The Taylorville Writer is having problems with his memory. He thinks he is fine. His wife thinks otherwise. She gives him three words to remember and goes to the drug store.He is primed and ready for the question. When she returns, walks around eating a candy bar and talking about other things.Then she finally asks what are the three little words?The beginning of the end started long before man was created. The creation myth as only a Fantasy Mastermind could dream it. Views: 351
PeeDee3 is one bad bug with a zeal to kill...for a price. But now he's trailing his very last mark and this hit’s on the house because revenge is footing the bill. With his trusty bowling ball cannon at his exoskeletonized side and his complex eyes opened wide all he needs is a target. But time is running out because the death he’s avenging is his own. File under Sci-Fi Noir Comedy SeriesPeeDee3, Season 1, Episode 1Cloaked in shadow, a tall figure lurks in a doorway, ducking the weather and a solitary streetlamp. A pair of segmented antennae poke though his faded fedora. Four plated arms are through the sleeves of a weathered trench coat; the collar’s pulled up high against the planet’s menthol flavored rain. Huge, complex eyes reflect light in a prism of colors. His mandibles click together in anticipation. On the mortar wall behind him ink runs from a wanted poster featuring his hard, crusty mug and is signed by Galactapus Caesar himself. A claw slips inside the coat and rests on the handle of his Tek-Tonic’s Turbo Tornado Thrust Generator. His mark, a bulbous blubbertoad slithers out of Dante’s Hotel Inferno. In a blur of claws the bug draws and fires, four weapons discharge simultaneously and a woman screams. It’s another mark down and another fee collected. All in a night’s work, if you happen to be PeeDee3, Intergalactic, Insectiod Assassin. PeeDee3, Episode one: Gut FeelingPeeDee3 is one bad bug with a zeal to kill...for a price. But now the intergalactic, insectiod assassin is trailing his very last mark and this hit’s on the house because revenge is footing the bill. With his trusty bowling ball cannon at his exoskeletonized side and his complex eyes spread wide all he needs is a target. But time is running out because the death he’s avenging is his own. This is the first ever Peedee3, the story that started, and ended, it all. But this ending is really just the beginning…of the inevitable ending. Either way, the ride is fun. File under Sci-Fi Noir Comedy Series. Views: 350
Maia has spent the last fifty years of her life alone but can one night change all that? Can she finally have her Happy Ever After?Somewhere deep in her mind Christine Marsden is witnessing the murder of young girls.And now she has urges to hurt her own children.After a head injury which left her having nightmares and visions, Christine is convinced that something inside her brain has broken, and that she is slowly sinking into insanity.She is terrified of what she might be capable of. She fears that in losing her mind she will also lose her children and husband.Christine embarks on a desperate fight to try to halt the fracture of her mind before it’s too late, and in doing so, discovers the hidden truth behind the dark horrors she is experiencing. Views: 350
Here's a very fun story for children about very smelly cheese. I wrote it after visiting a smelly cheese factory in France. That cheese was smelly, but the cheese is my story is far, far worse. Mr Smelleigh, the manufacturer, says it's the smelliest thing in the world. If it isn't, he'll eat his pet skunk.So he's in for trouble when Stanley and friends arrive for a guided tour of the factory ...Mr Smelleigh's great, great grandfather arrived from France with no money but a recipe for smelly cheese tucked in his sock. He built the famous cheese factory that Mr Smelleigh now runs. The cheese is so smelly that it makes cars break down and flowers wilt. But it's so delicious that nobody minds. Mr Smelleigh is sure that his cheese is the smelliest thing in the world. He's so sure that he tells people he'll eat his pet skunk if he finds something that's even smellier. So when Stanley comes along, wearing a pair of socks that he's worn all week, including in bed, is Mr Smelleigh in for a shock? What else lies in store for him? Will he still be making Smelleigh's smelly cheese after Stanley's visit? Read the story, laugh, and find out! Views: 350
Lydia Bettridge has a plan. To capture the attention of Geoffrey Danforth, the man who has stolen her heart but barely notices her, she has engaged the help of Phillip, a friend of her brother's, to play the love-smitten fool in public, in hopes of piquing the interest of her unnamed love. But when Geoffrey himself shows up to take Phillip's place, what's a girl to do?Note: This is a short story (less than 10,000 words) and not a novella. Customers who enjoy the traditional Regency Romances of Georgette Heyer, Barbara Metzger, and Carla Kelly will enjoy this witty Regency short story by New York Times bestselling author Candice Hern. Lydia Bettridge is a young woman suffering the pangs of unrequited love. To capture the attention of Geoffrey Danforth, the man who has stolen her heart but barely notices her, she has resorted to desperate measures with a seemingly clever plan. By engaging the help of Phillip, a friend of her brother's, to play the love-smitten fool in public, she hopes to pique the interest of her unnamed love. But when Geoffrey himself shows up to take Phillip's place, all her careful planning is turned upside down. What's a girl to do but to make the best of it? This short story was originally published in The Mammoth Book of Regency Romance. Views: 350
James, the son of a Duke, and Erika, an American student, are as unlikely a couple as could be imagined. Lambasted by their families, the lovers go their separate ways. As the years go by, James and Erika both marry other people but cannot forget the special love for each other that still remains in their hearts. Twenty years after last seeing each other, they meet again by accident...Santa’s Ninja Elves: two short stories depicting elite elves whose missions are to protect Santa against all enemies using an assortment of cinna-bombs, candy cane bullets, tinsel traps and throwing bells and intelligence from the fortune-telling Mrs. Clause. After years of dedicated service, Santa decides to reward them by helping them find love on Christmas.Past retirement, Natasha is sent from the North Pole to Ohio on a final mission to identify a threat to Santa. Natasha runs the lead to ground, only to find Santa sent her there for an entirely different mission. She’s been set up with a handsome stranger, a final gift from Santa to his favorite Ninja Elf.Hunter gets drunk on eggnog one day and beheads an innocent snowman. His punishment: he’s banished from the North Pole to work at a mall in Arizona, managing a fake Santa’s long line of kids. When the fake Santa sheds the fat suit to reveal a beautiful woman, Hunter falls fast for the woman who makes him feel the thrill Christmas Eve with one look. Views: 350
Review“Is there any Canadian novel as compelling and as good at capturing youthful anxieties as J. D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye? Absolutely.…Leonard Cohen’s first novel, The Favourite Game.…One of the 10 best Canadian novels of the 20th century.…”— Globe and Mail (January 2000)“The Favourite Game is a morally brave book, intimate and unflinching.…Leonard Cohen sustains the highest level of poetic craftsmanship throughout.”— Paul Quarrington“He is a writer of terrific energy and colour, a Rabelaisian comic and a visualiser of some memorable scenes.”— The Observer (U.K.)“It is the kind of book that becomes a law unto itself, simply because there is nothing with which to compare it.”— Calgary AlbertanFrom the Paperback edition.Product DescriptionIn this unforgettable novel, Leonard Cohen boldly etches the youth and early manhood of Lawrence Breavman, only son of an old Jewish family in Montreal. Life for Breavman is made up of dazzling colour – a series of motion pictures fed through a high-speed projector: the half-understood death of his father; the adult games of love and war, with their infinite capacity for fantasy and cruelty; his secret experiments with hypnotism; the night-long adventures with Krantz, his beloved comrade and confidant. Later, achieving literary fame as a college student, Breavman does penance through manual labour, but ultimately flees to New York. And although he has loved the bodies of many women, it is only when he meets Shell, whom he awakens to her own beauty, that he discovers the totality of love and its demands, and comes to terms with the sacrifices he must make.From the Paperback edition. Views: 350
Elves cant get Library cards.So they cant (legally) get books out.When Violet the Librarian finds out someone is borrowing books without a library card she starts to investigate.It turns out the person borrowing the books illegally is actually an elf.An elf that loves books as much as she does. An elf that gets kidnapped.An elf that needs her help. This leads to high fantasy adventure and the an attempted rescue. What is the secret behind the Sorceress's Masks? Views: 349
A pair of star-crossed lovers fight for their love and lives when they wind up in the middle of a secret world filled with ancient beings and secrets.College sophomore Bryn Dawson is a self-proclaimed poster child for normal. However, the day William Hayward enters her life, normalcy is the last thing Bryn will be able to count on if she wants to be with him. Too mysterious and appealing to be good for a girl, Bryn feels drawn to him in a way that seems out of her control—as if fate is orchestrating it. Despite every red flag and warning siren going off in her head telling her not to, Bryn falls hard for William, knowing he’s categorically different from anyone she’s ever met. She never imagined how right she was. When William takes her deeper into the rabbit hole of his world, Bryn must decide just how much she is willing to sacrifice to be with him, knowing no matter what, fate always finds a way to have the last laugh.Spinning a new twist on star-crossed lovers, Eternal Eden will put Bryn through a gauntlet of turmoil, challenging her to find the power within herself to become the heroine in her own story. Views: 349
A lonely woman starts hearing voices coming from an electric heater.Dementia or a severe case of loneliness? A single, middle-aged woman with a vivid imagination discovers her electric heater talks to her. Does she succumb to madness? Views: 349
Jazz, armed with a bevy of weapons and her favorite motorcycle, is putting Clowntown behind her. The Nittsburg boarder is just minutes away and she desperately needs to scrub the magical stone gurgling in her belly. But she has the Kriscrossa, the Crank’s elite fighter squadron, on her tail. Seems like Jazz has two choices, run and get herself shot, or stand and fight and get herself shot.Jazz, Season One, Episode FourDJ, Jazz’s trusty sidekick, brought Jazz her favorite motorcycle and a bevy of weapons. Leaving Clowntown behind them, the Nittsburg boarder, meaning food, sleep, and relative safety, is minutes away and Jazz desperately needs to get back to her office and scrub the magical stone gurgling in her belly. If she doesn’t, then she’ll relive every injury the stone ever healed and no one had any idea how old the thing is. On her modified motorcycle and with a full tank of Jowndus juice the trip’s a piece of cake But it seems that Jazz had managed to rile up a squadron of Cranks and as fast as it is, her bike is no match for Crank flycraft, especially the Kriscrossa, the Crank’s elite fighter squadron. Seems like Jazz has two choices, run and get herself shot, or stand and fight and get herself shot. Views: 349
We walked in on a surreal scene. There are few words, if any, to accurately describe the abject horror...What Jeannie and Kevin McDonough saw was a wanted, multi-state serial killer about to take his next victim-their own daughter. What happened next was a thrilling true-crime story of a fight for justice and the harrowing struggle with the unexpected nightmare of survivor guilt"." Views: 349
Circe Quinn goes to sleep at home and wakes up in a corral filled with women wearing sacrificial virgin attire - and she is one of them. She soon finds out that she’s not having a wild dream, she’s living a frightening nightmare where she’s been transported to a barren land populated by a primitive people and in short order, she’s installed very unwillingly on her white throne of horns as their Queen.
Dax Lahn is the king of Suh Tunak, The Horde of the nation of Korwahk and with one look at Circe, he knows she will be his bride and together they will start The Golden Dynasty of legend.
Circe and Lahn are separated by language, culture and the small fact she’s from a parallel universe and has no idea how she got there or how to get home. But facing challenge after challenge, Circe finds her footing as Queen of the brutal Korwahk Horde and wife to its King, then she makes friends then she finds herself falling in love with this primitive land, its people and especially their savage leader. Views: 349
