Kathleen was a strong young lady who spoke her mind and didn't care who she might hurt with her frankness. Until her candidness nearly cost her everything. She is kidnapped, locked in a cage, and finds out she's not the strong person she thought she was when she is forced to her breaking point.Perfection. Perfection is what Kathleen strived for everyday of her life. Perfection in her appearance. Perfection in her college courses. Perfection in her characteristic traits. Those traits she considered to be perfect were things like strength and assertiveness. She detested weakness in anyone and she pitied anyone who appeared timid. And Kathleen wasn't shy in pointing out to such a person their "flaws". She felt it was the only way they could become a better person. Many people called Kathleen a bully. She thought of herself as a character builder. Her belittling of the weak only made them stronger in her mind.Kathleen was content in her own self-righteous arrogance until the day she was kidnapped and forced to face her weaknesses. Only then could she see the kind of person she really was. Only then could she know what real strength was. Only then could she feel what being a victim felt like. Only then will she know her real self. Only when she is forced to her breaking point. Views: 576
S. Henry Berthoud (1804-1891) was a writer of considerable ability, remembered today mostly for his often reprinted collections of folkloric legends from Northern France. Yet, he was a writer who came close to inventing science fiction as early as the 1840s. This unique collection assembled, translated and introduced by Brian Stableford, gathers 32 of Berthoud's best works, displaying his often pioneering surges of imagination. It includes samples of his remarkable supernatural stories, his eccentric scientific fantasies, featuring real or imaginary scientists, his ground-breaking visions of the prehistoric past of Paris, and his futuristic novella about the Year 2865. Views: 576
Reverend Joy Norton is a timid city girl, and she’s never been the primary priest in any parish. When her bishop sends her out to a remote back-country church, she doubts both her ability and her suitability. Those doubts grow when she hears of the mysterious death of her predecessor. But from the first encounter with her congregation -- having her little car rescued from a muddy ditch, she finds herself deeply involved with her parishioners and touched by their qualities and eccentricities. Which makes it worse for her to think that one of the people she’s coming to care for murdered the previous priest… Views: 576
I’m the monster, a bloody human incapable of emotion
I soon realise that my revenge didn’t make me feel any fucking better about myself, instead it pissed me off to realise that I’m in love with her.
Two days later the letter addressed to me arrives in the post and the ground moves beneath my feet, because the whole truth about India is out in the open and the pain punches me so hard that I can’t breathe, darkness crawls through me, sparking all the insecurities and fears about my dead brother back to ugly reality.
Then off I go with my apology, trying to fix this fucked up situation but she doesn’t want to listen. Every time I do something the guilt is burning my gut, pushing her further and further away from me.
She even goes an extra mile making me feel like a prick and she gets involved with someone else just to get back at me. She pretends that the event in the restaurant didn’t mean anything to her, like she is immune to my actions.
India’s pain is raw, deep and whenever I lay my eyes on her I remember the cruel things I’ve done.
The next couple of months I focus on getting her back. This is the only thing that matters to me now. I must redeem myself; forget about anger, other birds and parties.
India is the only person that I want, I love her and only her but the problem is that she hates my guts, so I’m the last person that she wants.
I must prove to India that I’m worthy of her love. Views: 576
Is there more to this universe than just the conscious and unconscious states of mind? Can you reach deeper, deeper, deeper still, until you come to an uncharted dreamscape frontier? Greg certainly thinks so. And to numb the darkness of his conscious life, Greg works to discover this new reality, a place where nobody can bother him, where he can rule supreme.This is a short story, and the first complete one written by Tyler Benz. Views: 576
Nomi has traveled to the Land of Zarara again and has been tasked to save a little boy named Gregory from Cancer. She will have to undertake a dangerous mission to try to save the little boy's life.This is the tale to read folks ! It will captivate you!In a bar, a down-and-outer relates a tale from his former life in order to win the sympathy of another patron, who plies him with drinks. The arc of his story aims downward, until the other patron, thoroughly depressed, leaves money for the down-and-outer as he leaves the bar. Afterwards, the narrator, the bartender and the down-and-outer frankly analyze the effects of his tale. Views: 576
The short story series: The Blind Bat, The Bat Sisters, and The Bat Colony are short anecdotes featuring teen bats. Bebe is a totally blind insect bat who first finds herself in the company of fruit bats. Batina is a fruit bat with low vision who gets adopted into an insect bat family. Despite their differences, these angsty bats eventually learn to live together. Also, two book Previews featured!The short story series: The Blind Bat, The Bat Sisters, and The Bat Colony are short anecdotes featuring teen bats. Bebe is a totally blind insect bat who first finds herself in the company of fruit bats. Batina is a fruit bat with low vision who gets adopted into an insect bat family. In the first story, Bebe learns that all insect bats are blind and that she's no different from the rest. These angsty bats eventually learn to live together despite their differences. In this short publication,readers can sample other titles available and soon to be available by Amanda Bybee. Views: 575
When mystery writer, Owen Wilkes, receives an invitation promising a night of mystery and adventure, he assumes it’s just a weekend whodunnit getaway. With some convincing from his boyfriend, Jackson, Owen decides to attend. It is soon apparent to the two men that this is no dinner theatre game. Within moments of their arrival, a man lies dead and the couple find themselves locked in a library with no means of escape. Their only hope of survival is to solve an elaborate and twisted mystery, one orchestrated by a sick genius. Views: 575
Marvin Battles is the corporate big-shot and Scrooge. In a chance encounter with a panhandler, Joe Skives, his former boss fired for bribery and other crimes, Marvin’s bad holiday attitude gets turned on its head.A Christmas story that takes on the Corporate Monster and our ideas of true Christmas Spirit.Marvin Battles has lived a rough life but now finds himself at the top of the corporate ladder. It’s Christmas, and he is not merry with the season, a real Scrooge to say the least.In a chance encounter with a panhandler, Joe Skives, his former boss fired for bribery and other crimes, Marvin’s bad holiday attitude is turned on its head.The story ends in a real David and Goliath story as Marvin takes on the corporate monster in a real Christmas ending. Views: 575
A young girl will fight against cancer in order to fulfill her dream of becoming a firefighter.Burning Heart is a short story about the courage and braveness of Lina, an eighteen-years-old girl whose dream is to become a firefighter. Besides the normal complications of the process to become a firefighter, Lina will also have to fight against the Osteosarcoma in her heel, and face her father's opposition. Views: 575
