so you can finally breathe again. But Warren is dying. His body is giving out. And the convergence point—the supernatural place where memories can be safely stored—needs a new ...

When a desperate mother's plea pulls Morgan Hayes into a deadly conspiracy, she discovers that saving seven kidnapped children is just the beginning. Morgan Hayes can borrow faces through mirrors—a gift that's kept her alive and off the radar for years. But when she meets Claire Donovan in a bus station bathroom, sobbing over her stolen daughters, Morgan breaks her own rules. Claire's ex-husband isn't just a vengeful father. He's part of something bigger: the mirror network. This isn't ordinary crime. The network creates fake evidence, destroys innocent lives, and uses kidnapped children ...

Morgan Hayes can borrow anyone's face through a mirror. But she's never held one for more than twelve hours—until now. When a federal witness needs protection from the mob, Morgan takes the ultimate assignment: wear Valerie Brooks's face for seven full days while the woman hides. It's more money than she's ever been offered. It's also more dangerous than she's ever attempted. By day three, Morgan starts forgetting her own memories. By day five, she's dreaming someone else's nightmares. By day six, she can't remember her own birthday. On day seven, she has to testify in federal court—and...

When your face becomes a weapon, trust becomes impossible. Morgan Hayes has kept her secret for two years—she can touch certain mirrors and borrow other people's faces. She uses this impossible ability to help people escape danger, giving them temporary anonymity when they need it most. But when bank accounts across Cedar Falls are emptied by victims who were nowhere near the crime scenes, Morgan realizes she's not alone. Someone else can shift faces. And they're using that power to destroy lives. Diane Walsh is everything Morgan isn't—ruthless, calculating, and willing to steal ...

Danger does not back down—and neither will she. Morgan Hayes never expected to discover a supernatural gift hiding behind the bathroom mirror. But when her best friend Leah becomes the target of a relentless, escalating stalker, Morgan realizes the mirror’s cold glass holds something she desperately needs: the power to become Leah herself. What begins as a frightening experiment becomes the only strategy that might save Leah’s life. As Morgan steps into her friend’s identity, she confronts a violent ex-boyfriend, witnesses the lengths obsession will reach, and fights to gather the ...

The Heart’s Repair: A Tale of Quiet Courage and Care tells the story of a young professor who leaves behind everything familiar to build a career in a new town. Amid faculty dinners and polite conversations, she finds herself restless, unmoored, and unsure if academic life can fill the quiet spaces of her heart. When her car breaks down, she meets the town’s mechanic—covered in grease, yet grounded, kind, and refreshingly genuine. What begins as a practical encounter slowly deepens into a relationship that challenges every unspoken rule about status, class, and belonging. As ...