Adult Stories

"ADULT STORIES is four matchless tales of love and loving, introducing us to the warmth of life-enhancing transformation with unforgettable characters." - Emily Rosen, M.A., M.S., Author, Editor

"One of the boldest collections I've read. Pick any page and start reading. You will be intrigued."
- Dr. Paul Faulstich, Professor, Author

"This is an emotional tour-de-force. Blanco fascinates and keeps us guessing until each story's final revelation." - Albert Wachtel, Ph.D., Author and Critic

FROM THE FOREWORD: "Ren Blanco is such a fun writer whose characters dance on and off the page. But, not only is ADULT STORIES ambitious in subject and scope, before finishing I already felt I'd been around the world of love and loving, with 'Spark of Love' and 'Forgive-Me-Not' and one of the cutest reads ever, 'Student Teacher', all joining the incomparable 'True Love Story' in a quest for the alpha and omega of life-what everyone wants-ultimate happiness and redemption-then finding it in all the unexpected places!" - Prof. M. Koran, M.S., Poet Laureate

FROM THE PUBLISHER: FLIGHTBOOKS deliver a new brand of speedy storytelling full of twists and surprising action, "fast fiction" in a literary sense. Latest in this series of handy entertainment options for travelers is ADULT STORIES, four short tales of true love facing or triumphing over impossible obstacles to reach happiness and redemption, either because of, or in spite of love; four stories whose most compelling qualities are the intriguing characters and their emotion-driven journeys toward their goals and destinies. Blanco excites the fancy of all travelers by perfecting his trademark entity, The FLIGHTBOOK-powerful throughout and takes you anywhere around the world of human experience in a few hours!

Excerpt from TRUE LOVE STORY:
"I can't stop feeling that until this point my life has been a dream, and now I am just waking up. Whatever is coming may only be overcome by facing head-on, and alone, everyone else will tire of hearing about it in few days or weeks. I almost scream out! Others have done it and so did I yearn to explode in a furious or pathetic outburst of feelings, but these people are like dams that must be smashed through first."

Excerpt from STUDENT TEACHER:
"Miss Murphy made a funny sound, like she couldn't breathe for a second. Then she turned away. The hurt and the sadness were so great that his life seemed to end right there, and little Max didn't even cry. He just wanted to disappear. Or have everything else disappear. He could still see her inside but she wouldn't look at him again. It was the heaviest, deepest feeling ever."

Excerpt from SPARK OF LOVE:
"Pitted together against the deadliest forces on earth and both of our bodies having survived, I felt most secure and close as though we were bulletproof blankets draped over ...