Title: Northern Lights
Author: Asta Idonea
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: 1 December 2015
Genre: Short Story / Contemporary / Holiday-Themed
Pages: 25
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Blurb
A dream romantic vacation to Iceland to see the
Northern Lights turns into a nightmare when James’s workaholic boyfriend,
Richard, again insists on putting his work first. After a call from Richard’s
office, an argument ends with the couple splitting up for good. Not only has
Richard left James, he’s left him abandoned to explore the park alone, where
James quickly gets lost. But just when things seem darkest, the Solstice works
its magic, and James finds the guiding light he needs. Or it finds him.
Excerpt
“NO. NO, Bob, listen to me. Bob, listen to me.
Yes. No. Yes. Bob. Bob. Calm down.”
I turn off the tap, shake my hands over the
sink, and reach for towel as I listen to the one-sided conversation drifting
through from the next room. I don’t really know why I’m surprised. It’s not as
if this hasn’t happened a hundred times before. Richard and I will make plans,
and then that damn phone of his will vibrate, emitting the inane,
grimace-inducing ringtone I’ve never been able to stand, and everything will
unravel.
Richard and I met at a Christmas party five
years ago, just before he started his job at Robert Preston & Associates.
To date, that was the one and only Christmas we’ve managed to spend together.
Every year since, something work-related has called him away. He does his best
to make it home for dinner on my birthday, which falls during the holidays, but
even that is touch-and-go. Some years I’ve ended up celebrating alone,
surrounded by fast-cooling, half-eaten slices of pizza and a pile of empty beer
cans.
For months I’ve been begging him for this
overseas trip. We’ve been going through a tough patch, and I thought spending
the holidays together—without interruptions, just the two of us—would go a long
way toward healing the rift. I’d held out hope that the distances involved
would grant us some measure of security, that the fact that we were out of the
country would make Bob think twice before dialing. But it appears I was wrong.
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Bio
Asta Idonea (aka Nicki J Markus) was born in
England, but now lives in Adelaide, South Australia. She has loved both reading
and writing from a young age and is also a keen linguist, having studied
several foreign languages.
Asta launched her writing career in 2011 and
divides her efforts not only between MM and mainstream works but also between
traditional and indie publishing. Her works span the genres, from paranormal to
historical and from contemporary to fantasy. It just depends what story and
which characters spring into her mind!
As a day job, Asta works as a freelance editor
and proofreader, and in her spare time she enjoys music, theater, cinema,
photography, and sketching. She also loves history, folklore and mythology,
pen-palling, and travel; all of which have provided plenty of inspiration for
her writing.
Website: http://www.nickijmarkus.com
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/NickiJMarkus
Facebook Author Page: http://www.facebook.com/NickiJMarkus
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4567057.Nicki_J_Markus
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