The Spike Collection, ten short stories randomly thrown together to take you on a ride of emotions, thought provocation, and charm. Each story focuses on the key characters' thoughts, challenges, and how they are richer for their experiences. The stories cover tales from suburbia, life changing moments, superstardom, and what to do if you do not fancy door-to-door selling for the day. If you enjoy short stories that take you through a rollercoaster ride of emotions then this is for you. Ten thought provoking and random short stories that truly entertain.
The Spike: Sam is flying through life getting fired at every job he gets, until one day he finally realises where his major talents lie. This is Sam's journey up until he reaches his realisation that defines his whole life.
The Siren: All the boys turned to jelly when they were around Tina, so what happened when Brad was the only one to get close to the Siren?
Rocco: It is tough being galaxy-wide famous, follow Rocco on his life of fame, adulation, and on meeting the love of his life, Eve.
Twenty Pence Pieces: During the summer holidays Ted and Dee have a simple plan to buy something super cool, and they have a fun and enterprising method on how to get the money to do it.
The Bridge: Helen, Stefano, Roland, they all have their hobbies and goals which ultimately drive them to a meeting-crescendo of devastating circumstance.
Time Travel Tim: A little boy's wish comes true when his fictional television hero suddenly appears in his bedroom and takes him on a quick adventure.
Snapshot: Being away at sea for long periods of time can be fatal on a relationship, as this account of a returning sailor tells us.
Nine Coffees: Russ worked in a boring office, he needed more, but what to do? He found what he was looking for one morning in a coffee shop, Luka was the shot of caffeine he needed.
Chelmsford: During a day of door-to-door selling Jason has the great fortune to be joined by someone who decides to play this would-be humdrum day ever so slightly different.
Hear-dunnit: Retired and widowed Pat awakes to plan his final hurrah, and looks back on some fond memories.
About the Author: Martin Skate clearly doesn't like to waste time, and when one morning on his commute to work his Kindle battery ran out he began to write his own collection of short stories, within one journey he had sketched out the first story, within one week he had written one entire short, and then in the space of a few months he had completed ten short stories.
Working in the travel industry and having covered half of the globe on cruise ships, Martin always left a trail of creative writing, either in blogs or within travel articles. This is Skate's first publication, a collection of short stories entitled 'The Spike Collection'.
Martin lives just outside of London, he has held a variety of roles including working at sea, on land, antique furniture removal man (for one day), creator, singer, marathon runner, and most recently avid dog-walker. This is his first attempt of writing something that does not involve monkeys, superheroes, or monkey superheroes. Martin also writes a blog at www.martinskate.com
