Seeing the ghost of your dead girlfriend might be scary for most but not for Kade Mathews. Zoey's spirit brings him the much needed peace he craves. Until he is forced to make a choice. It will be the toughest decision he has ever had to make.It is July 25, 1864 when the good inspector James Wright is called to the chief inspector, as a murder suspect has asked for him by name. Unsure of what could be afoot, the inspector finds his good friend and sometimes ally the Count of Samerand cuffed in irons for the murder of a man. The count faces death if proven guilty, and the obvious affection the have for each other does not help the matter. How will the count save himself before he meets his end? Views: 654
A twisted comedy of pseudo psychology, country music, and recreational boating... Unbalanced country music fan, Andy Mowf, has been listening to his hair stylist instead of his psychiatrist. Andy, his stylist, and two other friends head into the woods, anticipating a light-hearted weekend of camping.Paula Kasper had dropped out of the Psychology program at the University of Texas in her junior year to open a hair salon south of Downtown Austin. An hour of hairdressing and scalp massages usually obliterated her clients’ inhibitions, and they unburdened themselves of their most intimate dilemmas. Sudsy-haired, jabbering customers declared to Paula, “That was splendid advice you gave me!” Years of flattering feedback and profuse thanks for her faux wisdom nuggets had inflated Paula’s sense of competency, and she was deluded into thinking she was equally effective as the licensed professionals. She cut Andy Mowf’s hair every week, and had become his sounding board. Views: 654
Each of us shall experience or perpetrate some wrong in our lives. At the critical stage of reconciliation and healing, it is vitally important that we are able to give others and ourselves the benefit of a ‘second chance’. And if you are like I used to be growing up, you may need to receive a ‘second chance’ many times before you eventually get it right.As a growing child, the one thing that I experienced in abundance was ‘second chances.’ In fact, I’d go as far as to say that without having had my fair share of second chances, my life would have taken a much different course. Second chances were my life saver!Not surprisingly, one of my favourite books was Victor Hugo’s ‘Les Misērables,’ a story that was chiefly responsible for transforming me from ‘Thief’ to that of ‘Probation Officer’ in later life. I was also fascinated by the bible story of Christ telling His followers to ‘turn the other cheek’ in circumstances where it seemed more natural to ‘strike back.’ I eventually came to understand that the instruction of Christ to turn the other cheek wasn’t so that the offender might strike you once more, but to afford him/her ‘a second chance’ not to strike you again.Wherever the fault lies, whatever the character trait requiring changing happens to be or however the behaviour needs improvement, being provided with ‘a second chance’ is essential to one’s overall sense of well being. It may be that losing weight is what is required to getting a second chance at life or giving up smoking or abstaining from alcohol or drugs. One may need to address one’s inappropriate behaviour of aggression, distrust, bullying, dishonesty, name calling or anything which adversely affects one’s life and image. Whatever the unhappy state of being, ‘a second chance’ may be what one requires to either give or receive.‘Sleezy the Fox’ is a book of four stories about the overarching theme of ‘second chances’. On the surface it deals with the immigration of a married couple and their seven children into a strange country, the bullying of neighbours, the ostracizing of offenders from the community as a whole and the alienation that often exists between man and wild beast and beast and wild man!Each of us shall experience or perpetrate some wrong in our lives. At the critical stage of reconciliation and healing, it is vitally important that we are able to give others and ourselves the benefit of a ‘second chance’. And if you are like I used to be growing up, you may need to receive a ‘second chance’ many times before you eventually get it right. Views: 654
Julia and Elliott discover they share a supernatural connection that's never been revealed before but Julia is skiddish and Elliott is forced to convince Julia they are fated but when Elliott's best friend Jesse Thomas turns out to be much more than meets the eye, it's all Elliott can do to hold on to his new love, while attempting to survive an enormous threat on their future. Views: 654
This collection of nine proto-science fiction tales, translated and edited by renowned science fiction writer and scholar Brian Stableford, ranges from Louis-Sébastien Mercier's 1768 opening tale, in which the hero communicates with the dead through a beam that anticipates a modern-day laser, to an 1887 story by Guy de Maupassant that speculates on Martian life. In between, we have tales of a heart transplant, a device that can see through time and an alien dragon. The book also includes Albert Robida's classic novella "The Monkey King" in which Saturnin Farandoul, shipwrecked as a baby and raised by apes on a Pacific Island, visits the Mysterious Island and joins forces with Captain Nemo to battle the savage pirate hordes of Bora-Bora. The stories gathered here exemplify the manifest intention of writers from the 18th and early 19th centuries to create a new genre of modern, imaginative fiction, distinctively different from the Utopias and occult romances typical of the times. This edition includes a historical introduction and notes by Stableford. Views: 654
Two knife wounds--one to the groin, one to the hand impaling him to the desk--suggested somebody definitely wanted the guy dead. In this Amanda Carlisle Mystery set in posh Del Mar, California, empath Amanda Carlisle and detective Nick Caswell find themselves in a race with a nearly invisible psychopath. When Amanda mind-walks the killer, she discovers a complex Freudian psychosis that may be the key to the crime. Unbeknownst to her, that psychotic mind has decided Amanda will be next. It will take Nick's hardboiled sleuthing and Amanda's deciphering the victim's cryptic clues to catch the killer in gorgeous surf-meets-turf Del Mar--where the ponies race and a psychopath is on the run. Reviews: "The most frightening monsters are those who don't seem like monsters at all. Freud's Revenge is a mystery novel surrounding a murder in Del Mar, California, as detective Nick Caswell and empath Amanda Carlisle are on the trail of a ritualistic murder. Taking cues from the psychology of Freud, Freud's Revenge is a riveting thriller with plenty of enticing twists and turns. (Helen Dumont, Midwest Book Review) "Psychotherapist Adams explores the world she knows best and injects it with a dose of cold-blooded murder. On Monday morning, things are business as usual at Seaside Mental Health Clinic, but by Tuesday its staff and patients are thrust into a world of anonymous threats, inter-colleague sexual liaisons, unmedicated psychotics and a brutal ritualistic murder. The man to solve the case is Nick Caswell, a character with a name on par with any Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett could come up with...Adams novel quickly gathers speed, and the reader's interest...Psychotherapy and murder go together like peas and carrots." (Kirkus Review) "Freud's Revenge is a churning whodunit. It explores the Freudian dimensions of human development as they manifest in sane people acting insane and insane people acting sane. A smartly written mystery with enough twists and turns to keep readers guessing right to the end. A fun read." (Tom Leech, author of Say It Like Shakespeare and On the Road in '68) The most frightening monsters are those who don't seem like monsters at all. "Freud's Revenge" is a mystery novel surrounding a murder in Del Mar, California, as detective Nick Caswell and empath Amanda Carlisle are on the trail of a ritualistic murder. Taking cues from the psychology of Freud, "Freud's Revenge" is a riveting thriller with plenty of enticing twists and turns. (Helen Dumont, Midwest Book Review) Views: 654
A scientist must face the hardest decision of his life: is humanity really faced with inevitability, or do we make our own choices?UPDATES WILL COME PERIODICALLY******************************A scientist must face the hardest decision of his life: is humanity really faced with inevitability, or do we make our own choices?It's the year 2053, and society has changed drastically: fossil fuels are no longer used, computers are more powerful than ever, and governments have even bigger secrets. But there is one thing that hasn't been fully explored: the mind. Will humans bond with machines on a deeper level than ever before? Only time will tell. Join scientist John MacLeere for a mystery that is sure to get you thinking about what it means to be human!******************************UPDATES WILL COME PERIODICALLY Views: 654
Life has never been normal for Gemma. Only recently, has she been able to feel emotion. And when she’s around Alex, the new guy at school, she can feel electricity that makes her skin buzz. Plus the monsters from her nightmares have crossed over into real-life. And as her world starts to fall apart, figuring out the secrets of her past becomes a matter of life and death.For eighteen year-old Gemma, life has never been normal. Up until recently, she has been incapable of feeling emotion. And when she’s around Alex, the gorgeous new guy at school, she can feel electricity that makes her skin buzz. Not to mention the monsters that haunt her nightmares have crossed over into real-life. But with Alex seeming to hate her and secrets popping up everywhere, Gemma’s life is turning into a chaotic mess. Things that shouldn’t be real suddenly seem to exist. And as her world falls apart, figuring out the secrets of her past becomes a matter of life and death. Views: 653
Miranda, ordinary accountant gave a seat at her table to a remarkable woman. The encounter started an extraordinary teacher student relationship that transcended time and altered space. At the end of the apprenticeship Miranda created the elegant vase said to be from previous centuries prior.Jack is a world inside a world. A dream inside a dream. Einstein inside Newton. Hemingway inside Aristophanes. A noun inside a verb. An idea inside an acorn. It is the knot that we call consciousness. Jack exists in a different dimension. Somewhere between reality and fantasy. Between the waking state and sleep. Nightmares on Jack are a reality. They exist. Monsters appear and crawl out from under children’s beds. Time is a prankster and doubles back on you just when you think you have escaped. Jack is especially difficult for children. Who become entranced by their dreams and have trouble separating the world in their mind and the world – out there. On Jack ‘out there’ is an illusion. Views: 653
Tom Angleberger's latest, loopiest middle-grade novel begins when M'Lady Luggertuck loosens her corset (it's never been loosened before!), thereby setting off a chain of events in which all the strict rules of Smugwick Manor are abandoned. When, as a result of "the Loosening," the precious family heirloom, the Luggertuck Lump (quite literally a lump), goes missing, the Luggertucks look for someone to blame. Is it Horton Halfpott, the good-natured but lowly kitchen boy who can't tell a lie? Or one of the many colorful cast members in this silly romp of a mystery. Views: 653
On an Imperial outpost world on the fringes of tau space, the renowned Commissar Ciaphas Cain and his fractious regiment of Valhallan Guard, newly created from the remnants of two devastated units, find themselves in the middle of a war. As the Astra Militarum struggle to contain worldwide civil insurrection, can the wily Commissar Cain identify the real villain before the planet is lost to the Imperium forever? Views: 653
The protagonist, a politician hell-bent on reaching the top by whatever means, finally gets his day in court!IS THERE ANY WAY TO SURVIVE? Eight gripping apocalyptic short stories about the end of the world. As we all know from Hollywood films the end usually begins in America - the rest of the world is an afterthought. Aliens, doomsday bugs, ancient Greek Gods and even time travel are among the surprising ways that destroy planet Earth. The surprising twists and humour make each of the stories unique and fascinating to read. NEW, EXCITING, HORRIFYING TALES THAT WILL CAPTURE YOUR IMAGINATION Views: 653
An experimental horror story about a group of flatmates who have what they describe as a ghost appearing randomly in their new flat. At the same time, the ghost himself has strange, twisted experiences.(Newly proofread)This book is a futuristic sci-fi adventure filled with action and romance and fully illustrated in Kindle form with over 50 original drawings. The second book "Nomads, The Fallen God" is now available on this site, the third part of the trilogy will be finished soon. A planetary romance set on the savage world of Gorn, an Outer Rim world that is inhabited by genetically altered humans known to the outside worlds as Nomads, possessed with an ability to know where they are at all times they wander the hash wastelands. Constantly at war with other tribes we follow one great tribe called the Almadra, their leader Arn is the eldest of three sons and their King, strong, handsome and endowed with the courage to lead, yet at times unsure of his destiny. Into this world fall two castoffs of other worlds, Andra, a young female soldier whose Homeworld is now gone, and Osh, a strange old man who has lived his life as a Cypher, a programmer of powerful Trolacian computers. Together they try and survive against Shadowmen, Sandjars and the wild beasts that are always around them. But they are rescued by the Almadra and soon Arn and Andra begin a relationship that lead them on a journey through the Burning Time, endless grasslands and the godlike creature that lives beneath their feet. Together they become Moric-Kan, the Twin dragons and lead the armies of the Outlands against the Talsonar, the pyramid people, action, romance and mystery abound from beginning to end. Drawing from the style of Frank Herbert, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard, it is a fast moving tale of war, love, betrayal, and redemption. if you liked Dune and Conan you'll love this one. Views: 653
Unfolding on the streets of Los Angeles is a new breed of monster... Orlando, fresh from the mid west, arrives at his new high school on his Harley Davidson.All he wants is to make it through the day, and begin his training as a Zombie Hunter. But someone has different plans for him.The Zombie Story is the first novella in a young adult series.Dead Relatives book #2These sixteen poems celebrate canoeing lakes and rivers in that brightest of all times. The include poems about sun and wind, afternoon thunderstorms, bugs, love, and dry, dry riverbeds. And, yes, that wonderful moment when the sun is high, you’re on the lake, and you get a tailwind.This is part of the series, Canoeing Poems: A Year in Four Volumes. Views: 653
