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The Priest, the Boy and the Slug: A Short Story
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bookshelves: fiction, free-domain, shorts, best-short-stories, favorites, animals, new-adult, young-adult
Dec 04, 2024
bookshelves: fiction, free-domain, shorts, best-short-stories, favorites, animals, new-adult, young-adult
EPUB and PDF slightly retouched files provided below. Enjoy!
There was once an innocent naughty boy, whose evil uncle-priest made him do all the temple’s chores. The boy was miserable, and all alone in the world. Until, one day, he found his best friend and hope— in a slug!
Well this was fun, in a way. I’m giving myself a solid 3 stars for the story, rounded up to 4 for that special scene and that 3-word line that I LOVE and made it all SO worth it. I’m not going to spoil it, anyone who reads it will probably guess what I’m talking about.
This is so weird reviewing myself. Anyway, it’s a very quick and direct shortie; dark, humorous, heartwarming, heartbreaking, and very very poignant, I think. 20 pages short and packing a punch. Oh and apparently, or so they tell me, it’s also plagued with symbolism, allegories, metaphors and god knows what, and don't look at me I don’t have the faintest idea how any of that stuff got in there because I don’t even know what that means. I just wanted to write a story about a boy and his slug and somehow I may have accidentally landed something deep. Go figure.
Anyway. It’s free! So the link is right there below, if you wish to risk it. It’s also available for free on Kindle Unlimited and will be on Wattpadd as soon as I’m finished uploading it. But please, I don’t want your money, least of all from my GR friends. I’m not looking to make a living out of writing, and if it’s 0.99 listed on Amazon it’s only because it didn’t allow me to put 0.
Also, not proud to admit but, I didn’t always get my books the right way; so this is kind of my way of giving something back to the world and atone for it. If you feel indebted or whatever you can spread the word and if ever decide to get off my lazy ass to finish something else again I may capitalize on that. It’s not like a have e shortage of ideas, I have like 30-40 drafts in various degrees of unfinishedness, just sitting there gathering digital dust. Me loves procrastinating.
So. Enjoy! Or not.
It’s free to share. You can find it
EPUB Here.
PDF Here.

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PERSONAL NOTE :
[2024] [16p] [Fairy Tale] [Recommendable]
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AVISO: Del 06/07 al 10/07 gratis en Amazon. EPUB y PDF ligeramente retocados también disponibles en los links de abajo. ¡Que lo disfruten!
Había una vez un niño inocente y travieso, cuyo malvado tío sacerdote le obligaba a hacer todas las tareas del templo. El niño se sentía miserable y completamente solo en el mundo. Hasta que, un día, encontró a su mejor amigo y esperanza... ¡en una babosa!
Bueno, esto fue interesante, en cierto modo. Me doy 3 sólidas estrellas por la historia, redondeadas a 4 por esa escena especial y esa línea de 3 palabras que AMO y que hizo que TODO valiera la pena. No voy a espoilearlo, cualquiera que lo lea probablemente adivinará de qué estoy hablando.
Es tan extraño reseñarme a mí mismo. Lo que sea, es un corto muy rápido y directo; sombrío, gracioso, conmovedor, desgarrador y muy, muy emocional, creo. 20 páginas cortas y con buen impacto. Ah y aparentemente, o eso me dicen, también está plagado de simbolismo, alegorías, metáforas y Dios sabe qué más, y no me miren no tengo la más puta idea de cómo llegó todo eso ahí adentro porque ni siquiera sé lo que eso significa. Yo sólo quería escribir una historia sobre un niño y su babosa y de alguna manera pude haber conseguido accidentalmente algo profundo. Andá a enteder.
Lo que sea ¡Es gratis! Por lo que el enlace está ahí abajo, si quieren arriesgarse. También gratuito en Kindle Unlimited y disponible en Wattpadd, ni bien termine de subirlo. Pero por favor, no quiero dinero y menos de mis amigos de GR. No busco ganarme la vida escribiendo, y si en Amazon aparece precio de 0.99 es porque no me dejó poner 0.
Además, no me enorgullece admitirlo pero no siempre conseguí mis libros de la manera correcta, así que esto es en cierta forma mi manera de devolver algo al mundo y expiar. Si se sienten endeudados o lo que sea, hagan correr la voz y si alguna vez decido levantar mi perezoso trasero para terminar algo nuevamente, puedo capitalizar eso en algún futuro. No es como si me faltaran ideas, tengo entre 30 y 40 borradores en diversos grados de incompletitud, simplemente ahí tirados acumulando polvo digital. Me encanta procrastinar.
Bueno. ¡Disfrútenlo! O no. Ah y está en inglés, lo siento. Tengo que pasarlo al español y flor de vagancia escribir todo de nuevo. Me merezco un descanso. Pero lo voy a hacer, sólo que… como dice arriba. Me encanta procrastinar.
Es libre de compartir, lo pueden encontrar
EPUB Acá.
PDF Acá.

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NOTA PERSONAL :
[2024] [16p] [Cuento de Hadas] [Recomendable]
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There was once an innocent naughty boy, whose evil uncle-priest made him do all the temple’s chores. The boy was miserable, and all alone in the world. Until, one day, he found his best friend and hope— in a slug!
Well this was fun, in a way. I’m giving myself a solid 3 stars for the story, rounded up to 4 for that special scene and that 3-word line that I LOVE and made it all SO worth it. I’m not going to spoil it, anyone who reads it will probably guess what I’m talking about.
This is so weird reviewing myself. Anyway, it’s a very quick and direct shortie; dark, humorous, heartwarming, heartbreaking, and very very poignant, I think. 20 pages short and packing a punch. Oh and apparently, or so they tell me, it’s also plagued with symbolism, allegories, metaphors and god knows what, and don't look at me I don’t have the faintest idea how any of that stuff got in there because I don’t even know what that means. I just wanted to write a story about a boy and his slug and somehow I may have accidentally landed something deep. Go figure.
Anyway. It’s free! So the link is right there below, if you wish to risk it. It’s also available for free on Kindle Unlimited and will be on Wattpadd as soon as I’m finished uploading it. But please, I don’t want your money, least of all from my GR friends. I’m not looking to make a living out of writing, and if it’s 0.99 listed on Amazon it’s only because it didn’t allow me to put 0.
Also, not proud to admit but, I didn’t always get my books the right way; so this is kind of my way of giving something back to the world and atone for it. If you feel indebted or whatever you can spread the word and if ever decide to get off my lazy ass to finish something else again I may capitalize on that. It’s not like a have e shortage of ideas, I have like 30-40 drafts in various degrees of unfinishedness, just sitting there gathering digital dust. Me loves procrastinating.
So. Enjoy! Or not.
It’s free to share. You can find it
EPUB Here.
PDF Here.

-----------------------------------------------
PERSONAL NOTE :
[2024] [16p] [Fairy Tale] [Recommendable]
-----------------------------------------------
AVISO: Del 06/07 al 10/07 gratis en Amazon. EPUB y PDF ligeramente retocados también disponibles en los links de abajo. ¡Que lo disfruten!
Había una vez un niño inocente y travieso, cuyo malvado tío sacerdote le obligaba a hacer todas las tareas del templo. El niño se sentía miserable y completamente solo en el mundo. Hasta que, un día, encontró a su mejor amigo y esperanza... ¡en una babosa!
Bueno, esto fue interesante, en cierto modo. Me doy 3 sólidas estrellas por la historia, redondeadas a 4 por esa escena especial y esa línea de 3 palabras que AMO y que hizo que TODO valiera la pena. No voy a espoilearlo, cualquiera que lo lea probablemente adivinará de qué estoy hablando.
Es tan extraño reseñarme a mí mismo. Lo que sea, es un corto muy rápido y directo; sombrío, gracioso, conmovedor, desgarrador y muy, muy emocional, creo. 20 páginas cortas y con buen impacto. Ah y aparentemente, o eso me dicen, también está plagado de simbolismo, alegorías, metáforas y Dios sabe qué más, y no me miren no tengo la más puta idea de cómo llegó todo eso ahí adentro porque ni siquiera sé lo que eso significa. Yo sólo quería escribir una historia sobre un niño y su babosa y de alguna manera pude haber conseguido accidentalmente algo profundo. Andá a enteder.
Lo que sea ¡Es gratis! Por lo que el enlace está ahí abajo, si quieren arriesgarse. También gratuito en Kindle Unlimited y disponible en Wattpadd, ni bien termine de subirlo. Pero por favor, no quiero dinero y menos de mis amigos de GR. No busco ganarme la vida escribiendo, y si en Amazon aparece precio de 0.99 es porque no me dejó poner 0.
Además, no me enorgullece admitirlo pero no siempre conseguí mis libros de la manera correcta, así que esto es en cierta forma mi manera de devolver algo al mundo y expiar. Si se sienten endeudados o lo que sea, hagan correr la voz y si alguna vez decido levantar mi perezoso trasero para terminar algo nuevamente, puedo capitalizar eso en algún futuro. No es como si me faltaran ideas, tengo entre 30 y 40 borradores en diversos grados de incompletitud, simplemente ahí tirados acumulando polvo digital. Me encanta procrastinar.
Bueno. ¡Disfrútenlo! O no. Ah y está en inglés, lo siento. Tengo que pasarlo al español y flor de vagancia escribir todo de nuevo. Me merezco un descanso. Pero lo voy a hacer, sólo que… como dice arriba. Me encanta procrastinar.
Es libre de compartir, lo pueden encontrar
EPUB Acá.
PDF Acá.

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NOTA PERSONAL :
[2024] [16p] [Cuento de Hadas] [Recomendable]
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Fedo you are back! I will surely read this!! I've been reading my GR friends works of late and loving every minute of it! Thanks for the link!
Tina wrote: "Fedo you are back! I will surely read this!! I've been reading my GR friends works of late and loving every minute of it! Thanks for the link!"Hey Tina! Long time no see! I took my time but glad to be back. My pleasure! Hope you enjoy it then :D
Welcome back, Federico! I am happy to see you on GR again :) Wow, I am very impressed, I will read your story for sure!
Alexandra wrote: "Welcome back, Federico! I am happy to see you on GR again :) Wow, I am very impressed, I will read your story for sure!"Thank you Alexandra! It was fun outside but glad to be back. Hope you enjoy :D
Ian wrote: "Back from hiatus - Yaay! Good to hear from you Federico."Thank you Ian! Had a good time must admit, it's good to disconnect from time to time. But glad to back, for now :p
Ceecee wrote: "Yay you’re back! Missed you! Loved this write up, so clever, so will definitely read!! 🤗"Heya CeeCee! Enjoyed my timeout but good to be back. Thank you and hope you enjoy it :D
Wait WHAT?! You published a book? Reading ASAP!!! So delightful to see you back Fede and hope you've been well, sounds like you've been doing some fun projects! 😍
Esta wrote: "Wait WHAT?! You published a book? Reading ASAP!!! So delightful to see you back Fede and hope you've been well, sounds like you've been doing some fun projects! 😍"Meh just a shortie it's no big deal lol. Glad to be back Esta! Looking forward to see what y'all been reading while I was gone. Thank you and hope you enjoy it :) !
Welcome back! Unfortunately the epub extension was an ‘unsupported file type’ for me, but I’ll contact my crack team of code hackers in the morning. I have fond memories as a boy pouring salt on slugs to watch them melt.
Dmitri wrote: "Welcome back! Unfortunately the epub extension was an ‘unsupported file type’ for me, but I’ll contact my crack team of code hackers in the morning. I have fond memories as a boy pouring salt on sl..."Really? Any e-reader app should probably read that I think. Oh well. I don't think you are missing much in any case. And I'm going to pretend I never heard that last part lol.
"freepdfconvert dot com/epub-to-pdf" Dmitri, will convert the ePub to pdf for you. Dmitri wrote: "Welcome back! Unfortunately the epub extension was an ‘unsupported file type’ for me, but I’ll contact my crack team of code hackers in the morning. I have fond memories as a boy pouring salt on sl..."
First of all, welcome back! You were missed, my friend!😊Second of all, you gave yourself only 4 stars??😐
Third of all, great review! 😁
Fourth of all, I'm intrigued!!
Daren wrote: ""freepdfconvert dot com/epub-to-pdf" Dmitri, will convert the ePub to pdf for you. Dmitri wrote: "Welcome back! Unfortunately the epub extension was an ‘unsupported file type’ for me, but I’ll con..."
Ok, already simplified for anyone. The link for the file is available in PDF too and listed there in the review as well. Cheers :D
Helga wrote: "First of all, welcome back! You were missed, my friend!😊 Second of all, you gave yourself only 4 stars??😐Third of all, great review! 😁
Fourth of all, I'm intrigued!!"
Thank you Helga! Missed u too <3. Enjoyed my time off GR but glad to be back for another round lol.
So that's where you have been, Fede! Welcome back and congratulations on your short story publication, I downloaded it right away, it sounds intriguing and like totally "you".You sure showed that jerk Sirius in the comments 😂
inciminci wrote: "So that's where you have been, Fede! Welcome back and congratulations on your short story publication, I downloaded it right away, it sounds intriguing and like totally "you".You sure showed that ..."
Ugh. That Sirius is insufferable, no wonder he has no friends lol. But tanks to having two profiles I can have him neatly isolated and caged. Uhm I mean compartmentalized. Hope you enjoy it Inci :D
What a way to come back! First of all, welcome back, Feddie! Missed your shared love for poetry! :PSecond, congrats on entering the author league! And also for keeping the story accessible, especially for the likes of me on the other side of the world. I'll be happy to read your story, and hope you pen many more if you feel like it. ♡
PS: I love your pen name. Siriusly! :D
Rosh wrote: "What a way to come back! First of all, welcome back, Feddie! Missed your shared love for poetry! :PSecond, congrats on entering the author league! And also for keeping the story accessible, especi..."
Hi Roshie <3! It's been so long! Glad to be back, for several several months at least. Always a pleasure to share free domain books or personal freebies, makes no difference to me lol. Hope you enjoy it if you give it a go! I LOVE my pen name! It's so ME rofl. Sometimes I think I wrote that short story just for the purpose of officially owning it xD
Jonathan wrote: "Welcome back, Fed. Congrats on penning this story! :)"Thank you Jonathan! It was a real pleasure :D
Shirin wrote: "Welcome back! No one can resist a captivating dark fairy tale!"Thank you Shirin! I can, I have never read one lol. I didn't even know this is what I had written until I had finished and someone told me this is what it was xD
Woo hoo! Federico the author! Downloaded your story. Will definitely read it this month. Psst! You are supposed to rate your story nothing less than 5 stars!!
Srivalli wrote: "Psst! You are supposed to rate your story nothing less than 5 stars!!"Hope you enjoy it Srivalli <3. Lol. If not for that scene and line I like so much I'd given me a 3. I have to be brutally honest, even with myself :p
Federico wrote: "Hope you enjoy it Srivalli <3. Lol. If not for that scene and line I like so much I'd given me a 3. I have t..."That's too much honesty. :P
Looking forward to reading it.
Great review, Federico! Haha you definitely have me intrigued. Will check out! And good to see you on GR again, my friend. Hope all has been well! :)
Yun wrote: "Great review, Federico! Haha you definitely have me intrigued. Will check out! And good to see you on GR again, my friend. Hope all has been well! :)"Thank you Yun! It's been great! Had a lot of fun. But now the cycles have turned again and I'm back for another GR round. Hope you've been doing good too :D
Omg!! I am running to Kindle Unlimited right now for this short story as I know it’s going to be wonderful!! You just made my day! Great review, Federico!! <3
It's such a pleasant surprise to see you return from your break! I'm really happy that you and your clever reviews are back with us. ❤️
Welcome back, Mr. Published Author! Congratulations on your book, Federico. I will download and read. Happy to see you back on GR.
Rachel wrote: "Omg!! I am running to Kindle Unlimited right now for this short story as I know it’s going to be wonderful!! You just made my day! Great review, Federico!! <3"Thank you Rachel! Anytime! Kindle or the file there is good. Hope you enjoy it <3
Persephone's Pomegranate wrote: "It's such a pleasant surprise to see you return from your break! I'm really happy that you and your clever reviews are back with us. ❤️"I return bearing gifts. Happy Christmass for ya'll Ho Ho Ho. I hope my story makes you all cry Ho Ho Ho. LOL. Thank you Persephone <3
Vanessa wrote: "Welcome back, Mr. Published Author! Congratulations on your book, Federico. I will download and read. Happy to see you back on GR."That Sirius guy did it. I had nothing to do with it lol. Thank you Vanessa <3. Hope you enjoy it !
Federico wrote: "Persephone's Pomegranate wrote: "It's such a pleasant surprise to see you return from your break! I'm really happy that you and your clever reviews are back with us. ❤️"I return bearing gifts. Ha..."
I really look forward to reading your story when I have the opportunity. Just so you know, I have high expectations for your work.











