Lisa Tyrell climbed the corporate ladder out of poverty and into the corner office as a secretary for a growing company. The only problem is her boss, Ken Yamamoto--a domineering perfectionist that just can't seem to live without her. Is it really because she's so good at her job? Or do they share a deep, secret longing, the kind of bond only the most sensitive Dominant can create with his submissive...This story features sensual domination, office style, and the sometimes terrifying journey of self discovery it takes to be both a strong woman and a dedicated submissive--for the right man, Lisa realizes she wants to give all of herself over to his will... But does Mr. Yamamoto know it's only him that can bend her to it? HARDER is a 20,000 word novella that contains sexual language and situations meant for an adult audience. It is also available as part of the Multicultural Erotica compilation DEEPER, LOUDER, HARDER and is continued in the short story HARDEST, all by JORJA TABU. Views: 32
Seventeen year old Cassandra Wild thought living in the chaos of her mother’s home daycare and dealing with her developing feelings for Bryce, her new Martial Arts’ instructor, was a struggle, until the night her world turned upside down. When an untested vaccine kills more than just a rampant flu virus, Cassie learns how to survive in a world where the dead walk and the living…run!Cover photo by Kiselev Andrey Valerevich/Shutterstock.comExcerpt “It’s Bryce. Where are you at?” he demanded.I was wracked with so many emotions that my knees gave out. I sank to the ground. “Oh thank God!” I gasped. “I…I didn’t know what happened to you.”“I’m fine,” he replied sternly. “Stay where you are and I’ll come get you. Are you still at Paige’s?”Before I had a chance to respond, Paige gasped in horror and backed into me. “What?” I turned and dropped the phone.Two zombies stood at the entrance of her bedroom. The smell emitting from them rose like a wave of rotting garbage.“Holy crap,” said Paige in a strangled voice. The moon was shining through her bedroom window, giving us a pretty good view of the zombies. One of them, a skinny half-naked man with white curly hair, made an ugly gurgling noise and then curled its lower lip, as if smiling. There was blood dripping from his rotting face and he held what looked the remains of someone’s arm. He tossed it to the ground and staggered towards us. The next thing I knew, Paige let out some kind of ferocious battle cry, then lifted the metal bat and swung high, bashing the zombie smack in the middle of its skull. Before I could react, she raised it again, this time hitting a solid home run on the creature’s head. It dropped to the ground with a loud sickening thud.The other zombie, a muscular bald guy with skull tattoos all over his head, growled at us. I raised my gun to shoot him, but the Berretta jammed. “For the love of God,” I mumbled trying repeatedly to shoot it.“Hold on,” Paige snapped as she tried to dislodge the bat from the other zombie. But skull-head just couldn’t wait; he staggered eagerly towards me, white froth foaming from his mouth. Fortunately for me he was terribly slow, with very little coordination. I stepped out of his line of attack and he fell to the ground. When he finally lifted himself back up, I jumped into the air and did a hard side kick; my foot catching him in the throat. He fell backward onto Paige’s jewelry box and that’s when all hell broke loose.Paige’s face turned red and she screamed in fury. “Get your ugly ass off of my grandmother’s jewelry box you piece of dead rotting meat!!!” Then she kicked the zombie onto the floor and stomped her new Jimmy Choo boot-heel onto its face until it was just a bloody mass of gore.I stared at her in shock as she wiped the perspiration off of her forehead, then grabbed a towel and began cleaning off her boot.When I finally found my voice, I said, “So, I guess you believe me now?” Views: 32
With signature wit and whimsy, the inimitable Daniel Pinkwater introduces an eccentric, endearing babysitter every child will wish they could have.Nick and Maxine live in a tall building with one apartment on top of another. So when they look out their window and see a little house they never knew was there, of course they must visit (especially when their parents tell them not to!). Going through the boiler room, they're amazed to find to a secret backyard with a garden, a porch, and a statue of a cat. And they're even more amazed when that cat starts to talk. . . . Welcome to the world of Mrs. Noodlekugel, where felines converse and serve cookies and tea, vision-impaired mice join the party (but may put crumbs up their noses), and children in search of funny adventures are drawn by the warm smell of gingerbread and the promise of magical surprises. Views: 32
Bryan Biggins wakes up to find that his life has become a video game in this funny, honest coming-of-age novel from the author of Ms. Bixby's Last Day, Sidekicked, and Minion.Meet Bryan Biggins. Most of the time he's a freckle-faced boy, small for his age, who attends a school known for its unwritten uniform of North Face jackets and Hollister jeans. The rest of the time he is Kieran Nightstalker, the level-fifty dark-elf hero of his favorite video game, Sovereign of Darkness. Until one day Bryan wakes up to find out his life has become a video game. Sort of. Except instead of fighting dragons or blasting bad guys, he's still doing geometry and getting picked last for dodgeball. It's still middle school. Only now there's much more at stake. Stealing the Twinkie from underneath the noses of those dieting teachers isn't enough to earn him another life. And battling the creature that escaped from the science lab doesn't seem to... Views: 32
In The Gospel of Us, Owen Sheers reimagines as fiction his play The Passion, a three-day dramatisation set in the streets, beaches and clubs of Port Talbot, co-directed by and starring Michael Sheen. Sheers’ novella is told through the eyes of a Port Talbot boy who one morning stumbles upon a stranger in the windswept dunes, singing songs to the sea.At dawn a week later this stranger welcomes the Teacher, a local man who has been missing for 40 nights.And so begins three days of unearthly events in which a suicide bomber is soothed, the dead rise from an underpass and a community is made to remember itself once more. Sheers’ novella is told through the eyes of a Port Talbot boy who one morning stumbles upon a stranger in the windswept dunes, singing songs to the sea. At dawn a week later this stranger welcomes the Teacher, a local man who has been missing for 40 nights.And so begins three days of unearthly events in which a suicide bomber is soothed, the dead rise from an... Views: 32
Confident and robust, Jubilee Hitchhiker is an comprehensive biography of late novelist and poet Richard Brautigan, author of Troutfishing in America and A Confederate General from Big Sur, among many others. When Brautigan took his own life in September of 1984 his close friends and network of artists and writers were devastated though not entirely surprised. To many, Brautigan was shrouded in enigma, erratic and unpredictable in his habits and presentation. But his career was formidable, an inspiration to young writers like Hjortsberg trying to get their start. Brautigan's career wove its way through both the Beat-influenced San Francisco Renaissance in the 1950s and the ?Flower Power” hippie movement of the 1960s; while he never claimed direct artistic involvement with either period, Jubilee Hitchhiker also delves deeply into the spirited times in which he lived.As Hjortsberg guides us through his search to uncover Brautigan as a man the reader is pulled deeply into the writer's world. Ultimately this is a work that seeks to connect the Brautigan known to his fans with the man who ended his life so abruptly in 1984 while revealing the close ties between his writing and the actual events of his life. Part history, part biography, and part memoir this etches the portrait of a man destroyed by his genius. Views: 32
It's a bold new world. Immunity doesn't hurt, neither does having my own personal 5-star hotel. Despite my good fortune, I dare not give my imagination too much space to wander. Dark days lie ahead from the cruel hands of our masters. Perhaps I should have done more to prevent the outbreak, but I, too, am not the person I once was. In light of everything, why did fate spare me? Because I'm the bitch with the bazooka, ready to blast off a zombie's pecker from a mile away if he dares to step inside my castle. The day of reckoning is fast approaching, but until then, I'm queen of the Black Diamond Regency. Views: 32
This volume assembled 30 complete novels and short stories by Murray Leinster, published between 1919 and 1963. Included are such science fiction classics as "The Runaway Skyscraper," "Space Tug," "Second Landing," and "Operation Terror," as well as rarities like "A Thousand Degrees Below Zero," "The Gallery Gods," and "Nerve." Also includes a biographical introduction and a selected bibliography.Complete list of contents:INTRODUCTIONTHE RUNAWAY SKYSCRAPER (1919)A THOUSAND DEGREES BELOW ZERO (1919)THE MAD PLANET (1920)THE GALLERY GODS (1921)THE RED DUST (1921)NERVE (1021)MORALE: A STORY OF THE WAR OF 1941-43 (1931)THE FIFTH-DIMENSION TUBE (1933)INVASION (1933)SPACE PLATFORM (1953)SPACE TUG (1953)THE INVADERS (1953)OPERATION: OUTER SPACE (1954)SECOND LANDING (1954)SAM, THIS IS YOU (1955)WHITE SPOT (1955)SCRIMSHAW (1955)SAND DOOM (1955)THE MACHINE THAT SAVED THE WORLD (1957)THE MONSTER FROM EARTH'S END... Views: 32
At a time when people are living into their tenth decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers welcome news for old age: our lives evolve in our later years and often become more fulfilling. Among the surprising findings: people who do well in old age did not necessarily do so well in midlife, and vice versa. Views: 32
