A STERN BOOK
BOOKS & STORIES
A STERN BOOK
THE WOODS
OF
HASHA
TAGS
Dark Fantasy, Adventure, Psychological, Romance
SHORT STORY
SYNOPSIS
When King Sargon dies, the forest of the dead calls to Queen Atalia. Prince Andor must enter the legendary Woods of Hasha to rescue his mother and bring her home. Along the way, he encounters others held captive by its illusions, unable to let go of those they have lost. But to free Atalia, Andor must confront his own grief, his fear of mortality, and the terrifying temptation to surrender to the very thing he came to save her from.
BOOKS & STORIES
SOAP BUBBLES
ANDÂ
THE UNBEARABLE PERSISTENCE OF ORDINARY HUMAN TENDERNESS
TAGS
Historical Fiction, Drama, War, Psychological
SYNOPSIS
The story begins on a bench outside a liquor store in Buffalo, where an elderly Navy veteran
spends his evenings blowing soap bubbles for passing children. Beneath that simple ritual lies another landscape entirely: the ruins of Hiroshima, the burden of memory, and one man's attempt to answer a question that has followed him for decades—how does tenderness survive after history has done its worst?