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Surprises are never too far. Here's a collection of top, prize-winning suspense and thriller short stories, written by award-winning writers and bloggers. Nine stories that will keep you hooked from the first word to the last page.About the Title:As a child, there was an old staircase in our not so old home. The last but one step had one half missing. Irrespective of how many times we climbed up and down those stairs, our heart would have an 'Oh!' moment as we would unfailingly put our foot forward, only to be met by thin air. Life has a penchant for throwing surprises at the most unexpected of moments. And every surprise leaves you with that same catch of breath, that same 'Oh!'.The Missing Step is a chronicle of such surprises - some pleasant, some not so much, some that are downright hilarious, and some that are heart-warming. All stories are hand-picked from the best read and most popular stories submitted to the online magazine - Tell-A-Tale.com. We do hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed creating it.About Tell-A-Tale:An e-zine that caters to the literateur in you, Tell-A-Tale is India's first online magazine that focuses exclusively on the ecosystem of stories and storytelling, both in the oral and written format. It is a platform for budding writers and storytellers to showcase their work to a global audience, at the same time delivering news from the literary world into your hands. About the Editor:Poornima Rao has been in the teaching profession for the last thirty-five years in various capacities. A student of Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages-Hyderabad, she works as a freelance author and editor for various top-notch publishing houses. She has also worked with the National Institute for Open Schooling (Ministry of HRD), NCERT and CBSE to select and develop teaching material for teachers and students.