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Long Shorts: A Top Drawerful
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerChristian Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 18 2026
Pages: 316
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Long Shorts is a compendium of four novellas, previously published as short stories by Charles Dada.
Oodles is a fascinating and unsettling Distopian tale, a speculative sci-fi thriller set in a near future Earth ravaged by climate change and dominated by a powerful corporation that controls not just information, but people's very minds and memories. It's a world that feels eerily close to some of the issues we face today - climate crisis, digital surveillance, fake news, and the loss of privacy. Imagine a society where your experiences, your memories, even your identity, are stored digitally in DNA-based data banks called Clouds, all controlled by one corporation: Oodles.
At the heart of the story is a big question: can humanity be saved from environmental and social collapse? The Founder, the mysterious head of Oodles, has a grand plan to preserve human knowledge and life, but there's also a resistance - the Rebels - who fight against this control.
Peace is a fascinating travel adventure about a sailing holiday on the Greek island of Paxos, but it's more than just a travelogue. It's about friendship, learning, and personal discovery, all wrapped in the sun, sea, and sailing. Jack, a forty-year-old man, joins a mixed group of people on a sailing course. The book blends practical sailing insights with the human side of things - friendships, challenges, and the kind of personal growth that happens when you're out of your comfort zone.
The description is vivid - clear blue skies, ultra-marine water, and that sense of excitement in the air. The group is diverse - teenagers, people in their twenties and thirties, even some older men. There's an equal mix of men and women, all fit and eager for adventure. And then there are the instructors; Skip, the chief instructor from New Zealand, always grinning and wearing a straw fedora; Mac, who repairs the boats; Sandy, the older, jolly woman; and a couple of younger female instructors; a really well-rounded team.
The Raven was written in December 2014, against the background of Putin's first secret invasion of Ukraine in the Donbas and the annexation of Crimea, one wonders why the United Kingdom did not have better intelligence of the situation.
Rachel Jones, an English maths graduate, teacher and chess player, after being recruited by MI6, becomes embroiled in the machinations of Moscow society, lovers, spies, and international intrigue. Her Russian friend, Jak, tries, but fails, to keep her as his sexual conquest, while he succumbs to various other temptations with an ex girl-friend and the wife of a rival.
With lies and deception on every hand, there are inevitable consequences and, perhaps, they all get their just desserts in the final game of life and death.
Thunder Child is a tragic romance set along the Suffolk coast and the Norfolk Broads, full of mystery, intrigue, and a bit of revenge. The story moves fast, but it's packed with emotion and some pretty dark moments. At it's heart, it's about Daniel and Rebecca - two people caught up in love, faith, and some serious oppression.
The setting is almost a character itself - those English coastal waterways, the Broads, and the small towns like Southwold and Thorpeness, that really shapes their lives, as Daniel is building a concrete boat. It's rough around the edges, but it's seaworthy. It's a kind of symbol of his resilience and ingenuity. The boat is his home and refuge. He's living on it with his young son, Benjamin, struggling financially and socially. And he's on the run - from the police, the river authorities, and his would-be, ex-father-in-law, Pastor Green. That adds a lot of tension. The boat is filled with junk, but there's this small, pristine shrine to Rebecca, his late fiancée, a touching detail that shows how much he is holding on to her memory.
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