Books tagged: allegorical

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My Heartfelt Fight for Rights by Writing Wrongs    by David Bruce
Price: $1.40 USD. 2530 words. Published on January 17, 2009. .

An impassioned personal essay dramatically conveying the leprous-like feeling of my first- hand, daily encounters on being afflicted with the stigma of mental illness. Relates and identifies well with discriminations of all others types in the universal language of wrongful injustices.
The Making of a Prince    by Bruce Edward Butler
Price: $5.99 USD. 28430 words. Published on October 26, 2010. .

The crown prince of a fabled European nation is kidnapped as an infant. When no leads are developed in the case, the world concludes that the prince is lost forever. His parents never give up hope of finding their son alive. This novel is more than an intriguing mystery-adventure; it is an allegory raising the curtain on the human drama and revealing the awesome truth of our true identity.
Bayne's Climb: Part I of The Sword of Bayne    by Ty Johnston
Price: Free! 39940 words. Published on October 27, 2010. .

Waking amid battle, the warrior Bayne has no recollection of his past, of his life, of himself. Believing the mad emperor-mage Verkanus holds the keys to his past, Bayne pursues the wizard across years and unto a mountain. Here, Bayne must climb to find Verkanus and to find himself, and among the crags are oddities and dangers never witnessed by lesser men.
The Left Foot Says, GLORY!    by Brad Beals
Price: Free! 46020 words. Published on November 15, 2010. .

Sometimes the simplest truths are got at obliquely. That's what parables do. They show us something true by pointing to something else that's close, but just off the path we're on. These stories are simple and very readable, but each points to something--someone!--bigger and beyond the tale.
The Freel of Streel: Part One in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 65650 words. Published on November 19, 2010. .

It is always advisable, when you are a conman, to make sure that the town that you're about to try to con does not have a land such as Streel hidden within it. For if it does, you may find yourself trying to escape your mind in an incomprehensible land with a left-handed scribe, being forced to deal with lexically picky ants, Kweengs, and the Freel on your journey through your fears, God and love.
Claustrum: Part Two in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 61290 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

Claustrum, a superhero with a strange power, the ability to control people with strange, elegiac mixtures of words, seemingly randomly shows up in the city of Dioma, not knowing where he came from or why he is there. The city is then beleaguered by the cruel villain Sine Animus, who is immune to Claustrum's powers over words. Claustrum flees the city and is forced to seek his own personal truth.
The Polyglot's Nightmares: Part X½ in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 60080 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

Fleeing a war and in search of himself, Ion finds himself residing in a number of strange caves, on the walls of which are written a strange language. He meets a woman who guides him through his state of being a refugee and is troubled by strange dreams that seem to incorporate the existence of the war, his love for the woman he has met and a sense of the divine.
The Quite Possibly Near Death of Hurol Davelrish: Part Three in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 61010 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

When an arrogant stuntman, Hurol Davelrish, has a seizure during a stunt, he finds himself in the kingdom of Scalter, a land in which he is king, but which is strangely ruled by a phantasmic man named Viscount Vaunt. Hurol meets a strangely kind friend, Grib, in the malevolent world, who tries to pull him back from the ledge of his pride - what will become of the much-admired stuntman?
The Giant/The Littlest Goblin - Two Short Stories    by Will Kenyon
Price: $0.99 USD. 7380 words. Published on April 26, 2011. .

Will Kenyon presents a small collection of two short stories - The Giant and The Littlest Goblin - science fiction and fantasy tales with unique takes on what it means to love, lead, and - should we need to - find salvation.
The Pit    by Chris Teese
Price: $0.99 USD. 23230 words. Published on September 2, 2011. .

A young man tries to climb out of a deep pit, stuck there by former friends in his life. He reflects on and revisits his past of how he got there. His rage towards those in his life grows, as he tries to repress the hurt, and his desire to be loved.