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SEXY. CANDID. PROVOCATIVE. DISTURBING. HJ Furl subjects disarmingly vulnerable characters to distressing conflict in a world of isolation and controversy. A filthy glue-sniffing girl begs you for help at dusk. A racist mother and her young children face certain robotic annihilation. Chaos breaks out on a long-haul flight when a tourist is incapacitated by bugs. Unclad soldiers hunt down a ruthless insurgent. A widower wanders through the wilderness searching for his dead wife and little boy. A male and a female contestant fight a beast in the deadliest game of chance in the world. A schoolboy is challenged to a cruel dare by a bully. Thrill seekers are infected with a deadly virus in their remote jungle retreat. An airman is fated by a mysterious wartime dancer. A three-year-old girl goes missing presumed dead in a blazing inferno. A car crash victim stalks a gigolo hell-bent on revenge… Is It Today? they meet their fate? What will you do when the harsh realities of modern life become too much for you to bear? Will fantasy be your only salvation? ***** I live in a remote lighthouse on the coast with my two Siamese cats, a robot, and live-in lover. When I am not busy dreaming, I comb the beach for unusual shells and your plastic waste, saving stranded marine mammals. Of indeterminate age, I love to swim in the ice-cold ocean to keep myself looking young. Is It Today? is my first, devastating anthology of short stories. READERS' REACTIONS TO IS IT TODAY? FANTASIES ‘flamboyant and hallucinatory’ ‘mesmerizing’ ‘whoa, that was some story!’ ‘rich, deep imagery’ ‘a roller-coaster of emotion’ ‘visceral and from the heart’ ‘rich and sumptuous’ ‘heart-wrenching’ ‘excellent and evocative’ ‘had me cringing and scratching!’