Aubrie Elliot is a middle-aged lesbian who isn't quite sure what that means or how she got there. But everything suddenly seems bittersweet as she grapples with her new body, her old relationship, and her surprise at suddenly being "halfway there." Told in a series of humorous vignettes, Aubrie offers a frank look at the ups and downs that come with looking forward and back. It's like sitting down with an old friend! Views: 12
Sian is the unlucky thirteenth child in a Welsh coalminer's family. Life is hard; her mother died after giving birth to her and her father is grief-stricken. Sian's eldest sister hatches a plan to take them both far away, to find a better life. It will be a long voyage across the ocean, but Sian is looking forward to a new start in a country where the sun shines and she can go to school every day instead of picking coal scraps for pennies. The only problem is, no one must know about the great journey they are about to take ... Views: 12
Extreme Publications presents an erotic anthology feature 4 tales of extreme sex from 4 different authors: Gina Lane, Alex Hunter, Hailey Jameson and Jeremy Holmes. Includes anal, alpha males, bdsm, romance, femdom, rough sex, lesbians, threesomes and more! Adults only. 18+ Views: 12
When Great-Uncle Horace brings back lost and homeless animals from his travels around the globe, it falls to Zoe and her mum, the zoo vet, to settle them into their new home. Zoe's good at this, because she can understand what they say and talk to them, too. But that's a secret. A new baby koala has arrived at the zoo, and he's very clumsy. Zoe is a bit worried he's going to hurt himself. So she comes up with a very cuddly way to keep him safe - a koala sling! Views: 12
"It's the most wonderful time of the year," the old song tells us. But that doesn't mean the people celebrating it are always so nice. Criminals get the Christmas spirit, too! In this collection of hilarious short stories, you'll see what the thieves, killers, psychos and scumbags are up to come the holidays…and it's not caroling door to door. Well, not unless they're casing the neighborhood for a break-in, as a rag-tag gang does in the title story. You'll also meet a mall elf menaced by a very, very bad Santa (in "I Killed Santa Claus"), a London police inspector hunting for the man who murdered Ebenezer Scrooge (in "Humbug"), a trucker out to save his shipment of Cabbage Patch Dolls from bumbling hijackers (in "Special Delivery") and many more characters you'll never forget. Originally published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, these nine tales from award-winning short story master Steve Hockensmith (Dawn of the Dreadfuls, Holmes on the Range) are sure to have you ho-ho-hoing from the first page to the last. Views: 12
From England to Europe, Africa to South America, these stories from prizewinning short-story writer Graham Mort explore relationships: father and child; man and wife; man and his environment. A rising star of winemaking understands his terroir, but oversteps the boundaries; a father taking his son on a day out finds himself in unexpectedly terrifying circumstances; an aid worker in Uganda finds himself treading in his father's footsteps. All these stories are sensitively told and beautifully written, bringing fresh perspectives to our place in the world around us. Graham Mort has won the Edgehill and Bridport and Short Fiction short story prizes. Views: 12
On the night of 22 December 1980, a plane crashes on the Franco-Swiss
border and is engulfed in flames. 168 out of 169 passengers are killed
instantly. The miraculous sole survivor is a three-month-old baby girl.
Two families, one rich, the other poor, step forward to claim her,
sparking an investigation that will last for almost two decades. Is she
Lyse-Rose or Emilie? Eighteen years later, having failed to
discover the truth, private detective Credule Grand-Duc plans to take
his own life, but not before placing an account of his investigation in
the girl's hands. But, as he sits at his desk about to pull the trigger,
he uncovers a secret that changes everything - then is killed before he
can breathe a word of it to anyone... Views: 12
Olivia Wickworth lives in Orphanage Nine, a refuge for the
genetically-modified children living in the final days of a dying Earth.
In what could be our near future, mankind has completed the widespread
implementation of cellular computing - but with devastating unforeseen
consequences. Just when all hope seems lost, Olivia enters Aeldyn, a
land created thousands of years ago when man exiled magical creatures
from Earth. Although Aeldyn seems like the world of Olivia’s dreams, it
is not without its own darkness. There is evil in the land that
threatens to corrupt Aeldyn just as Earth has been corrupted, and Olivia
is the only one who can stop it. On her quest to defeat this evil,
Olivia forges friendships, meets fantastic creatures, and rediscovers
the lost art of magic. But can she save both Aeldyn and what is left of
mankind?
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