The Last Star & Other Stories

Share the wonder. Experience the passion. Take the journey... FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR D. L. ORTON comes a funny, provocative, and sensual collection of stories. Laugh, cry, and linger over these brief but intense glimpses into the lives of two hesitant young lovers, a human-dolphin friendship, a lonely divorcée who believes she's too old to fall in love, a billion-year-old AI and his human companion & many more. The Last StarTwo beings watch the last star in our universe wink out and discover the answer to how it all ends. And, perhaps, how it all begins. Just FriendsFriends since they carried Scooby-Doo lunch boxes in second grade, two college students take the awkward, irreversible, and perilous step away from just friends. PhoenixIf you think your roommate is bad, then try living with a practical-joke-playing, drop-dead-gorgeous, celebrity femme fatale. No one is safe from her feminine wiles—least of all you. My Kingdom for a Double EspressoIs sex just a physical thing for guys? You know you're in trouble when your girlfriend tosses that out after you make the mistake of telling her no... Down in FlamesPersonal tragedy played against a background of public disaster leaves one woman stuck in a very personal hell—and hoping for a second chance. WillingRight now, at this every instant, you are older than you have ever been—and younger than you will ever be again. There will never be a better time to find love. The Idiot's Guide to Writing Workshops(Or How to Review a Manuscript & Not Risk Getting Run Over in the Hotel Parking Lot) The Devil and a Hard PlaceAfter all the time spent apart—all the doubts, all the denial, all the lonely nights—a love that refuses to die draws them back together like moths to a flame.