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Cursed: Wickedly Fun Stories
"CURSED is a small package of strangeness and charm, delivered by a writer blessed with imagination and wit." -- Hugo Award Winner Allen Steele, author of THE COYOTE TRILOGY and THE COYOTE CHRONICLES
“Quirky, clever, and just a little savage” -- Lane Robins, critically acclaimed author of MALEDICTE
"Engrossing, imaginative, and funny ... Susan Abel Sullivan's debut collection of short stories will have you both laughing out loud and checking your closet for monsters. " --Kelly L. Stone, author of GRAVE SECRET and THINKING WRITE: The Secret to Freeing Your Creative Mind.
Wickedly fun YA short stories featuring witches, werewolves, limericks that can change fate, and a sinister vine bent on murder and the destruction of Alabama! Inside quirky settings with creepy plots, characters discover new and unsettling powers as their worst fears manifest.
Let these stories draw you in with their lighthearted tone -- then delight you with their wickedly sly sense of humor. You’ll laugh, you’ll shudder, you’ll think twice about taking a deal from a bucktoothed woman.
Featuring pieces previously published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Beyond Centauri, and AlienSkin, as well as a never before published short.
“Quirky, clever, and just a little savage” -- Lane Robins, critically acclaimed author of MALEDICTE
"Engrossing, imaginative, and funny ... Susan Abel Sullivan's debut collection of short stories will have you both laughing out loud and checking your closet for monsters. " --Kelly L. Stone, author of GRAVE SECRET and THINKING WRITE: The Secret to Freeing Your Creative Mind.
Wickedly fun YA short stories featuring witches, werewolves, limericks that can change fate, and a sinister vine bent on murder and the destruction of Alabama! Inside quirky settings with creepy plots, characters discover new and unsettling powers as their worst fears manifest.
Let these stories draw you in with their lighthearted tone -- then delight you with their wickedly sly sense of humor. You’ll laugh, you’ll shudder, you’ll think twice about taking a deal from a bucktoothed woman.
Featuring pieces previously published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Beyond Centauri, and AlienSkin, as well as a never before published short.
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46 pages, ebook
First published March 4, 2012
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March 12, 2015
Very funny short stories.
October 7, 2013
This is a funny book and I very quick read. I read it in a couple of hours. I really liked "The Accidental Poet". This is the story for you if you want to get back at the people who ever did you wrong. I liked "The King's Story" as well. It is the same as "The Accidental Poet" but set in a different time as the author has said in her author notes. I really liked "Getting The Curse". It isn't what you think. It has a surprising ending. My only criticism is there need to be more stories and it needs to be longer.
June 28, 2012
This amusing collection shows a wide variety of style; not many writers can claim such flexibility. Years ago I was lucky to see a couple of these stories in manuscript form and it's great to see them polished and published. "Getting the Curse" and "Witch Place" are a lot of fun, and enjoyed "Kudzu" because I've always been a fan of stories built from 'found' materials like DRACULA. "The Accidental Poet" took me back to high school and overall, I think it's my favorite.
July 3, 2014
I am so glad that this book happened to find its way into my review pile! Lately, I have been so drawn to short stories - I love how they get right into the heart of a story, allow your imagination to run wild, and are ironically page-turning.
Well, not only does Susan Abel Sullivan give me all that I love about short stories in this compilation, but she also delivers a sense of humor, wit and playfulness that cannot be beat. This book will literally having you laughing out loud and, in my opinion, wanting more at the end of each chapter.
Here's a run-down of each story:
Getting the Curse
This was definitely my favorite of the five. You can read into it in so many ways, and I loved how it didn't play into any of your normal stereotypes. Amazing :)
The Accidental Poet
A hilarious story about a boy who realizes that he can control the future with his poetry. What does a teenage boy do with all that power? Hmm...
Witch Place?
A poem rather than a story. A great play on words.
Kudzu
In a nutshell: it's about a killer vine that threatens to take over all of the southern United States. I mean....it's hilarious! I would say, "you can't make this stuff up", but apparently, Susan Sullivan can!
The King's Story
Kind of similar to The Accidental Poet - it's about a man who realizes that what he writes in a story will end up happening in real life. Loved it!
Overall, I found these stories to be fun, entertaining and an amazingly quick read. They were so refreshing from the longer, more serious novels that are all the rage these days, and I think you will definitely be in for a treat when you pick this one up!
5 out of 5 stars!
Well, not only does Susan Abel Sullivan give me all that I love about short stories in this compilation, but she also delivers a sense of humor, wit and playfulness that cannot be beat. This book will literally having you laughing out loud and, in my opinion, wanting more at the end of each chapter.
Here's a run-down of each story:
Getting the Curse
This was definitely my favorite of the five. You can read into it in so many ways, and I loved how it didn't play into any of your normal stereotypes. Amazing :)
The Accidental Poet
A hilarious story about a boy who realizes that he can control the future with his poetry. What does a teenage boy do with all that power? Hmm...
Witch Place?
A poem rather than a story. A great play on words.
Kudzu
In a nutshell: it's about a killer vine that threatens to take over all of the southern United States. I mean....it's hilarious! I would say, "you can't make this stuff up", but apparently, Susan Sullivan can!
The King's Story
Kind of similar to The Accidental Poet - it's about a man who realizes that what he writes in a story will end up happening in real life. Loved it!
Overall, I found these stories to be fun, entertaining and an amazingly quick read. They were so refreshing from the longer, more serious novels that are all the rage these days, and I think you will definitely be in for a treat when you pick this one up!
5 out of 5 stars!
September 26, 2012
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I was really looking forward to reading this, but it was not what I expected. The title says "Wickedly Fun," but most stories ended on a rather depressing note...while others were just plain odd. I suppose the stories were just not my cup of tea, you know? Don't get me wrong, some of the stories were quite entertaining and funny (and sometimes even shocking)!
The short stories were well written with some very descriptive and interesting scenes. I thought the characters were intriguing, yet I couldn't really connect with them.
This book, I would say, was an in-between book--a book I neither loved nor hated. Overall, it was entertaining and a quick read with some supernatural aspects, which I always love in a book.
I was really looking forward to reading this, but it was not what I expected. The title says "Wickedly Fun," but most stories ended on a rather depressing note...while others were just plain odd. I suppose the stories were just not my cup of tea, you know? Don't get me wrong, some of the stories were quite entertaining and funny (and sometimes even shocking)!
The short stories were well written with some very descriptive and interesting scenes. I thought the characters were intriguing, yet I couldn't really connect with them.
This book, I would say, was an in-between book--a book I neither loved nor hated. Overall, it was entertaining and a quick read with some supernatural aspects, which I always love in a book.
August 30, 2012
A collection of short stories, a couple of them were mildly funny, but not all of them worked for me.
June 26, 2016
Entertaining
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