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    John & Other Stories: Bite-Sized Stories, #1
    John & Other Stories: Bite-Sized Stories, #1
    John & Other Stories: Bite-Sized Stories, #1
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    John & Other Stories: Bite-Sized Stories, #1

    By Elysae Shar

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    Annis may be blind, but she sees the world with clearer eyes than the seeing. She neither needs nor wants them in her life. So, when her maid refuses to enter Annis house again, and the agency doesn't send a replacement, she doesn't complain.
    Besides, she's got John, the monster in her attic, and, now that they're alone, he even comes downstairs sometimes.

    A collection of six fantasy stories with a dark twist.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElysae Shar
    Release dateMay 21, 2016
    ISBN9781533701213
    John & Other Stories: Bite-Sized Stories, #1
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    Elysae Shar

    Born in a small town with little to occupy her time, Elysae Shar developed a love for both books and video games. By the age of eight, that love had become a desire to write. Almost twenty years later, after many false starts Elyse Shar's childhood dream became reality with the publication of John & Other Stories.  Though in and of itself a bad experience, this was mostly thanks to her suffering a stroke at the age of twenty-one and retaining permanent damage. With time for writing now abundant, it still took a further few years until she passed the final hurdle.

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      John & Other Stories - Elysae Shar

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      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

      JOHN & OTHER STORIES

      First edition. May 21, 2016.

      Copyright © 2016 Elysae Shar.

      Written by Elysae Shar.

      Also by Elysae Shar

      Ash Manor

      What Lies Within

      Beyond the Wall

      Lost Among Shadows

      Bite-Sized Stories

      John & Other Stories

      Winged Tales

      Standalone

      A Crack in Time

      Lost and Found (Coming Soon)

      Watch for more at Elysae Shar’s site.

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Also By Elysae Shar

      John

      Need

      Small Oddities

      Cinnamon

      The Cup

      Impressum

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      Also By Elysae Shar

      About the Author

      John

      Annis shares her home with a monster, she's never seen. By day, the creature is so quiet that, sometimes, she doubts it's existence, but at night, when the house is dark, and it's as blind as she is, the monster squeaks, and growls, and scratches on the floor boards. Sleep comes much easier, now that she's given in and adopted her monster's sleeping pattern. The rumbling snores, drifting down from the attic help her relax better than any magic pill the doctors ever forced down her throat.

      The creature in her attic used

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