This collection of thirteen short stories was inspired by the thirteen tracks of a collaborative cd and designed to be a companion piece to it.Authors - ML Gammella, Ruth Long, Sarah Aisling, Lillie McFerrin, Jenn Monty, Jeff Tsuruoka, Lisa Shambrook, Lizzie Koch, Samantha Redstreake Geary, Nick Johns, LE Jamez, Jeff Hollar, Bradley RichterWhat happens when a writer and musician team up to generate some buzz for a cd launch? A first-of-its-kind project is born! Thirteen sensational songs + thirteen terrific stories = one unique creative collaboration. The CD "My Friends and I" can be found on CD Baby & Amazon.This ebook companion to the cd offers a story gamut as broad as the musical scope of the cd. One creative discipline drawing inspiration from another and turning that inspiration into a promotion? It doesn't get better than that in the indie world!Authors - ML Gammella, Ruth Long, Sarah Aisling, Lillie McFerrin, Jenn Monty, Jeff Tsuruoka, Lisa Shambrook, Lizzie Koch, Samantha Redstreake Geary, Nick Johns, LE Jamez, Jeff Hollar, Bradley RichterFrom an afternoon at the ballpark to a fistful of vengeance, there's something for every reader! Views: 757
Sheryl Mocner is a live-in caregiver. Contained within the sub-level of the hospital there dwells a dark, ongoing secret. It’s the source of recovery for each terminally ill patient living within the tall structural complex. A team of investigators want to know why visitors are missing. Sheryl faces the threat of being the next one abducted, by learning what hides beneath Velvet Manor.With the opening lines of Lightbringer from the poem The Word, "it is a means to communicate inner feelings/it is the medicine for healing scars over 400 years old/back when we were told to learn another language and religious practice and submit to the oppression of racists/we decided to pimp their language and use it as the basis/to create an oasis for our people to find freedom" Qwantu Amaru announces his intent for writing. He delivers on this promise in 19 hard-hitting, thought-provoking poems. Invest .99 cents to get to know one of the most powerful new voices in poetry! Views: 757
sit back, get comfortable and get ready to enjoy seven spooky short stories. From a haunted mansion to a celestial garden, and from a crimean battleground to the trenches of world war one.Erin began drawing dragons on her clothes to hide the stains from free-box finds. Now they are her trademark as she walks the halls of Hamilton High School. She’s puzzled by the actions of the students around her, especially Tony and David, cousins who are constantly fighting. Her own mysteries catch up to her unexpectedly and the consequences will change Erin’s life forever. Views: 757
In this short story, Janna has moved to her third new school of the year. And this time, she finds herself wanting to do the unthinkable - Move! The entire town seems lost in a time warp. But she has no idea just how strange things will become once she finds out that she is destined to receive a gift that will make her very powerful. And what is with the mysterious - but cute - guy named Josh?The following is taken from intro story.Imagine that you loved Mike and Ike’s (the candy). You loved them so much that you would do anything to get them. In fact, you loved them so much that you would dream about them when you were at school. You couldn't wait until payday. That’s when your mom would give you your monthly allowance. Each month, when she would give you your $12.29 allowance, you’d race to the closest grocery store, head directly towards the candy aisle and grab yourself a handful of Mike and Ike boxes. You’d head to the checkout counter with your handful of Mike and Ikes. The checkout line seemed soooo slow every time you’d try to buy your M & I’s, but they were worth the wait. You finally made it to the front of the line and the clerk started ringing up your stash of candy. The clerk finally finished ringing them up and you whipped out your money and paid for them.They were yours now and no one could take them away from you. You ran home as fast as you could to add them to your already huge stash of M&I’s. You made it home and headed for your bedroom where your treasure was hidden where no one could find it. You head towards your top secret, highly confidential, enter at your own risk, camouflaged, hidden in a really, really, really tough and inaccessible compartment, for your eyes only place. You were so proud to have concealed the M&I’s in a place that only you and God could find. If you had the money, you would have put guard dogs, barbed wire and electric fences around it. But for now, you had to settle for a home-made booby trap system. This story is kinda what temptation is like. If you give in to temptation, eventually you will get burned. You will get trapped in a lifestyle of sin. If you play with temptation, eventually Satan will have you trapped. Satan makes you think that there are no consequences to playing with temptation. He will make you think that you can get away with it. But he will trap you if you give in. Eventually you will become a slave to that particular sin. This week we are going to study about temptation and what it is. Temptation itself is not a sin. It’s when you give in to the temptation that it is sin. If temptation was a sin, then Jesus would have sinned because He was tempted in every way just as we are. The difference is that He never gave in. But often we do. Especially when we play around with temptation. Views: 757
When authorities find a nine-foot alligator in the sewers of his hometown, Keegan Scott decides it’s his job to find out where the alligator came from.[This is a middle-grades, multiple pathway book with multiple endings.]Thirteen-year old Keegan Scott wants some adventure. So, when authorities find a nine-foot alligator in the sewers of his southwest Oklahoma hometown, Keegan decides it’s his job to find out where the alligator came from. The story follows Keegan and his friends, Joey and Brandon, through the ups and downs of his search to become the Alligator Hunter. And, let’s face it, any adventure where you have to bike though town in your underwear probably has mostly downs. [This is a middle-grades, multiple pathway book with multiple endings.] Views: 757
The devil’s daughter, SALEENA, and her boyfriend, IZZY, elope to earth and seek to overthrow her estranged brother, SIMON CLASH, but he is not going out without a fight.The the devil has been manipulating their feud to advance his agenda to draw out a sword-wielding champion of humanity called the HOST.Legend says the Host will emerge when humanity plunges into hopelessness and despair.The devil’s daughter, SALEENA, and her reaper boyfriend, IZZY, elope to earth seeking to overthrow her brother, SIMON, as the devil’s heir apparent on earth, but Simon is not going without a fight. The siblings discover the devil has been manipulating their feud for his agenda to draw out a sword-wielding champion of humanity called the HOST. Legend says the Host will emerge when humanity plunges into hopelessness and despair. NATHANIEL, the man responsible for delivering a magic sword to the Host, hopes that is soon. A drastic rise in demon activity on earth means one thing: humanity is running out of time. Saleena and Simon unite, but it may be too late—not only for the devil’s offspring, but for humanity too! The future of humanity hangs in the balance, and Nathaniel is determined to thwart the devil’s plans and find the Host. Views: 756
This is a sample collection of poems by renowned poet Shashikant Nishnat Sharma, who has written scores of poems in English, Hindi, Bhojpuri and Urdu. His many collections of books have got published and we are happy to bring out his eBooks for the readers through SmashWords. His poetry has such a wide spectrum of coverage that you will surely find some of them best suited for you.This is a sample collection of poems by renowned poet Shashikant Nishnat Sharma, who has written scores of poems in English, Hindi, Bhojpuri and Urdu. His many collections of books have got published and we are happy to bring out his eBooks for the readers through SmashWords. His poetry has such a wide spectrum of coverage that you will surely find some of them best suited for you. The present collection will give a taste of his poetry and prompt you to read more, enjoy and learn from his wide ranging experiences from diverse fields. Views: 756
Aiden and Marlaina Wilson had no idea how the first zombie was born in the Amish city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It had happened in a matter of hours. Thousands of their school friends were killed. Their blood flew against the walls. They became the walking dead. They stumbled about tearing out throats. They tossed their friends' intestines against the walls. Then, they stuffed their mouths.Aiden and Marlaina Wilson had no idea how the first zombie was born in the Amish city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It had happened in a matter of hours. Thousands of their school friends were killed. Their blood flew against the walls. They became the walking dead. They stumbled about tearing out throats. They tossed their friends' intestines against the walls. Then, they stuffed their mouths with their innards. As they did so, they attacked Aiden and Marlaina again and again. Could their lives and love survive the terrifying seconds that barely separated the living from the stumbling zombie dead in this new nightmare world? Their hands dripping with blood, they bashed in zombie heads using clubs and baseball bats as they ran wildly through their city's streets, seeking refuge from the approaching blood splatter. Hiding in the woods, searching desperately for safer places, they fought their way through the emerging hordes of blood hungry zombies. Views: 756
The story of one warrior family—Admiral Lujan Ansellic Sergey, his wife Captain Darcie Dartmuth, and their son Tristan Sergey—who are caught at the fulcrum of interstellar politics and the demands of their military duty. Wrenched apart and scattered across the galaxy by the brutalities of war, they face capture, torture, coercion, and epic space battles to be reunited.The story of one warrior family—Admiral Lujan Ansellic Sergey, his wife Captain Darcie Dartmuth, and their son Tristan Sergey—who are caught at the fulcrum of interstellar politics and the demands of their military duty. Wrenched apart and scattered across the galaxy by the brutalities of war, they face capture, torture, coercion, and epic space battles to be reunited. Only then do their most devastating challenges begin. Having been separated by decades of time as well as lightyears of distance, each of them must confront his or her own internal demons to make their family truly whole again, and to defeat a new and more insidious threat to their civilization. Between deadly special operations missions and scenes of deep-cover political intrigue runs a thread that proves how much one family can accomplish with patience, forgiveness, trust, dedication, and unity of purpose. Views: 756
When Geniver Loxley lost her daughter at birth eight years ago, her world stopped… and never fully started again. Mothers with strollers still make her flinch; her love of writing has turned into a half-hearted teaching career; and she and her husband, Art, have slipped into the kind of rut that seems inescapable.
But then a stranger shows up on their doorstep, telling Gen the very thing she’s always wanted to hear: that her daughter Beth was not stillborn, but was taken away as a healthy infant and is still out there, somewhere, waiting to be found. It’s insane, unbelievable. But why would anyone make that up? A fissure suddenly opens up in Gen’s carefully reconstructed life, letting in a flood of unanswerable questions. Where is Beth now? Why is Art so reluctant to get involved? To save his wife from further hurt? Or is it something more sinister? And who can she trust to help her?
Ignoring the warnings of her husband and friends, Gen begins to delve into the dark corners of her past, hopeful she’ll find a clue to her daughter’s whereabouts. But hope quickly turns into fear and paranoia, as she realizes that finding the answers might open the door to something even worse than not knowing. A truth that could steal everything she holds close – even her own life. Views: 756
Requiem is a book about the life in Egypt. A compilation of short stories and articles about people who abuse religion, women and principles for their own benefit.A compilation of short stories and articles about the life in Egypt. How religion is abused for political benefits? How many women are mistreated because of religious miscomprehension? And how some people would end up using your goodness for their sake? The new grounds for the fight between enlightenment and shadow is here. Enlightened Egypt always won but will it be the time for Requiem to be played? Views: 756
What if there is more to life than meets the eye...As a college student, Kevin thinks he has life figured out. Then one night he meets Audrey and discovers that she is not what she appears – and life is not what he had assumed it to be...Each book in the Sky Lands series is a standalone. The books can be read in any order. Recommended for ages 16+ due to language and scenes of violence.Priscilla Alexander needs to get away from her stressful job as an advertising executive in San Francisco. In addition, her soon-to-be divorced mom has moved into Priscilla's small condo. Her mom means well, but her hovering is driving Priscilla crazy. When Priscilla reads a magazine article about vacationing in the Australian Outback, she knows that's where she needs to go to find herself. As Priscilla has come realize, sometimes escape is the only option.Priscilla has been dreaming about meeting a to-die-for hunk in her travels. Will she find the man of her dreams in the Outback?This is a short story prequel to "Outback Love," a contemporary romance novel set in the Australian Outback. Views: 755
'Time is a place in the heart' A small collection of short stories of romance, relationships and what ifs!A small collection of short stories/mini novellas of romance, relationships and what ifs, from contemporary to historic to fantasy. Views: 755
Children of the Tide is a short anthology of stories about different creatures of the sea. In each of these stories a unique sea creature faces some daunting task. This book shows that even though the ocean is so vast and still one of the greatest mysteries, even the smallest fish can leave a lasting impact on other creatures.Children of the Tide is a short anthology of stories about different creatures of the sea. In each of these stories a unique sea creature faces some daunting task. Some are looking for a way to fit in in its community, some are looking for adventure or a new life, others are looking for a purpose, and some are looking forward to the end. This book shows that even though the ocean is so vast and still one of the greatest mysteries, even the smallest fish can leave a lasting impact on other creatures. The book is inspired by real life sea creatures. Each story contains elements of truth about the nature of these beautiful creatures of the deep.The stories begin with a mysterious predator that doesn’t have the aggression that others of its kind had. It doesn’t fit in and fears it will never live up to the high standards its father has for it. When an unlikely associate takes this creature on a trip it may find out there is something it has been missing its entire life. Then a jellyfish wants more than just to float around and finds a unique friend. The jellyfish is sick of the same routine day after day and wants to break its monotonous routine. When the jellyfish goes off in search of adventure it may have taken off on a search that will reveal something the jellyfish never realized. The question is will the jellyfish survive to make live out its realization? A small puffer fish goes on an adventure hoping to find there’s more inside than just air. Scared of everything this little fish can hardly swim a couple feet without expanding to the size of a balloon. When presented with a chance to impress one of the most popular fish at school the puffer fish volunteers to go explore a wrecked ship. On the adventure the puffer fish will be tested like it never had been before and must quickly find the courage inside that none believe exist. A strange eel looks for a new challenge and goes to the unknown. The eel does not enjoy the aggressive, stuck up, and grumpy lifestyle of a typical moray eel. Instead this eel has the curiosity of a cat and wishes to find what lies out in the ocean. The eel leaves its family and home to explore the ocean. While exploring the eel meets a young fish that may lead the eel to its greatest adventure.An octopus spent most of its entire life on its own fending for itself. Then the octopus finds itself in a dangerous situation and must rely on the help of another. Still unwilling to rely on others the octopus continues on its own, but problems and dangers continue to present themselves in its life. As much as the octopus tries to refuse accepting any help, it might have to accept another’s help. Finally, a man seeks out his greatest passion on a scuba diving trip. He is on his honeymoon in Hawaii and has several dives plan. A problem occurs when the dive trips are forced to be canceled. Unwilling to miss the dive of his dreams the man hires the help of a shady boat captain to take him out on a dive. The man sneaks away from his wife to go on this dive, but there is more than just a typical dive waiting for him on this exploration.Each story shows a connection between the creatures. Filled with adventure and a thirst for the unknown each creature will find something inside itself that it never knew. The question is if this is something will be something that the sea creature will be happy to learn or will it be something that leads to a fate they never dreamed. Views: 755
Bucking for a promotion is tough, but if you really want it, hire a ninja assassin.A surreal and psychotic romp in the first person perspective. The VP is looking to make CEO, but Anderson from downstairs wants it too and he may have hired a ninja to gain the edge.This is a fast past short story filled with dark humor. Views: 755
