Sorry if you missed DELIAH AT THE CAFE! You can still get it as a standalone eBook here.
It will also be included in a collection of Café stories out July 2026, in both eBook and Print editions. So be sure to check back in July for that collection of stories.
In the meantime, you can now get all of the stories from 2025 in STORIES FROM THE CAFÉ: VOLUME ONE and STORIES FROM THE CAFÉ: VOLUME TWO!
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When the silence washes over her, so do the nightmares…
Deliah needs some peace. And noise. She loves her job in the morgue. Most of the time. But when that specific silence descends, the images fill her mind. Sometimes she manages. Sometimes those last thoughts of the dead haunt her.
Getting out among people keeps the nightmares at bay. And the café with its excellent tea and busy, buzzy atmosphere seems a perfect place to rest, for just a little while. All that noise, all those voices, for some people that might represent chaos. For Deliah, people watching and noisy conversations keep her mind quiet. Restful.
Usually.
Until the nightmares find her.
DELIAH AT THE CAFE Copyright © 2026 Kat Simons
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