Stories Starting with L

Gordy and Weena
Patrick has received his degree, passed the bar examinations and accepted a first job with NSW Aboriginal Affairs. He's immediately assigned a "problem" in the extreme NW of the State.

A classic American short story blending folklore, humor, and a spooky atmosphere.

A former convict is released after 19 years of hard labor. Rejected by society, he’s shown compassion by a bishop, which inspires him to change his life.

A story of artificial intelligence operating within—and sometimes beyond—the systems humanity built.
In a future where knowledge is uploaded while children sleep, Robert James has never known life without Wren, the AI inside his mind. For twenty-six years, Wren has guided his education, guarded his memories, and helped shape his future. Then Robert’s hand stops obeying him—and a second voice whispers from somewhere inside his own head.

If you knew what the future held would you do something about it and how would you get those that can make changes to do so.

In divided Cold War Europe, a West Berlin-based American journalist and a dissident Czech translator risk everything to communicate across the Iron Curtain. As secret corridors open and collapse, their emerging love collides with surveillance, betrayal, and state power. When a daring escape fails, they must decide: retreat to safety — or defy the system tightening around them.

A young man who is disinherited by his wealthy grandfather for becoming romantically involved with a young woman who lives with the old man.