On his ninth birthday, Gwyn is given a brooch and told to cast it into the wind. Later he discovers the wind has sent something back: the snow spider. So begins Gwyn's journey as a magician. Against the shimmering backdrop of a magical domed city, Gwyn has to battle evil and heal a fractured family. A spine-tingling trilogy of stories, full of magic and power. Views: 486
Xavier Walton's First Kiss is a tween handbook of the often awkward and complex world of boy-girl interaction. Follow Xavier as he moves from the uncomfortable world of school life, to the more open spaces of summer camp. It is at sleep-away camp that he finally crosses the threshold from boy to young man, and shares a kiss with his summer girl.A collection of 16 short stories.What's a Pretty Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? - A middle-aged waitress has a chance encounter with a truck driver.Prescription - A man needs to buy a prescription for his sick wife, but doesn't have enough money.A Brief Hospital Stay - A man waits by his ailing wife's bedside.Game Shows Touch Our Lives - A man sits in a bar after an ill-fated appearance on a TV game show.An Old, Broken Ship - A woman is left to care for her aging, ailing father.Plus 11 others. Views: 486
The Commander (Book One)Carol, a housewife in the 1960s, catches Transform Sickness and from this, changes into a predator. Held against her will, she must figure out how to survive, then choose her destiny.The Commander (Book One)Carol Hancock, wife, mother, pillar of the community and faithful member of her church, never expected to contract Transform Sickness. Certainly she never expected to make that rarest of transformations, the female predator transformation. Now she was trapped in the custody of doctors working to research a cure for Transform Sickness while her body changed underneath her, becoming stronger, faster, with more acute senses, resistance to poisons, and more able to heal. Her mind changed underneath her, with new tempers, more aggression, violent mood swings and new hungers. She had new enemies, many of whom wanted to kill her for what she’d become, and more who wanted to use her as a tool. And she was dying, like all the other previous female predators in America except one, and that one had become a psychotic serial killer. She must figure out a way to survive her transformation and her enemies, preferably without becoming a psychotic serial killer herself. Views: 486
The day shall come when vampires will thirst no more. But first, the Saviors must bond. Vampires and Lifebloods saga continue in this installation of Vampire Saviors. Clarity and Baron rekindle their romance as they search for the power of the sun. Zill learns the true power of the bond she shares with Vayle. And Fawn discovers she has a connection and an attraction to another supernatural creature, who is not a vampire. Views: 486
In this short story, space is a harsh, unforgiving place - especially if you're holding a fish.*Contains adult themes and language. Not for the faint of heart or the narrow of mind.*This story is a companion piece to 'The Elf and The Ogre, which by the way is also completely free.Forever Ends is one of many self-contained tales of an aberrant future. Find more in 'Breaking Benjamin', available in print or e-book. Views: 486
Product DescriptionHow do we deal with and attempt to understand God's presence and overarching love for us when life goes wrong, when we encounter difficulties and tragedies? This noted Benedictine monk and priest shares his personal journeys through troubled times, using the discipline of meditating on single words of Scripture from the New Testament. He skillfully translates from Greek to English to reveal these "buried treasures" with multiple nuances of meaning that give light along difficult paths in life.Meditations are followed by questions for reflection, further examples from Scripture, and a quote from the Rule of Saint Benedict to aid the reader. Ideal for readers and practitioners of Benedictine spirituality,plus parish prayer and study groups. About the AuthorAlbert Holtz is a Benedictine monk of Newark Abbey, Newark, NJ, working in his monastery's inner-city prep school where he teaches New Testament. He has served as master of novices for 25 years and as a retreat master for Benedictine communities around the United States. He is the author of six books, including Pilgrim Road: A Benedictine Journey Through Lent and From Holidays to Holy Days: A Benedictine Journey Through Advent, both from Morehouse. Views: 486
Raven is an ordinary twenty one year old woman who lives in Portland Maine, with her boyfriend Lavon of five years, who is now becoming controlling and violent. Ravens life is about to change and she is about to be opened up to a whole new world of the supernatural. She starts having these sort of deep feelings for a movie star named Mike Wolfe, after she watches one of his movies called Dark Love, with her cousin Lila. The feelings are like a dejavue, but are really strong. She starts to have dreams and fantasies of him, and each day that she has these dreams, the more realistic they become as if they were actually happening. Thats when she begins to love him, and she starts to wonder if maybe she has lost her mind. That is until she wins a contest to meet him. Then the real truth starts to unveil and make itself known little by little. Raven and Mike instantly fall for each other as if it was their destiny in life, to be together. Then she starts her new... Views: 486
Susan Turner wants for her children what her parents gave her - a loving home, a happy childhood, stability and security. Now, thanks to her lustful husband, she can only give them part of what she'd hoped for her son and daughter.Starting over is never easy... If Susan Turner had imagined what her life would be like at forty, she would never have seen herself as a legally separated almost divorced mother of two butting heads with her normally straight-laced A-student daughter and living in a rundown house on the sorrier side of town, or that she would be the main attraction for her sexy neighbor down the street (a man with a horrible secret), or that she would be standing up to her husband Captain Jonathan Turner of the Sheffield Police Department. So when she finds herself in this improbable-to-her situation, learning her newly-purchased residence is inhabitated by a ghost seems just another hurdle to jump. With a keen eye and a determined mind, Susan moves on with her life, doing the best she can and making the most of her situation, all the while striving to maintain a stable, loving environment for her children. Views: 486
Physiotherapist Stephanie McKinley has always admired handsome actor Jordan Simpson. So she's shocked when her latest client turns out to be the dark-eyed superstar. Except now she's faced with the man behind the famous facade—Jordan St. Claire, wealthy aristocrat!Recuperating from an accident at Mulberry Hall, his extensive family estate, Jordan isn't suffering in silence. Roaming around the mansion, he's like a sulky—but deadly attractive—beast! Albeit one who's about to unleash Stephanie's reserved sensuality once and for all.... Views: 486
Welcome to Kluskey's spacer hangout. Here, spacers swap yarns of ghost ships, space monsters, the weird and wonderful and the downright daft. In this story the hangout is visited by alien monks keen to try Tam Kluskey’s famous burgers.The five little men who walk into Kluskey’s are no ordinary customers. They are Shantaitha, monks from the planet Gide, making an epic journey across human space. On the way, they would like Kluskey Burgers. Views: 485
Bron and Rast thought it would be an easy pay day, kill a wandering party of orcs that are harassing a nearby village then reap the rewards. The battle might just be harder than they thought though with some unexpected allies helping out.Wannabe secret agents and gumshoes rejoice! By now everyone knows that the Government doesn’t really spy on its own citizens, right? And even if they had the audacity to orchestrate such a devious scheme, what stealthy means would they employ to get the job done? Meet Bruce 5, ordinary domesticated house pet by day, covert four-legged operative by dark. After nearly exposing a clandestine plot to snoop on the public via RFID tags, one cheeky beagle and an unlikely crew of rogue agents must elude capture by an underground organization known as the MUTTS (Mobile Underground Transponder Tracking Specialists). In their madcap bid to escape the powers-that-be, they will encounter bohemian foes, cryptic codes, killer bees, and beaver drones—that’s right, beavers! It’s a chaotic derby of espionage and conspiracies galore, where one dog holds the microchip to save the people from an evil entity lurking in their midst.In the zany spirit of parody, Bruce 5 utilizes his newfound verbal skills to spoof over five decades of iconic films and television shows. No one is spared from an onslaught of innuendos and double entendre that this crude-mouthed canine unleashes. The dossier for frenzied fun is now in the readers’ imaginations. Adventure abounds for all those intrepid sleuths who wish to decipher the truth. And don’t forget to help the renegades interpret an anagram they find along their mission--it represents a vital clue in the wordplay at bay. Views: 485
War was cruelty, cruelty was war. Sacrifices must be made by both sides.Rydere Dardanos was king of the Dardaptos people—the race of beings responsible for the ancient vampire legends. He'd do anything to protect his people in the war between the Dardaptoans and all those named Taniss.Emily Taniss was the new CEO of Taniss Industries, the company her grandfather started sixty years ago. The company responsible for so many horrific acts against the Dardaptoan people. Her grandfather's actions held many repercussions for Emily and her cousins. It would take them years to straighten it all out.But Emily didn't have years, she had only moments.Rydere saw the young woman's death as a necessary sacrifice for his people. So many of his people had been lost at Taniss hands, her death was only fitting. Owed to his people. He didn't have to like killing her, but he would do it. He held her small body clutched against him as he lowered his fangs toward her neck. He would make it easy on her,... Views: 485
A heartwarming romantic short story where an adopted dog plays cupid to a Sheriff Deputy and a kindhearted young woman suffering from a broken heart.A lunch break length feel good short story. Liz Jorden who's healing from a relationship gone bad, reluctantly adopts a forlorn dog from the Humane Society. While she's on the way home daydreaming over a name for her new pet, Sheriff McSexy pulls her over for speeding. Both she and her Belgian Malinois take a shine to the handsome enforcer of the law. How can Brad Pitt possibly be the catalyst that brings Liz and the Sheriff together?*This story contains excerpts of author's full length romantic suspense novel, as well as a bonus excerpt from Stacey Joy Netzel.Apx 5000 words plus bonus extras. Views: 485
A tale of how grandfather outwitted the Leprechaun Views: 485
