Hopes and Disasters (ePub)

HOPES AND DISASTERS offers readers a variety of perspectives that focus on achieving a hopeful and brighter future in a world of traumatizing events.

"A Change in the Air" introduces an insecure but caregiving high schooler, Dillan, as he seeks to join the police force and overcome his fear of endangering events. After his family discovers and provides shelter for an injured animal outside their home, he then wakes up in his bedroom to a startling noise. Concerned about his family's safety, and the opportunity of becoming brave, he investigates the sound, where he makes an unexpecting encounter. Every second from this moment forward pits him against situations that not only threaten his life but his family's as well.

"Breakthrough" explores a post-apocalyptic and dystopian world of future Manhattan; an inconsiderate soldier seeks to annihilate hordes of violent creatures as a mandatory mission by an authorative government. As one mission rolls out, he discovers that one of the primary targets is an innocent and desperate young woman; discomforted by the situation, the soldier is left with an emotional decision that could cost his life.

"Liftoff" follows a hopeless and emotional father, who has trouble reconnecting with his young son. When the child locks himself away upon his father refusing to finish a heartful message to his deceased mother, the father will have a painful decision to make; will he overcome his negative emotions from the loss of his wife to save the bond with his son, or will he succumb to the burden of holding onto the upsetting past?