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    Pushinka
    Pushinka
    Pushinka
    Ebook40 pages16 minutes

    Pushinka

    By Sean Monaghan

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    Psyche says i should write all this down to get it out.

    Better for me

    Better for amanda

     

    Bruised and battered, Duncan Kohl brings his daughter to the planet selangor, even as he struggles with his own mental wellbeing.

     

    What they find will surprise them both, but will it make things right?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTriple V Publishing
    Release dateAug 5, 2023
    ISBN9798223769743
    Pushinka
    Author

    Sean Monaghan

    Award-winning author, Sean Monaghan has published more than one hundred stories in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and in New Zealand, where he makes his home. A regular contributor to Asimov’s, his story “Crimson Birds of Small Miracles”, set in the art world of Shilinka Switalla, won both the Sir Julius Vogel Award, and the Asimov’s Readers Poll Award, for best short story. He is a past winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Award, and the Amazing Stories Award. Sean writes from a nook in a corner of his 110 year old home, usually listening to eighties music. Award-winning author, Sean Monaghan has published more than one hundred stories in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and in New Zealand, where he makes his home. A regular contributor to Asimov’s, his story “Crimson Birds of Small Miracles”, set in the art world of Shilinka Switalla, won both the Sir Julius Vogel Award, and the Asimov’s Readers Poll Award, for best short story. He is a past winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Award, and the Amazing Stories Award. Sean writes from a nook in a corner of his 110 year old home, usually listening to eighties music.

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      Pushinka - Sean Monaghan

      Pushinka

      PUSHINKA

      SEAN MONAGHAN

      Triple V Publishing

      Copyright © 2023 Sean Monaghan

      All rights reserved.

      Published by Triple V Publishing

      Cover illustration

      © darksouls | Pixabay (Amanda)

      © alanajordan | Pixabay (Pushinka)

      Paperback isbn: 9798856160757

      Discover other titles by this author at:

      www.seanmonaghan.com

      This is a work of fiction. All characters, places and incidents described in this publication are used fictitiously, or are entirely fictional.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, except for fair use by reviewers or with written permission from the publisher. www.triplevpublishing.com

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Chapter 13

      Chapter 14

      Chapter 15

      Chapter 16

      Chapter 17

      Chapter 18

      About the Author

      Also by Sean Monaghan

      INTRODUCTION

      Thanks for picking up Pushinka, I hope you enjoy the story. It’s a little different to most of my stories, where the narrative is fairly linear and straightforward - a series of sentences arranged in paragraphs, hopefully telling an engaging tale, with a beginning, middle and end.

      Pushinka takes some stylistic liberties, but I hope it remains as engaging and entertaining as other stories. From my position here, I still think it has a beginning, middle and ending, even though

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