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Valda Taurus

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Thriller, Mystery, Paranormal

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Valda Taurus is inspired by stories of survival in extreme situations, whether it be a natural disaster or an inner psychological struggle. She holds a master's degree in sociology and a minor in psychology that complements her desire to be a judgment-free observer of people. On the path to becoming a writer, she completed an advanced fiction-writing course. Killing Your Best Friend is her first novel in which she touches on the topic of destructive feelings such as guilt and remorse.

Writing has always been her passion. As she says, "Before I learned how to write, I invented the stories in my head, or they just lived in my head, and then, I tried to guess where they originally came from, and why all these characters chose me to share their ...more

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Valda Taurus The best escape from reality is your imagination. You can do anything inside your head. But what I like the most is that I can always make happy those…moreThe best escape from reality is your imagination. You can do anything inside your head. But what I like the most is that I can always make happy those who suffered in life and died unhappily. I can give them a second chance and create their happy ending, like if by a swoosh of a magic wand.(less)
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Valda Taurus Grandmother’s coffin stood in the middle of the room on two wooden stools, directly opposite the couch on which we slept with my younger sister. On th…moreGrandmother’s coffin stood in the middle of the room on two wooden stools, directly opposite the couch on which we slept with my younger sister. On the floor, right under the coffin, there was a huge tub half-filled with a thick, red solution of potassium permanganate to eliminate odor, but our fears convinced us of the opposite - we took this crimson mixture for nothing but blood.(less)
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My Dear Pooplisher!

Is it not amazing how scammers find you well nowadays? Oh, they even have offices in multiple towns and fancy positions like, for instance, a concierge. I used to think, that the concierge is someone who sits at the front door in a condominium complex, but I see as we grow, we learn new things and meet new people, and they are not always kind to us.
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“You can escape anything but yourself.”
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“In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison
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