Life's Seasons - A Collection of Short Stories

By Mala Naidoo

Every Life Has a Season. Every Season Has A Challenge

Life’s Seasons is a collection of short stories in two parts of life’s major events and complications.

Part 1:
On the Beach– an unnerving tale set at a fictional picturesque beach house in 1978 – Vronegg Obrist is silent about what she saw one night from the upstairs balcony…until it returns a year later… Stilled Heart is a confronting story on the aftermath of war on the lives of Hans, Ingrid, and baby Lara in a small, friendly town. Dreams and visions in Wandering the Earth tells the tale of Jacob, a messenger of an old spine-chilling truth. The Call of The Outback is an Australian story charting a retired city police officer’s return to his outback hometown when he discovers a long-forgotten crime. In Oceans Away, a writer’s divorce and a series of uncanny events onboard a luxurious sea cruise, question her sanity. Final View is a nostalgic and humorous reflection on the life of a glamorous mortician. Those Were the Days exposes the shenanigans of a group of university students who pass through the gates of deception, truth, and loss of innocence.

Part 2:
The Rain – short stories reflect the destructive and regenerative force of rain – physically, emotionally, psychologically and as a metaphor for life. Each story showcases the universality of anger, loss, fear, sadness and joy.