After seventy centuries of travel using the talisman, Tim is ready to settle down and stop. This is the last time he is going to chase her across the stars. But before he can find her he will have to die again.This time has she really gone to far?"Everything needed for a great story is right here in its pages... The novel's a fast-paced read that raises the questions we've come to expect from near future thrillers, but it has a freshness and a vigor -- and dare I say it -- a moral compass that isn't as common as with others of its ilk." - Charles de Lint: Books to Look For, Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine (July/August 2014)When US Marine Sergeant Jill Repeth's blown-off legs begin to regenerate, she thinks it's a medical miracle. But the breakthrough that heals her war injuries is exactly what the government desperately wants to quash - by any means necessary. Hunted, she must cross an America wracked by strife to try to find a family who may already be dead, searching for the inhuman secret of what started it all.Reaper's Run is an origins story and apocalyptic novel, the beginning of one warrior's journey from tactical cop to freedom fighter and beyond. It leads the reader into the acclaimed Plague Wars futuristic thriller series.Plague Wars: Decade One- The Eden Plague- Reaper's Run- Skull's Shadows- Eden's Exodus- Apocalypse Austin- Nearest NightPlague Wars: Alien Invasion- The Demon Plagues- The Reaper Plague- The Orion Plague- Cyborg Strike- Comes the Destroyer- Forge and SteelPlague Wars: Stellar Conquest- First Conquest- Desolator: Conquest- Tactics of Conquest- Conquest of Earth- Conquest and Empire Views: 405
In these fifteen remarkable stories, M.F.K. Fisher, one of the most admired writers of our time, embraces the coming of old age. With a saint to guide us, she writes, perhaps we can accept in a loving way "the inevitable visits of a possibly nagging harpy like Sister Age" But in the stories, it is the human strength in the unavoidable encounter with the end of life that Fisher dramatizes so powerfully. Other themes—the importance of witnessing death, the marvelous resilience of the old, the passing of vanity—are all explored with insight, sympathy and, often, a sly wit. Views: 405
“If you don’t pay me £250,000.00 in the next 48 Hours you will die”. The text on Josh Hammond’s BlackBerry was blunt and chilling. Surely it must be a joke, but when Josh is attacked in broad daylight and people around him start to die, he knows this is deadly serious. Can Josh raise the money, can his attractive new bodyguard protect him, who is blackmailing him? Why?“If you don’t pay me £250,000.00 in the next 48 Hours you will die”. The text on Josh Hammond’s BlackBerry was blunt and chilling. Surely it must be a joke, but when Josh is attacked in broad daylight and people around him start to die he knows that his blackmailer is deadly serious. Can Josh raise the money, can his attractive new bodyguard protect him, who is blackmailing him and why? He has 48 hours to find out. The first novel in the acclaimed City of London Thriller series is a hit which will enthral everyone who knows and loves its London settings. Rich in detail and truly evocative it is a real page turner, told in around 100,000 words. Views: 405
Jace has one last week of work with elder twin brothers, paroled thieves, both total jerks. On arrival at the eerie locale of their final contract, a crippled young girl warns him off Grey Manor. But a cameo is lost inside and it's two million reasons too tempting for his greedy brothers. Jace must keep them out or face the malevolent Lady Grey who never permits a guest to leave.After three trying months, Jace must get through one last week of work with elder twin brothers, both on parole for burglary, both total jerks. And then he's free of the family who've held him down for seventeen years. On arrival at the eerie locale of their final contract, a young girl with a crippled body warns him off Grey Manor, insisting no-one enter the abandoned mansion. But a lost cameo worth two million dollars is hidden inside and Jace faces the impossible task of keeping his greedy brothers out. When he witnesses a grisly death at the hands of the supposedly missing Lady Grey, Jace learns the girl's words are not easily dismissed, forced to unravel the mystery before it unravels him. Leaving has never been harder and the only one with answers is a comatose girl trapped by an entity whose vengeance knows no bounds. (Short Story) Views: 404
Bridget had a fierce desire for survival which made her a fighter. Michael had a hankering after immortality which made him a dreamer. And that was the great difference between these two Austin transplants who loved each other so well.Bridget & Michael are suddenly without furniture or bed, leaving their home in Miami Beach and on the road for Austin. With their books still boxed inside their one-bedroom cave, they explore their new neighborhood only to discover how sketchy it is. Concerned about their safety, Michael has a plan that will take them to the land of the forsaken for a chance at making their Dreams Come True. Gritty characters abound in this life-affirming novel that knows the importance of being irrational. Views: 404
A Trio of Terror...This story collection features 3 short tales and bonus material: a free excerpt from the author's horror novel "Let's Play in the Garden." Approximately 34 pages.A Trio of Terror...This story collection features 3 short tales and bonus material: a free excerpt from the author's horror novel "Let's Play in the Garden." Approximately 34 pages.In this book you will find:Motherhood- a mother must deal with her demanding, relentless children who push her to the brink of insanity.Expecting- Autumn Brookshire is the outcast of the village, living alone in a hovel in the forest she is visited by a special man all in black. He bestows a gift on her so that Autumn will never be alone again.Melissa's Wagon- An expectant mother dreams of passing on her favorite childhood toy to her child that is until she's visited by a lonely ghost who has other plans for it. Bonus Material: 3 Chapters of Let's Play in the Garden--a horror novel. Visit the author at www.shadowtales.com Views: 404
Ken and Steve reluctantly give up their lawnmowing duties for a weekend of fishing, booze and male bonding. Unfortunately the fish aren't biting, supplies are running low and worst of all ... the beer just ran out.Then, without warning, an alien colony ship arrives in orbit, and that's when Ken's problems REALLY start.A 4000 word short story by the author of the Hal Spacejock series.'Potatoes to Gold' is a short story set in the late 1890s, during the West Australian gold rush, and offers an insight into the living conditions that outback pioneering families endured. The story is told from the perspective of a bright, young girl, Cathleen Sophia, who reveals her love of the outback and her devotion to her grandmother, Bridget. And her fear of having to leave them both. Throughout this piece of historical fiction, Bridget's story is also revealed which tells of an Irish girl who is sent to Australia at the age of twelve and spends the remainder of her life adapting to the loss and hardship her new home presents. Her joy and hope and reason for living lie in her granddaughter, Cathleen Sophia, but what happens when inevitable circumstances force yet another change.'Potatoes to Gold' is inspired by the author's great great-grandmother who was sent to Australia from Ireland at the age of twelve. She died in 1898 in Cue, Western Australia. Views: 404
Featuring Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish. Honoré and Emily find themselves imprisoned in the 19th Century by a celebrated inventor...but help comes from an unexpected source – a humanoid automaton created by, and to give pleasure to, its owner. As the trio escape to London, they are unprepared for what awaits them, and at every turn it seems impossible to avert what fate may have in store for the Clockwork Woman. Part mystery, part detective story, part dark fantasy, part science fiction...original adventures in time and space. Views: 404
Eighteen odd poems about canoeing from a man whose mind goes beyond the waters he paddles.Here are eighteen odd poems about canoeing, including Jesus in a canoe and how, at a campfire at night, the trees seem to touch the stars. Views: 403
A short story geared toward middle-grade readers. This light fantasy tale tells what happens when chronically bullied Tami inadvertently stumbles into Troll's March. Maybe the stories about the March's man-eating inhabitant are just parents' inventions meant to scare their children. Maybe... "Hhrraagh!" What was that?! Unfortunately, Tami is about to find out.The Root of the Trouble is Our Will. The struggle to surrender our will to God—to fight against self, selfishness, and self-preservation—is the fiercest battle that we will ever fight. The human will of Jesus was no different. It shrunk from God’s will as decidedly as ours. Without total submission to His Father, the fallen nature He inherited from Adam would have overcome Him as surely as it overcomes us. This book portrays the battle Jesus fought each day on earth. It paints a picture of his tortured steps, a blueprint of the journey that each one of us must take back to God’s will. How do we win this war against our souls? Only a closer look at Jesus can show us how, a closer look explored within these pages. Views: 403
They say it's impossible to find a man in New York City. Secret McQueen needs to find two in one night. Of course, it ll mean pulling off the impossible find and kill a displaced rogue vampire without disrupting the first promising date she s had in ages. As a werewolf hybrid used to walking a fine line of survival in the vampire world, though, Secret eats impossible for breakfast. Somewhere between hello and the first round of drinks, Secret makes her move. Her target, Hollywood s biggest star, shouldn t be hard to spot. Just look for swarms of fans. Except every time her vampire liaison, Holden, helps keep her mission on track, her date runs further off the rails. Either Holden has a hidden agenda, or he knows more than he s letting on about her quarry. One way or another, Secret is determined to get her man, and meet Mr. Right. Or die trying. Warning: This book contains a sword-wielding assassin whose barbs are sharper than her blade, a vampire with serious brooding issues but a skilled tongue, and an A-lister with a bad habit of eating his fans. This novella takes place approximately one year prior to the events of "Something Secret This Way Comes. " Views: 403
