A reporter visits a Chinese village and uncovers a dark secret. A beggar loses his only friend, his dog, and embarks on a nerve-wracking search for him. A little girl wants nothing more from her father than a doll's house for Christmas - but he doesn't have enough money to afford it. A young woman receives a strange gift and ends up in a strange world. These and other stories are in this book. A collection of short stories, fantastic, authentic or true - they all have one message: Believe in yourself. Believe in the good and it will happen to you.Elias J. Connor is an author in the genres of fantasy, drama, social drama and thriller, sometimes also in other genres such as children's and young adult literature and non-fiction. Already in early childhood Elias begins to write; first short stories, later complete stories. But he only does this in secret. In 2013, a close friend gave him the idea of making his works accessible to the public. In 2014, Connor's first novel was published.