Adoration and Affliction: Novellas and Short Stories - Paperback

by Robert Scott Leyse (Author)

A collection of psychological and sensual gothic-tinged tales.

1) Abrupt Awakening // An adolescent girl comes of age via revenge.

2) The Red Light (Bearings Blurred) // A chance encounter unbalances a man on his way home from work.

3) Penelope Prim // Stuart is attracted to his coworker, Penelope, a woman who leads a double life, fraught with danger, against her will.

4) The Rooms I Will Not Enter // Loss of a loved one alters a man's personality.

5) Surveillance // An affluent woman, prodded by ennui, is unafraid of stressful experiences.

6) Dream Displacement, or Love from the Grave // A man falls in love despite himself and the object of his affection is long dead.

7) The Urban Primeval // A volatile relationship, as challenging as rewarding.

8) Love on Glass // An uncommon love-ritual.

9) The Departure // A young man's imagination overwhelms his grasp of reality.