A popular monster from the Philippines, known as an aswang, terrorizes the island of Oahu. It's up to one little girl to put a stop to the beast's reign of panic. A dark fantasy novella.Screaming Machinery are a power-trio from Manchester, playing gigs to rapturous crowds. But what their fans don't realise is that they are also mighty heroes, regularly saving the world with magic and sword.They are called upon again when Manchester comes under dire threat. Eighteen murders take place, each a node in a vast rune drawn across the city in blood. Something very large and powerful is coming through and it's up to Screaming Machinery to try and stop it ... Views: 409
In a world that resembles our own, there are places where the other-worldly gather and build. Atoranon is such a city - founded and protected by those who are not quite human. And in that city is a small boy living a modest life as a shop keeper's helper, who finds himself meeting the most extraordinary of folk.In a world that resembles our own, there are places where the other-worldly gather and build. Atoranon is such a city - founded and protected by those who once were and yet are not quite human. Within walls that have existed for centuries, there a small boy living a modest life as a shop keeper's helper. Through his eyes, we see the wonders, and horrors, of the only home he has ever known. Views: 409
Bohemia, 1866They met in a port-side tavern, their lust-filled moments stolen from days of marching and madness. After eighteen months, Captain Rudolph von Ratzlaff and First Lieutenant Mathias Hofmann have decided to run away from everything they hold dear. Resigning their commissions is social suicide, but there's no other choice. Someone will eventually see Rudolph's partiality toward Mathias. Now their plans have gone horribly awry... When Mathias goes to Rudolph's tent after their last battle, his lover looks at him without a hint of recognition. Mathias can hardly believe the man he knew is gone. He wants to fill in so many of Rudolph's missing memories, but the doctor says a shock could result in permanent damage. The pain of seeing Rudolph on a daily basis, when Rudolph doesn't remember their love, is excruciating. Now Mathias must decide whether he wants to fight for the man he loves or forget him completely...43,000 words Views: 409
Reese was a preemie, she was suffering from Leukemia, and married the lead singer of her favorite band --- Life. Adam was the lead singer and songwriter of the band.Reese didn't want to ruin Adam's career and his international concert, so she decided to leave without Adam's presence while he was in New York.She spent her last 3 days meaningfully with Adam, the band mates and Dr. Naples.Reese was a preemie,, she was verified of suffering from Leukemia her 6th birthday, she stayed strong to the age of 23 and married the lead singer of her favorite band --- Life. Adam was a lead singer and songwriter of the band based in San Diego.Reese didn't want to ruin Adam's career and his international concert, so she decided to passed away without Adam's presence while he was in L.A.. This a story about how Reese spent her last 3 days meaningfully on earth with Adam, his band mates and her Doctor in charge --- Fredrick Naples. Views: 409
Fortune's Children:The Brides:Meet the Fortune brides--six special women who perpetuate a family legacy greater than mere riches!THE CINDERELLA ASSIGNMENTWhen Jack Fortune's motherless daughter moved in with him, this ever-so-competent CEO needed Amanda Corbain, his faithful assistant, to become Lilly's temporary live-in nanny. Suddenly this natural-born nurturer was living out her ultimate fantasy, but no amount of dreaming had prepared Amanda for the feelings he aroused. And now Amanda had one final wish before this Cinderella assignment ended.... Views: 408
Enjoy her wedding shower...or receive a cold dunking? In addition to running her flower shop, planning her wedding, and juggling two mothers who both want to host an elaborate bridal shower, Abby Knight is facing another complication. Her ditzy cousin Jillian asks her and her longtime beau, Marco, a private detective, to find a woman who's gone missing from the exclusive beach house belonging to Jillian's in-laws, the Osbornes. The missing woman is also the fianc e of Pryce Osborne, a wet noodle with a big bank account who dumped Abby just before their wedding several years ago. Merely being anywhere near Pryce makes Abby's insecurities grow like kudzu.... Then a woman's drowned body surfaces, and Pryce becomes a prime suspect in her death. Unless Abby and Marco can get a killer to come clean, their bridal shower will turn into a complete washout...and Pryce will be exchanging a sunny beach for a prison cell. Views: 408
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Tabitha can’t shake the feeling that something exists beyond the fences of her village. And when she sneaks out, past the gates and down the path into the Forest of Hands and Teeth, she meets a boy who teaches her heart things she never knew. But love in a world surrounded by so much death doesn’t come without its sacrifices, and Tabitha gradually realizes just how much she’ll have to give up to live among the Unconsecrated. Views: 408
Paydon Mallory is a college freshman. She and her roommate, Carrie can't wait for the school year to begin. But there is a dark secret in Elsie Newton Hall. Can Paydon and Carrie stop the madness once and for all, or will it claim them for its own?Short Story: Approx 2500 wordsEnter the one true realm of one thousand and fifty shades of grey... How did the world without color come to be?Discover the ancient mystery in this short story that started it all, the prequel to the monumental epic fantasy LORDS OF RAINBOW!"To read Vera Nazarian's Lords of Rainbow is to be immersed in a dream, wandering through a wondrous, shifting landscape where the sun shines silver and the world is rendered in an infinite palette of subtle grays, filled with glimpses of sublime loveliness and glorious color."— Jacqueline Carey, author of KUSHIEL'S DART"...like all of Vera's stories—strange, poignant, and exquisite... her novel about a world without color—strange when what she writes is so colorful."— Marion Zimmer Bradley"But no mere words of mine can convey the experience of reading Lords of Rainbow. Just believe me, and read."— John Grant, Crescent Blues Views: 408
Gil's second flash fiction anthology adds more spice to the mix, especially when it comes to time. (You'll see what that means.) From horror and science fiction to comedy and romance, dive into 30 stories you can read quickly anytime, anywhere."Thirty More Stories" is the companion volume to "Thirty Stories," Gil C. Schmidt's collections of stories that fit on one page. Flash fiction is meant to delight the reader with quick bursts of imagery and emotion, and Gil's stories achieve that and much more. Ranging from horror to comedy, romance and science fiction, "Thirty More Stories" delivers fiction that can be read in mere minutes and enjoyed for days on end. Views: 408
Darci is a popular sixteen-year-old girl who plays basketball and lives in a country town. But her life is changed forever when she is accidentally transported to the land of Nahaba by Taslessian an apprentice wizard.Within hours of her arrival, both are thrust into a dangerous journey to the cave of Grisham the Great in the hope that he can send her home but not all is as it as it seems.Darci is a popular sixteen-year-old girl who plays basketball and lives in an ordinary country town. But her life is changed forever when she is accidentally transported to the land of Nahaba by a young apprentice wizard called Taslessian.Within hours of her unexpected arrival, both teens are thrust into a dangerous journey to the cave of Grisham the Great in the hope that he would be able to send her home.Upon reaching the cave, however, Darci quickly discovers that there is no such thing as accidents, and that their journey is only just beginning. The Quest of the Demon has begun. Views: 408
The newest opus from the Master of Far Fetched Fiction features magic, mayhem, mechanical marvels, messianic madness, and the music hall
Colonel Katterfelto has returned to London, having departed America under something of a cloud—of smoke, issuing from his Spiritual Laboratory, which the townsfolk of Wormcast, Arizona, marched upon with their flaming torches. This catastrophic conflagration caused considerable concern to the pious colonel, who had been engaged in the creation of "Heaven's last and best gift to Mankind," The Mechanical Messiah—he was, after all, being guided in this Great Work by holy angels, communicating to him through his monkey butler, Darwin. It is 1897, the British Empire encompasses Mars, and an uneasy peace exists between the peoples of Venus, Jupiter, and Earth. In London the marvels of the modern age to be experienced include The Electric Alhambra Music Hall, where crowds thrill to The Earl Grey Whistle Test—a musical extravaganza featuring such top turns as Hayward's Acrobatic Kiwis, The Travelling Formbys, and the newly-arrived Colonel Katterfelto's Clockwork Minstrels. But all is far from well in old Whitechapel, where a monster is once more abroad in the night-time streets, committing hideous acts of murder. Can this be the return of Jack the Ripper, or has something altogether unearthly and Hellishly evil materialized? Famed consulting detective Cameron Bell is already on the case, but it may take nothing less than the New Messiah Himself to save London, The Empire, and all of the solar system from the impending apocalypse! Views: 408
