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Do all of us have destinies we won't stay away from? Or is every one people in a position to make sure our personal destiny through our activities? Are there key moments in time that supply targeted possibilities to alter fate?

those are only some of the questions explored in 16 unique stories that keep on with the trails of fates to far-off worlds, dimensions, and instances. From a being educated to be whatever he was once not...to a highway seller promoting destiny dogs...to the "true" tale of King Arthur...to a gambler who turns to the Kabbalah to discover a convinced bet...to a guy whose female friend is without doubt one of the 3 Fates...to the story of 1 woman's appointment with Death...here are stories of darkness and hazard, and tales with a funny twist-gripping visions of the position destiny can play in anyone's life.

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I shouted, tears streaming from my eyes. Her eyes had closed. She opened them back. We stared into one another. Then I observed the existence fade from her eyes, as though a section of gauze were pulled throughout her imaginative and prescient. I stroked her hair. I knelt via her physique for hours, ready, prepared her to get up. My brain wouldn't settle for that she used to be long gone. I stared at her chest, looking forward to the increase and fall that breath may carry. i'd persuade myself that there has been circulation, the smallest inhalation of air, and that i might wait optimistically for her to open her eyes back. She didn’t, although, and that i eventually learned that she by no means may. I picked her up. She used to be as gentle as a chook. I seemed, as soon as, again towards the village. Then I grew to become my again on it and headed up the line within the other way. It appeared the suitable factor to do. To take her domestic. I stayed faraway from the roads, jogging in the course of the forests while i'll and fending off villages. I knew how one can fend for myself. the entire young ones in our village took turns going out on hunts with the elders. We have been proven tips to make traps and forage for meals. She didn't decompose. After a few days in the summertime warmth i used to be dreading what it'd be like wearing her physique again to the Goddess. yet her pores and skin remained marble soft. i might lay her down each one evening we stopped, fold her hands over her chest, and watch her by way of the sunshine of the celebrities and moon. I nonetheless came across it demanding to think she used to be useless. i believe deep down i used to be hoping the Goddess may carry her again to existence, that she could open her eyes and that i might see her smile once more. My father advised me the Goddess’s tower was once a week’s journey to the north. It took me nearly 4 weeks. Days of bathing in streams and hiding on the sound of hoofbeats or voices. I grew to grasp each attitude of her face. The traces round her mouth the place she smiled. The small mole slightly below her lip. She was once the very last thing on my brain whilst I slept and the very first thing whilst I woke up. a couple of days sooner than I reached the tower I awakened to discover a small woman looking at me. She seemed many years more youthful than I, and stared at me with an expression of puzzlement. ‘‘I was once attempting to make a decision when you have been just like the girl. yet you’re no longer. ’’ ‘‘No,’’ I stated, emerging right into a sitting place. ‘‘What’s improper together with her? ’’ ‘‘She’s useless. ’’ the lady frowned. ‘‘How? ’’ she requested. ‘‘I don’t recognize. I’m taking her again to the Goddess. ’’ ‘‘Maybe she’ll imagine you probably did it. ’’ ‘‘Why may she imagine that? ’’ the woman shrugged. I stood up. ‘‘Are you going now? ’’ the lady requested. ‘‘I am. and also you will be getting again in your relations. ’’ ‘‘They’re long past. ’’ I paused. i spotted for the 1st time how matted the woman regarded. Her hair seemed knotty and uncombed. ‘‘What do you suggest long gone? ’’ ‘‘Just long past. a few humans got here to our farm and took them away. I’ve been following them,’’ she additional proudly. I frowned, now not figuring out. ‘‘What, you suggest they took your loved ones opposed to their will? ’’ She seemed down on the flooring. ‘‘I’m unsure. ’’ ‘‘Well, have been they suffering? ’’ I requested, exasperated. ‘‘I don’t be aware of!

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