My high school crush doesn’t know I exist. She becomes a talented musical artist. In my story I tell of how close I came to becoming a part of her life, and the substitute relationship I form with a new-found friend. Included is a page of poetry, written to express the secret love I struggle with.Earth, Book One of The Hrwang Incursion series, continues with another intense episode. Eva settles in with the aliens at their new palace in California and makes contact with Mark and Juan. Thinking she has developed trust with the alien soldiers, she is suddenly threatened by an ill-timed accusation. Jayla and Jada fall into the hands of survivalists, and when someone offers Jayla hope beyond reason, she has a critical decision to make.In space, isolated on board an alien ship, the recovering Stanley receives shocking news. He’s more alone than he ever imagined he could he be. The burden of being Ambassador to the aliens is almost more than he can handle. Wolfgang and Leah, now part of the newly formed Pan German army, develop new, lethal skills.1804, the decorated Hrwang Artificial Intelligence unit, is assigned planetside to a new mission: seeding a radioactive cloud to prevent it from sweeping over all of Earth. But then its handlers give it an extra, suicidal, assignment. It begins to understand the consequences of its actions. Views: 258
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A whirl of gleaming sand and dust on a cross desert road in Arizona. The four galloping objects turned off the road, horses rearing, riders laughing; the two Eastern girls flushed, excited; the pale college student exultant; the cowboy guide enjoying their pleasure. A warm, sage-scented wind carried the cloud of dust away from them down into the valley. “That was glorious sport, wasn’t it, Mary?” Dora Bellman’s olive-tinted face was glowing joyfully. “Wouldn’t our equestrian teacher back in Sunnybank Seminary be properly proud of us?” Lovely Mary Moore, delicately fashioned, fair as her friend was dark, nodded beamingly, too out of breath for the moment to speak. Views: 257
Abigail Sutton’s beloved husband walks out one night, doesn’t return, and two years later is found dead, a victim of a long ago crime. It’s made her sympathetic to the missing and their families.
Starting her new life, Abigail moves to small town and buys a fixer-upper house left empty when old Edna Summers died. Once it was also home to Edna’s younger sister, Emily, and her two children, Jenny and Christopher, who, people believe, drove away one night, thirty years ago, and just never came back.
But in renovating the house Abigail finds scraps of paper hidden behind baseboards and tucked beneath the porch that hint the three could have been victims of foul play.
Then she finds their graves hidden in the woods behind the house and with the help of the eccentric townspeople and ex-homicide detective, Frank Lester, she discovers the three were murdered. Then she and Frank try to uncover who killed them and why...but in the process awaken the ire of the murderer. **
**This book is the first of a series. The second book, All Things Slip Away, where Abigail and Frank’s sleuthing adventures continue is also for sale on Amazon.
### Review
"...Both Frank and Abby are strong characters... You find yourself drawn to them and to all the quirky people who live in the little town of Spookie...I'll be looking forward to more books about this quaint little town." -- *Novelspot.net, April 2006*
### About the Author
About Kathryn Meyer Griffith...
Since childhood I've been an artist and worked as a corporate graphic designer and for newspapers for 23 years before I quit to write full time. I began writing novels at 21, forty years ago, and have sixteen (eleven romantic horror, one historical romance, one romantic suspense, one romantic time travel and two murder mysteries) previous novels and twelve short stories.
I've been married to Russell for thirty-four years; have a son, James, and grandchildren, Joshua and Caitlyn, and live in a small quaint town in Illinois called Columbia, which is across the JB Bridge from St. Louis, Mo. We have three quirky cats, ghost cat Sasha and live cats Cleo and Sasha (Too), and the five of us live happily in an old house in the heart of town. Though I've been an artist, and a folk singer in my youth with my brother Jim, writing has always been my greatest passion, my butterfly stage, and I'll probably write stories until the day I die.
My books:*Evil Stalks the Night*-Revised Author's Edition; *The Heart of the Rose*-Revised Author's Edition; *Blood Forge*-Revised Author's Edition; *Vampire Blood*-Revised Author's Edition; *The Last Vampire *-Revised Author's Edition; *Witches*-Revised Author's Edition; *The Nameless One short story*; *The Calling*-Revised Author's Edition; *Scraps of Paper*; *All Things Slip Away; Egyptian Heart; Winter's Journey; The Ice Bridge; Don't Look Back, Agnes*, novella; *In This House* short story; *The Nameless One*, erotic short story; *Always & Forever*, erotic contemporary novella; *Before the End: A Time of Demons; The Woman in Crimson; The Guide to Writing Paranormal Fiction: Volume 1* (I did the Introduction);*Dinosaur Lake*; and four 99 cent each Spooky short stories on Kindle. ** Views: 257
SUDDENLY...Fatherhood!Or close enough, anyway. Wealthy banker Nicholas Garvey was stunned to learn he was now the legal guardian of a niece he hadn't known he had. But the bigger surprise was the child's beguiling nanny, Carlinda Donnelly, a woman who effortlessly made him yearn for the unexpected pleasures of hearth, home...and heartfelt love!He called her Lin--a nickname short, sweet, even innocent. But Carlinda Donnelly knew Nicholas Garvey's intentions were anything but! What he wanted was as clear as the wide Texas sky. This complex man with a past had definite plans for her future--all of which made her blood race, her heart pound and her passions soar! Views: 257
After thirty-five years of diligent searching, author Barry Ernest found Victoria Elizabeth Adams, a silent yet key witness in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Belittled by the Warren Commission, Adams vanished into obscurity—but what she saw may change all we thought we knew about the tragedy. This is the story about the journey to find the truth in the event that shaped our nation and the research that led the author to a dark opposition of history’s official record. Views: 257
Three Worlds are dependent on each other, Earth, Shenka and Grafflin, but Shenka is in danger of destruction as the sorrows of Earth are gradually encroaching on it's borders. Two Earth children may be able to save them all but that will need the protection of two Shenkans, Belle who will protect the girl Joni and Henderson who job is to protect George. Everything that happens is for a reason.A Fantasy novel with a difference, there are no long journeys or quests to find an amulet or other such treasure, no magicians or wizards; but strange things do happen.Everyone on Earth has a Guardian, but not everyone can recognize them, but others have known them all their lives. Two children who are bought together by a twist of fate are so important to the existence of Shenka that two of Shenka's own are sent to protect them.A snowflake falling in the summer, followed by the scream of a woman and a cry of a baby, fractures the border between Shenka and Earth, the race is now on to find the source. Views: 257
In a snapped second his life changes.A woman falls from the sky, right before his eyes. She is his enemy. Yet the men that hunt her are worse. As his life crashes down around him, Jackson is faced with a horrible choice: blind loyalty to the country he loves of informed betrayal for a woman he hardly knows.He chooses her.In a snapped second his life changes.A woman falls from the sky, right before his eyes. She is his enemy. Yet the men that hunt her are worse. As his life crashes down around him, Jackson is faced with a horrible choice: blind loyalty to the country he loves of informed betrayal for a woman he hardly knows.He chooses her....All three books of the Ki saga are currently available, so start the adventure today. Views: 257
Alternate cover edition, ISBN:9780989527415
Fifty years ago The Commander came into power and murdered all who opposed him. In his warped mind, the seven deadly sins were the downfall of society.
To punish the guilty, he created the Hole, a place where sinners are branded according to their sins. Sinners are forced to live a less than human existence in deplorable conditions, under the watchful eye of guards who are ready to kill anyone who steps out of line.
Now, LUST wraps around my neck like thick, blue fingers, threatening to choke the life out of me. I’ve been accused of a crime I didn’t commit, and the Hole is my new home.
Constant darkness.
Brutal and savage violence.
Excruciating pain.
Every day is a fight for survival.
But I won’t let them win. I will not die in the Hole.
I am more than my brand. I’m a fighter. My name is Lexi Hamilton, and this is my story. Views: 257
A short story of young Allie Carter's look through the Looking Glass and the discovery that her parents are wrong, vampires are real. They are not just fantasies from storybooks.Read the first TEN chapters of Cavers: A Vampire Tale which is included with this short story.Vampires are believed to be the stuff of legends, nightmares, fantasies, Halloween, and the like. Mothers and Fathers tell their children they aren't real and that there is nothing to fear. One night, young Allie Carter's curiosity gets her into a world of trouble and she learns the truth. Vampires are real. Not only real, but scary and deadly. Still, there is something fascinating about the creatures. something she can't turn from when she should run for her life. Like Alice falling through the Looking Glass, Allie is about to enter an exciting hidden world and she will no longer be the same. Can she learn enough about the creatures to protect herself and survive, or will she be pulled in so deep she can't escape? This short story is the beginning of a new series. A world we all long to be a part of. Follow Allie on this story and PREVIEW the first ten chapters of Cavers: A Vampire Tale. Views: 257
Bob Bishop was scrolling his Twitter feed when the dinosaur tweet popped up. The moment he spotted the author’s name he couldn’t suppress a guffaw. "Rave from the grave,” he said, chuckling, “I can’t believe that old war horse is still alive and kicking.”Bob Bishop was scrolling his Twitter feed when the dinosaur tweet popped up. The moment he spotted the author’s name he couldn’t suppress a guffaw. “Something tickled your fancy guv’nor?” Lauren glanced up from the adjacent terminal where she was uploading the latest target package onto Crimefighter. Bishop pointed at the screen. “Rave from the grave,” he said, chuckling, “I can’t believe that old war horse is still alive and kicking.” The girl came around and stood behind him, reading the tweet over his shoulder. “Bit strong. Who’s Jack Rivers anyway, bit of a nutter?”“Job old timer,” Bishop said, “from way back when we were young and keen, Jack was the DI running the Peckham crime squad and I was a mere skipper on the relief.” Bishop wagged his head as the memories stirred, “Long long ago,” he said.Lauren smiled down at him, “You surprise me guv,” she said, “I always assumed you were a direct entrant on the graduate ticket, you’ll be telling me you walked a beat in a tall hat next.”“Oh that I did,” Bishop said, the recollection stirring the recesses of his memory, “wooden-top in a blue suit, Commissioner’s cannon fodder, we didn’t know any better.” He glanced at the photo ID dangling from the lanyard around his neck as if seeking confirmation of his ascendancy from the mean streets of South London: Under his mug shot and the crest of the Metropolitan Police his designation read: Robert Bishop, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Directorate of Public Affairs. “Must’ve had a run-in with the hobby bobbies to get him riled up like that,” Lauren mused reading the vitriolic tweet, “d’you want me to check the system?”Bishop swung his chair around to face her. Blonde hair pulled back in a pony tail, trendy jumper and designer jeans, a thirty-something DCI from the Media Ops Directorate. If Jack Rivers could’ve seen himself outranked by a girlie-girl he would have had apoplexy. “No,” he said, “You’ve got enough on your plate as it is, how’s the old man’s baby coming along, he’s bound to want a SITREP at morning prayers.”“Chip-n-nick?” it was Lauren’s turn to laugh, “Couple of hard men in the guinea pig group cut off their ear lobes with bolt cutters and ditched the implants. We’re going to have to tag ‘em somewhere else guv’nor.” She grinned, “Somewhere they won’t want to cut off.”Bishop wagged his head. “It’s pretty academic anyway, we ever get it past those bleeding hearts in Strasburg it’ll be a miracle. Infringement of human rights is a capital offence these days, the legal eagles’ll have a field day.”Lauren turned back to her terminal; she hadn’t noticed the far away look creep into Bob Bishop’s eyes as he re-read the dinosaur tweet and time shifted back to the dark ages. “Bob – you got a minute,” The Chief Super poked his head around the parade room door just as Bishop finished briefing the two-to-ten. “Step into the office, sergeant” the old man held the door open, grinning. And as Bishop did so, remarked, “That’s the last time I’ll call you that, Bob.” He waved a telex from the Yard. “You just got made up – congratulations Inspector.” He clapped Bishop on the shoulder in an avuncular gesture, “And you’ve got a posting my son, the dream factory.”As Bishop read the telex with mounting astonishment, the old man began to laugh: Bishop let it sink in for a moment and then he said: “Do I have a choice, boss? To be honest I’d rather stick with the relief.”The Divisional Commander shook his head: “Came down on a tablet of stone, Bob.” He glanced at his watch, “Oh and you’d better look sharpish; get over to the Yard and report to the fifth floor. Don’t look so shell shocked, your wagon just got hitched to a star.” Views: 257
The first book in a family saga about Rose Sullivan, an Irish girl who comes to Philadelphia in 1880 and finds love, heartache, loss, and unexpected joy during the tumultuous years around the turn of the century. She marries an Irish mystery man named Sean McCarthy, who has a violent past and a secret life, and he takes her to new heights and depths of passion.The first book in a family saga about Rose Sullivan, an Irish girl who comes to Philadelphia in 1880 and finds love, heartache, loss, and unexpected joy during the tumultuous years around the turn of the century. She marries an Irish mystery man named Sean McCarthy, who has a violent past and a secret life, and he takes her to new heights and depths of passion. The stories of multiple characters, vividly drawn, come together in this series that examines what happens when the rural Irish of the 19th century encounter the breathtaking pace of change in the America of the 20th century. Views: 257
Not all victories are secured on the battlefield: sometimes in the face of defeat we hand our adversary success simply by accepting we cannot win. When it seems all the options have gone maybe all that is needed is confidence, and maybe an edge…Beside a bridge over a canal in Venice, Charlie is spellbound not only by Caitlin’s absolute beauty but also by what seems like a mythical bond between them. The more he knows about her, the more mysterious she becomes. As they finally admit their love to each other in Paris, then move to settle down in Australia together, it looks like the start of Happily Ever After. But neither of them realizes that this is just the start of a heart-wrenching journey.After a lifetime of searching, Caitlin finally finds her true love, settles down in the beautiful rolling countryside of outback Australia, and starts to raise a family, but her enemy is never far away. She loves Charlie deeply and is certain he is her soul mate, but she knows she can never reveal her secret; he must never know who she really is, and that is her downfall. Information in the hands of her enemy brings her life crashing down around her. To save all she has worked for, she must fight for her love and the right to survive.“Last Kiss in Venice” is a supernatural love epic that encompasses both eastern and western culture to tell a story of love and hate, loyalty and betrayal, revenge and justice. This cocktail of oriental magic, vampires, and sword fights is a legend not easily forgotten. Views: 257
