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Short Stories: Kidnapped

// February 26th, 2009 // No Comments » // Short Stories

Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
Oxford Bookworms

The years after 1745 were an unhappy time for Scotland. The Highlanders had fought against King George of England, and lost, and now his soldiers were driving many Highlanders out of their homes.


David Balfour is from Scottish Lowlands and is now worried by the English soldiers. When he leaves his home to begin a new life, he is not looking for trouble and danger. But trouble quickly comes to him. He meets his rich uncle, who is not at all pleased to learn that he has a poor nephew. One danger follows another, and David finds himself in the Highlanders, where he meets Alan Breck, a proud Stewart. The Stewarts hate both the English and the Campbells, who work for King George, so Alan is a dangerous friend for David to have.

Then murder is done, and David and Alan are on the run for their lives across the mountains…
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Short Stories: The Omega Files

// February 20th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Short Stories

The Omega Files
Jennifer Bassett
Some Strange things happen in this world. You hear all kinds of frightening stories. But are they true? Who do you believe? Some stories never get into the newspapers, because governments want to keep them secret. And these are the stories in the Omega Files.

How many people know about this Omega Files? Not many, perhaps no more than thirty people in Brussels. Hawker and Jude know about them, because they bring back a lot of the stories that go into the Files. They have interesting lives. One day they’re in London, talking to a young man. He has a strange story to tell them about a drug company, but is it true? Another day they go to Scotland, to look for a monster in Loch Ness, but of course, there are no monsters-are there? Another time they’re on an island in the Pacific Ocean, where everybody is talking about a spaceship. But where is this spaceship? And who has actually see it? It’s all there, in the Omega Files. (more…)