Snap Shots

June V. Bourgo

Sinossi

These stories were created from writing exercises where a picture prompt is used to create a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end in only one hundred and fifty words.
 
Snap Shots are short stories about women who overcome emotional and physical challenges, and become empowered.
 
Although these quick reads are pure fiction, most of them were inspired by childhood memories, life experiences and people in the author's life.

Disponibile da: 15/02/2022.

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