Now that the twins have begun to settle into their new lives at Elm Medona, they delve deeper into The Treasure Chest and uncover more about the Pickworth family, including the disappearance of their great-uncle Thorne and the theft of priceless family artifacts.In this adventure, The Treasure Chest transports Felix and Maisie to tropical St. Croix in 1772. There they meet a young man named Alexander Hamilton who is about to embark on a journey to New York. Felix and Maisie aren't sure why The Treasure Chest has brought them to meet Alexander, but they are determined to not let him out of their sights...even if that means stowing away on the very ship he is sailing off on! Views: 27
The Solstice Shorts Festival celebrates the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year with time themed stories poems and songs. 2017 saw the festival go UK wide, with 12 sites taking part at DUSK, in a wave of words across the UK from Ellon in Aberdeenshire to Redruth in Cornwall. These are the chosen stories and poems from the festival. Views: 27
An ancient world comes alive in a Greek fishing village.While exhuming human remains within a collapsed Minoan temple, a respected archaeologist senses a need to look beyond the bones and shards of his discovery. When he digs deeper into the mysteries of the mountain, there are unexpected consequences for himself and the small Greek fishing village below. When death descends, supersititious villagers cry out to bury the discovery and "let the dead rest".The secrets from 1628 BC slowly emerge within two alternating and parallel stories 4000 years apart. The lives from an ancient and modern world converge in a tale of conflict between tradition and reason, science and mystical longing while digging at the crossroads of time.Silver Prize Winner: Independent Publishers Book Award USA.'Great writing that steers us into the deepest of human mysteries. Morris merges time and place, death and spirit, knowledge and joy in a seamless sensibility that carries us to the sweet... Views: 27
Science Fiction. 106864 words long. First published via Abintra Press Views: 27
EVERYONE HAS SECRETS. HERS MAY GET THEM KILLED. Breaking protocol and going
on the run with a protected witness wasn't in U.S. Marshal Ryan Jackson's
plans. And even though Jessica Delaney's testimony nearly put away a crime boss,
Ryan can't afford to trust her. Still, the duty-dedicated marshal will do whatever
it takes to protect Jessica and uncover the mole leaking her new identity. But staying
seconds ahead of the ruthless killers on their trail is easier than keeping himself safe
from Jessica's unexpected vulnerability and irresistible determination. Now, as the
net around them tightens, Ryan's deepest loss may be the one danger he never
anticipated. Views: 27
Assigned to chaperone Queen Contessa and her husband on their honeymoon, Tess takes on pirates who abduct the royal couple for ransom-unaware that Tess's magic is the real treasure in their midst. Views: 27
The Caribbean Sea, 1708 AD.War between the *Northern Alliance and the League of the *Antilles is well underway.In the *New World what is left of humanity fights for dominance and a return to glory; because the *Old World died in the Great Plague of 1666. But this plague carried a curse worse than pestilence, as the dead themselves attacked the living, adding them in theirgrowing endless wave. Yet the truth behind the Risen plague and the *Old World*'s death has never been told. In *Port Royal*, an old sailor is more than willing to spin his tale.Aye me lad, have a seat next to me and listen to the true story of the Black Brig. No one is going to tell you the truth in this Brave New World.Because Dead Men tell no tales.Set in an alternate historical setting, Dead Men Tell No Tales, narrates the events that brought a great disaster to an end in 1676. Pirates, voodoo, and seagoing undead await you in this fantastic journey in a land that never was. From the AuthorThis story was inspired by the graphic novel 'Tales of the Black Freighter' by Alan Moore. It is set in an alternate timeline in which the Great Plague of 1666 was caused by a curse, rather than a virulent phenomena. The Risen of this story act more like the Borg of Star Trek The Next Generation, or the Reavers from Firefly, than typical zombies. I'm always been in love with the legend of the Black Schooner, originating in the Caribbean Sea in from the late 17th to the early 18th century.Hope you'll have as much fun in reading it, as much I had in writing it.A final warning: this is a short story, reasonably priced at $ 0.99. It will be available at Amazon until June 2012, and will be released in a paperback anthology afterwards.About the AuthorJeffrey Kosh is the pen name of an author now living in Thailand. He had various art experiences, before discovering his love for writing fiction. His different careers have led him to travel extensively worldwide, causing a passion for photography, wildlife, history, and popular folklore. All these things have had a heavy influence on his writing. He is also a social animal; spending much of his free time to 'boil the ears away' to anyone he has at range. Extroverted in public, he is very private in his work, preferring complete isolation to 'tune' his mind to the 'Great Tales Radio'. He believes that stories are already out there, waiting to be put on paper. Jeff currently lives in Thailand, with his wife and the mandatory three cats, plus a lot of geckos.He is the author of the novel 'Feeding the Urge' and the short stories anthology 'Spirits and Thought Forms: Tales from Prosperity Glades'. Views: 27
The short stories and one longer story in this collection from Australian literary legend Tom Shapcott range in time and place from Queensland's Sunshine Coast to Adelaide to Slovenia. They encompass contemporary themes of migration and exile, to the traumas of childhood and growing up. Thomas Shapcott is one of Australia's most highly regarded authors. He has published 10 novels, including "Spirit Wrestlers", "Theatre of Darkness", "Magnum Opus Shines" and "Mona's Gift", and several non-fiction and poetry books. He has won numerous awards, including the Patrick White Award and an OA. In 2010 he was also shortlisted for the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards. Shortlisted in the 2010 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards in the Steel Rudd category. Views: 27
“The camp at Auschwitz took one year of my life, and of my own free will I gave it another four.”So begins the much-anticipated new novel from Jon Clinch, award-winning author of Finn and Kings of the Earth.In
The Thief of Auschwitz, Clinch steps for the first time beyond the
deeply American roots of his earlier books to explore one of the darkest
moments in mankind’s history—and to do so with the sympathy, vision,
and heart that are the hallmarks of his workTold in two
intertwining narratives, The Thief of Auschwitz takes readers on a dual
journey: one into the death camp at Auschwitz with Jacob, Eidel, Max,
and Lydia Rosen; the other into the heart of Max himself, now an aged
but extremely vital—and outspoken—survivor. Max is a renowned painter,
and he’s about to be honored with a retrospective at the National
Gallery in Washington. The truth, though, is that he’s been keeping a
crucial secret from the art world—indeed from the world at large, and
perhaps even from himself—all his life long.The Thief of
Auschwitz reveals that secret, along with others that lie in the heart
of a family that’s called upon to endure—together and separately—the
unendurable. Views: 27
