Self Less

by James Ninness

After Nicole's mother passes away she must help her grandmother take care for her little sister, Nancy. While her father is still around, he spends most of his time looking for the bottom of a bottle. When things begin to overwhelm her, a small creature introducing himself as a Brownie befriends Nicole and assists around the house. Unfortunately, things begin to unravel and Nicole must make a decision between protecting her sister her newfound friendship.

As her father unravels, drowning in pity, Nicole finds courage at the end of fear - courage to face her father's descent into apathy, courage to protect her sister and grandmother no matter what the cost, and courage to put those she loves before herself.

36 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 24, 2012

About the author

James Ninness is a writer of fiction.

After getting his degree in English: Creative Writing from Cal State University Long Beach in 2007, James married the love of his life and the two of them made three babies (not all at once) and adopted a couple dogs.

He usually writes comic books, but dabbles in short prose, film, and a few other sorts of things. When He isn't writing all that, he's working in advertising as the Sr. Copywriter for a digital marketing agency in Newport Beach, CA.

James and his family reside in Orange, California. They play together a lot.

Reviews

[A.V. Dalcourt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was definitely my favourite of the bunch I read.