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Once Upon A Time: Short Stories
Twelve different fictional short stories about a time which has been lost in history, about some people of those forgone Centuries, about some events which will make us smile, and about life like it used to be then.
Nothing is as it seems to the eye when a French art lover and an Italian thief come together to steal the famous Mona Lisa painting in “The Monalisa Deal”; find out what happens when two Genoese accidentally stumble upon an incomplete book written by an assistant of the late Christopher Columbus in “Three to Tango”; How does a good hearted king of one of the provinces in the Spanish Conquered Mexico City suddenly disappear in “The Good King” will surely bring a smile; read about an ingenious but simple solution to a master’s problem by a trusted advisor in “ Alvarado’s Advisor”.
Enjoy the discovery made by two Japanese explorers about a fifteenth century Japanese King from some ancient Japanese manuscripts in “ The Secret Library of Ishikawa”; Wait for the outcome of an investigation by an aged French detective in early 1900’s Saigon of the murder of a British researcher, and other short stories.
From the riches of Paris to the hanging tombs of Sichuan; from the moving houses of Balanga to the terrains of a mountain filled with a mysterious ancient substance, from the secretly ancient gifted houses of Budapest to the empty houses of Kent, Once Upon A Time is a flashback into the forgone eras.
Nothing is as it seems to the eye when a French art lover and an Italian thief come together to steal the famous Mona Lisa painting in “The Monalisa Deal”; find out what happens when two Genoese accidentally stumble upon an incomplete book written by an assistant of the late Christopher Columbus in “Three to Tango”; How does a good hearted king of one of the provinces in the Spanish Conquered Mexico City suddenly disappear in “The Good King” will surely bring a smile; read about an ingenious but simple solution to a master’s problem by a trusted advisor in “ Alvarado’s Advisor”.
Enjoy the discovery made by two Japanese explorers about a fifteenth century Japanese King from some ancient Japanese manuscripts in “ The Secret Library of Ishikawa”; Wait for the outcome of an investigation by an aged French detective in early 1900’s Saigon of the murder of a British researcher, and other short stories.
From the riches of Paris to the hanging tombs of Sichuan; from the moving houses of Balanga to the terrains of a mountain filled with a mysterious ancient substance, from the secretly ancient gifted houses of Budapest to the empty houses of Kent, Once Upon A Time is a flashback into the forgone eras.
101 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 17, 2017
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September 19, 2020
These are twelve short stories with weird endings. You have the title "The Monalisa Deal" which is a case of backstabbing. There is the title "The good King". But, what is the title is the plot. It contains humor. "The Secret Library of Ishikawa" explains why reading is important. "The Investigation" a cover up in plain sight. Enjoy reading short stories that can be provocative, exciting, and weird.
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They all lived happily thereafter, in their own space and in their own worlds, in that very same house!
"The Sky Graveyards"
The idea had seemed simple but involved certain amount of risk associated with it as there involved certain acts which could have been termed as illegal.
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They all lived happily thereafter, in their own space and in their own worlds, in that very same house!
"The Sky Graveyards"
The idea had seemed simple but involved certain amount of risk associated with it as there involved certain acts which could have been termed as illegal.
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April 29, 2020I don't want to rate the book because I didn't like it much. I would give maybe a 2*. Some stories were good. Some were just scenes of stories. Some didn't make any sense to me. When I, as a reader, invest money and time in a book (just time in this case), I expect to gain something in return or at least enjoy the journey. While reading this book, I was irked, mostly by bad grammar. Get a competent editor. Try to get honest feedback. I would have stopped the book if not for my compulsion to finish books I started and the short length of the book. At least I seemed to learn a little bit about other cultures if the stories have any base in reality.
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