Nora Fares: Stories

Part of Travel and Adventures
A drug mule and a hitman are tasked with completing their last job. / (Reviews)

In a world ravaged by war, famine, and death, a lone orphan struggles to survive in the ruins of civilization. Sana, now twenty-seven, carries a secret that scares her; a secret that she would sooner wish to forget. Logan has picked his place in the Huckleberry Mountains, a sixty acre parcel. For many years, he’s kept a dark secret to himself, but when a hungry, desperate woman breaks into his property, he finds that she quickly breaks through all of his defenses, even the one around his heart.

He is an immortal. She is a time traveler. They keep running into each other. A flash story.

A short story about a young woman who finds a diary she had thrown out many years ago.

When Stockholm Syndrome meets Lima Syndrome. He is a freedom fighter. She's the dictator's daughter. When his organization kidnaps her, he is the only one to show her kindness. In this world of chaos, she is the gentle beauty that tames his wild heart. But is it enough to stop him from murdering her father? And does she even want him to? - A short story.

A story about a drowning woman and the doctor who saves her.

Destined to a life of desperately clawing to meet her parents' high expectations, Dr. Maira Khan can only force herself to focus on her career to dull the pain of losing the great love of her life. When a chance encounter puts her in the same room as the man whose heart she had to break four years ago, Maira must decide if giving it all up for love is worth it. Based loosely on a true story.

Juneau (Juno) has always come in second; second to her perfect sister, and second to her beautiful best friend, Kansas. Bonded over having weird names, the two quickly became fast friends in kindergarten. From there started a friendship that would last a lifetime, only tested by the one thing that always manages to get between girls: a boy. A story about the cost of love. / (Reviews)

A tragedy over the summer changes Grace Craft's life forever. She returns for her senior year in high school as a bitter person, broken by the memories that haunt her and marked by the scars that define her. In the course of one school year, she learns that the greatest lessons in life are those in forgiveness, patience, and love-taught by none other than her Creative Writing teacher.

Part of Historical Romances
Nathan Alaric Chapman, who loathes going by anything other than "Nate" quits his accounting job in the city and moves to the English countryside to write a novel. What, and who, he finds in the time-worn cottage will change his life for better, or worse. A sweet, heartfelt romance set in 1965.