Apocalyptic flash fiction - enough said without spoiling the story.Two people meet for the first time on a plane flight. While Emma at first appears to snub Dave, what he doesn’t realise is that his fellow passenger is actually suffering from air-sickness. He secretly hopes for a smooth flight and a non-eventful landing as he is prone to air-sickness as well. As the plane makes a turbulent landing, they are both embarrassingly struck by a nauseous attack. Despite their bumpy beginning, they manage to connect. Views: 285
Max Fried is hired to find a client’s estate assets, but a killer breaks into his home and steals the client's computer.Max doesn’t know the computer contains clues to a 20 year-old murder but the killer doesn’t know Max has a copy of the stolen computer.Now, only Max knows why people are dying. If he can outwit the killer, he can return to his bar stool on the beach. If not, he’s victim #5.Max Fried is a former computer forensic examiner who devotes his time to swimming, drinking and bathing in the hot Florida sun, but today… it’s a real killer. A murderer is coming his way.When a smooth-talking lawyer persuades Max to find a deceased client’s estate assets, Max takes the job, thinking it will be a snooze. Instead, an old killer with a new identity breaks into his home and steals the client's computer.Max doesn’t know the computer contains clues to a 20 year-old murder but then, the murdering thief doesn’t know Max stored a copy of the stolen computer on his iPod. Too bad for the bad guy, the copy contains evidence that could get him the death penalty.Now, Max is the last one alive who knows why people are dying. If he can outwit the killer, he can return to his bar stool on the beach. If not, he’ll be victim number five. Views: 285
Third Book in the Angel Slayer Series, Ryan must tackle the seven Princess and the Gates to hell His toughest test yetThird Book in the Angel Slayer Series, Ryan must tackle the seven Princess and the Gates to hell His toughest test yet as he and Maria must defeat the seven strongest Female Fallen that there are followed by the attempt of the destruction of the Seven Gates to Hell Views: 285
Sequel to Upbeats! It's been a month since five teenagers met a friendly alien who told them about a threat to Earth, gave them superpowers, and they saved the day. Now they need to find the villain who got away. The only problem is they don't know where to start. They decide to try and draw him out by getting into as many newspapers, headlines and TV reports as they can. But is that wise?Sequel to Upbeats!Alright, so, our five teenage heroes have saved the day, once, from the villain Gemini. However, it was a short-lived victory as he got away.Now the Upbeats are constantly on their toes, waiting for Gemini, hoping to find him before he tries to wipe out humans again.On top of that, the media has noticed the Upbeats.Every time they save someone, cameras, microphones and questions bombard them.Luke is afraid someone will discover that these superheroes are really just a group of super-powered teenagers.However, Brooke thinks they can use this publicity as an advantage...Will it work out as planned or will someone see through the Upbeats' disguises?Regardless of what happens, you can be sure that the Upbeats will be there, Crime After Crime... Views: 285
historical romance, sexy romance, Georgian romance, England, romantic adventure, action-adventure, outlaws, pirate, fugitives, stolen jewels Views: 285
Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life. Now she must call upon them on a daily basis, leading dangerous missions to bring down a corrupt government and breaking into the minds of her enemies. Other kids in the Children’s League call Ruby “Leader”, but she knows what she really is: a monster.
When Ruby is entrusted with an explosive secret, she must embark on her most dangerous mission yet: leaving the Children’s League behind. Crucial information about the disease that killed most of America’s children—and turned Ruby and the others who lived into feared and hated outcasts—has survived every attempt to destroy it. But the truth is only saved in one place: a flashdrive in the hands of Liam Stewart, the boy Ruby once believed was her future—and who now wouldn’t recognize her.
As Ruby sets out across a desperate, lawless country to find Liam—and answers about the catastrophe that has ripped both her life and America apart—she is torn between old friends and the promise she made to serve the League. Ruby will do anything to protect the people she loves. But what if winning the war means losing herself? Views: 285
(3800 words) A pair of fantasy stories wherein an orphan's curse brings about the death of a ship's captain, but the captain's dying curse is worse. (Yes, the title is from that poem by Coleridge) In the sequel, “Dead Man's Ashes”, Dar, a young thief, is sent into the darkest part of the city by Peli, King of the Beggars, to recover the ashes of the man who cursed him, so he can exact his revenge.The cool sand in the Dunes is comforting to a young girl as she seeks to find her goddess and finds a Sun God instead. A walk barefoot reveals cool secrets and a lakeshore ramble results in a myriad of butterflies. Inspirational. Views: 285
Tormented by a disease, where only death is the cure, a stranger fights with his will to live vs. his desire for release.Other work by Curtis Berry on Smashwords.Shades of Light: Book One of the Walker ChroniclesThe first thing Mixer knew with certainty was that he was hungry. The feeling grew more intense each day until it became unbearable and Mixer began to lash out. Quietly, steadily he ate away at his enemy and, in a few weeks, where there had been two, now there was only one.History had been erased. The land had been eroded and the global population had crashed. Into this new world came an evolutionary change, a genetic mutation that could make humans perform in ways they'd never done before. Those who survived learned to fear the abilities of those who carried the gene and banished any who displayed the slightest difference. As time went on, the gene appeared to die out. But it wasn't entirely gone. In a world still largely ignorant and illiterate, nine children struggle to survive, sometimes even against their own. Views: 285
Tyger Pants is trapped in a terrifying library dimension, full of werewolves, dragons and spell casting armadillos - can he survive long enough to escape? Written in the first person, present tense it is designed to sit the reader behind the eyes of the narrator, right in the middle of the action. The plot is kept straightforward and linear to encourage reading and engagement.It's Take Your Kids to Work Day and Tyger Pants should be looking forward to a day off school. But his dad’s a librarian - DULL!Dull until his dad leaves his top secret iRate4 phone lying on the desk. Tyger can’t help but fiddle…Before he knows what’s happening he’s plunged into a terrifying world of werewolves, dragons and spell casting armadillos…Written in the first person, present tense it is designed to sit the reader behind the eyes of the narrator, right in the middle of the action. The plot is kept straightforward and linear to encourage reading and engagement. Views: 285
'I'm sure it'll be much more fun at the goldfields'. Dunedin, 1865 Charlotte loves to play marbles with her best friend Harry and read about adventures on the high seas. But Charlotte will have to leave school soon and help her mother with the house and the younger children. Charlotte can't imagine anything worse. When it looks like her mother is going to keep her home for good, Charlotte and her new friend Cyril board a Cobb & Co coach and head to Hogburn Gully, where the Otago gold rush is in full swing. But the mining town isn't what Charlotte imagined. Can Charlotte find a fortune in the goldfields? Or will she have to return home to a narrow life of sewing, cooking and looking after her little sisters? Views: 284
