As parts of everyday life begin to fade away, one teacher struggles to keep a semblance of normality for the teenagers in her classroom. But what can she teach to students who know they will one day be the final remnants of mankind? THE LAST TEACHER is a story about realizing which lessons are most important in life.A Great De-evolution short story.Clay Thompson is an American writer based in a small English town outside London, where he enjoys a comfortable lifestyle with Claire, a recent love interest. After years of enjoying good fortune, Clay experiences a calamitous setback that threatens his livelihood and even his new found relationship. Desperate to get his life back on track he seeks out a renowned local gypsy to “fix” his recent misfortune. Clay’s encounter pays dividends that exceed his expectations...at a price. Will Clay successfully navigate through this maze of a nightmare? Or will he find out...When you dance with the Devil, the music never ends.A paranormal thriller Inspired by true events Views: 773
Repulsive Barry plans to make himself handsome by facing a firing squad, bus driver Bert wakes from a coma to discover he can miraculously speak every language on the planet and a rampaging werewolf puts the wind up a hapless pirate crew.Acclaimed humorist Iain Pattison has been entertaining readers on both sides of the Atlantic for more than 15 years with satire stories that have won prize after prize, appeared in magazines and anthologies, and been broadcast on the UK’s most prestigious speech radio station, BBC Radio 4.In this second Quintessentially Quirky collection of Iain's best offbeat tales, you'll find a Preston bus driver who emerges from a coma to find he can speak every language on the planet, a hideous man who thinks facing a firing squad will make him a babe-magnet, a disgruntled wife scheming to sacrifice her husband to a slavering zombie horde, and a rebellious artist whose latest work deserves its headline-grabbing tag of "criminally controversial".From the droll and slapstick to the surreal and silly, this unconventional compilation is guaranteed to raise smiles - and demonstrates why Iain is acknowledged as a master of comedy's wickedly witty and unexpected. And an extra treat:We don't think movie DVDs should have the monopoly in offering bonus features, so we're delighted to include a guest story by one of Iain's favourite authors, Chloe Banks, who investigates what happens when the earth runs out of miracles in The Missing Signs and Wonders. Views: 772
Noah is a normal six-year-old boy living a very normal life. Little does he know that today EVERYTHING will change!When his Uncle Eric gives him a "magical" pencil from one of his wild adventures, Noah doesn't think much of it.UNTIL... He draws something and it comes to life!Find out what happens next!This books is excellent as a bedtime story, waiting rooms, and long trips!Noah is a normal six-year-old boy living a very normal life. Little does he know that today EVERYTHING will change!One day Noah comes home from school to see that his Uncle Eric is in town. Noah doesn't have many friends so he loves to have company. Uncle Eric is a magician and traveler. Some have labeled him as "mad as a box of lunatic frogs." Noah doesn't care though. He loves his uncle and the wacky and adventurous stories he shares.Uncle Eric gives Noah a gift from his adventures in Japan. It's a magic pencil he acquired in an underwater volleyball match with a mermaid named Carl.“It’s not just any pencil, of course! It’s a magic pencil! That fantastic little utensil has been in the “Carl” family for millions of years. And you’re such a gifted artist already I knew it had to come to you. You’ll be AMAZED at what happens when you start drawing with this little beauty.” -Uncle Eric (from the book)What will Noah draw first?Noah is not very impressed with the pencil. At first, it seems like a normal pencil in his normal life. Things will never be normal again!Noah draws a pirate ship with lots of pirates on board. To his disbelief, the pirate ship sails right off the page. He can't believe his eyes.What happens when the pirates kidnap Noah's dog?When Noah excitedly goes to tell his Uncle Eric what happened, he hears a yelp from upstairs. When he reaches the door, he sees the pirates pulling Burt (Noah's snow-white Highland Terrier) into the picture. The pirates have kidnapped Burt! What will Noah do?Special Note: The illustrations in this book are optimally formatted for a bright and vivid viewing experience on e-readers, reading apps, tablets, phones, and computers!-29 cute and silly illustrations (high quality pictures)-4,000+ words (perfect for early and beginner readers)-Imagination, creativity, and the magic of a good story!What will Noah do?Burt is in trouble and it's all up to Noah to save him. How will Noah use his magic pencil and what will he draw next?Scroll up and click 'buy' to find out! Views: 772
Simon has an encounter with Downworlders and is reprimanded for not following the rules for Academy students interacting with Downworlders. A story within a story: Andrew Blackthorn, while a student at the Academy, becomes enthralled by a faerie and has two children with her: Mark and Helen. Views: 772
While Reginald Elephant uses all his might to stop the pirates from escaping, Larry Monkey dives after an ancient artefact called a robot in the dark waters of the Gulf. The pirates still have the upper hand but there’s just a chance Flossy Fairweather can frustrate their plans long enough for help to arrive. The friends are divided but they’re not defeated, not by a long shot.While Reginald Elephant uses all his might to stop the pirates from escaping in Harry Possum’s stolen Baltimore Clipper, Larry Monkey dives after an ancient artefact called a robot in the dark waters of the Gulf. The pirates still have the upper hand but there’s just a chance Flossy can frustrate their plans long enough for help to arrive. And there’s a secret passage made by owls and hiding in plain sight that may hold the key. The friends are divided but they’re not defeated, not by a long shot.By the end of the next ice age, all that remains of the once great, world-spanning human civilisation are myths and ancient, inexplicable artefacts lying at the feet of melting glaciers. Thanks to the red-hot Heat Tree reefs that keep the ice at bay, the lands above the Gulf of Mexico are some of the few places still warm enough to support life. On the western shores of the Gulf is Port Isabel, a town conceived and built by owls who mysteriously vanished hundreds of years before without even bothering to say goodbye. The animals that live there are industrious, peaceful and vegetarian; except for those that aren't, which is where all the trouble starts. Views: 772
A boy and his mother rediscover magic at the Northern Lights carnival - When years roll by too fast, it sometimes takes something supernatural to slow them back down again. In an age when everything happens a mile a minute, children might lose out on the simple things. Jeremy finds out just what might be missing from his youth from the Northern Lights.Norway, 9th century AD: In the valley of Gruntal in the kingdom of Rogaland, three young women watch the horizon for the return of their village’s longships. Each has a secret wish bound up with the return of the ships, but when they arrive, it is with an unexpected cargo: a prisoner of unknown origin – beautiful, fierce, gravely injured and unable to speak.As a distant monarch’s bloody campaign to unify Norway closes in on peaceful Gruntal, the local chieftain arranges a series of strategic marriages for his children. Fearing the loss of her freedom, his eldest daughter asks her adopted sister to teach her the ways of influencing men, and the two girls begin to meet secretly in the hut where the prisoner is recovering. One by one other young women hear of their lessons, and soon the meetings swell to an informal class. But in a society where a woman’s virtue is her most valuable asset, such gatherings carry a terrible personal risk; and their discovery could undermine the wider balance of power – with devastating consequences.Published serially in the 19th century style made famous by Dickens and Dumas, THE PRISONER OF WAR is an intricately plotted tale of adventure, romance, and political intrigue set at the height of the Viking Age.(Pilot episode: serialization begins WINTER/SPRING 2016) Views: 772
Ben loves Cath. Ben's psychiatrist is a nosy meddler. Ben's psychiatrist has got to die.Cath doesn't know Ben's real name. She doesn't know what he's done. She certainly doesn't know about his precise control over every one of the providential coincidences that make their relationship so special. Ben's psychiatrist does know, and as it happens, Ben's psychiatrist is Cath's Psychiatrist too. Ben has decided - the man has hypnotized his last patient."Snap" is a horror story with crime and psychological elements. It runs the gamut from bizarre romance to murder procedural to Edgar Allen Poe. Views: 772
After surviving a disastrous battle at prom, Alyssa has embraced her madness and gained perspective. She's determined to rescue her two worlds and the people and netherlings she loves. Even if it means challenging Queen Red to a final battle of wills and wiles . . . and even if the only way to Wonderland, now that the rabbit hole is closed, is through the looking-glass world--a parallel dimension filled with mutated and violent netherling outcasts. In the final installment of the wildly popular Splintered trilogy, Alyssa and her dad journey into the heart of magic and mayhem in search of her mom and to set right all that's gone wrong. Together with Jeb and Morpheus, they must salvage Wonderland from the decay and destruction that has ensnared it. But if they succeed and come out alive, can everyone truly have their happily ever after? Views: 772
Determined to put the fear of God into the racist homophobe who messed up her best friend, mild-mannered Jane Hazelton resorts to hiring a thug to do the job. Trouble is, said thug isn’t interested in money, he’s interested in her.This book, in the form of a diary, is a complement to the Tillian 5 Trilogy. The diary starts out as a prequel to “Tillian 5 - A New Beginning.” It continues on the same time line as “Tillian 5 - A New Beginning” but on Earth with no knowledge of the events unfolding on Tillian 5. The diary then merges with the beginning of “Tillian 5 - Return to Earth.” It covers a period of time when Earth's population is decimated by a natural event well beyond the control any human or android to stop. Views: 771
The East Anglian Bombardiers And Grenadiers, we first met them in Sid and Arthur's Steampunk Adventure. Now they are in a story of their own, with a few new or newish characters. Can they regain the code book before the Hoo (who?) use it to take over the world of Thera?Pirates! Aliens! Cannibals! Brain-squid-things-whatever-the-hell-they-are! Mythological vaginas! Psychopomp brings you a festering sack of seasonal genre fiction in time for Hallowe'en! Your ebook reader will literally putrefy as you load this file, your throat will fill with vomit, your excrement turn to water.* You will find yourself losing the will to live as you thumb through these eighteen tales of pure gonzo oddity and you will not thank us for it.You will wish you had downloaded a haunted Pokemon ROM, you will wish you had thought about Slender Man too much. You will wish you had not downloaded this ebook - and that's a Psychopomp promise.Make yourself miserable this Hallowe'en, download Psychopomp Volume Eight today!* actual reader experience may vary. Views: 771
Trapped in a prison cell on an alien planet. No clue how he got there. No way out. Or maybe there is.Trapped in a prison cell on an alien planet. No memory of arriving. No way out. No hope. Views: 770
Murdered by a dead man?
A woman named Maria Gomez is murdered in Miami, apparently by her husband—who'd been presumed dead, slain by a crime boss. FBI agent Brett Cody can't believe it; dead or alive, the man had loved his wife. He also can't help feeling guilty, since he was responsible for protecting Miguel and Maria Gomez.
A few miles away, Lara Mayhew has just begun working at a dolphin research facility. She loves her new job—until a dolphin brings her something unexpected from the deep. A human hand. More body parts show up, and when Brett looks into the situation, he discovers that the dismembered corpse is Miguel's.
Soon, rumors of crazed zombies abound in the Miami media, and the Krewe of Hunters, an elite FBI unit of paranormal investigators, is called in. Brett and Lara find themselves working with the Krewe—and working closely together. An elderly crime boss who's losing his memory seems to be key to solving this case, but…there's no motive. Unless Brett and Lara can uncover one in the Miami underworld. And that means they have to protect themselves. And each other. Views: 770
Follow the adventures of the happy monsters! This is an excellent read for early readers. Each story contains an important moral and lesson. Cute and bright illustrations for younger readers!* Excellent for early and beginning readers* Great for reading aloud with friends and family* Cute short stories that are great for a quick bedtime story* Funny jokes, games, and cute illustrationsAre you looking for a kid's or children's book that is highly entertaining, great for early readers, and is jam-packed with bedtime stories, jokes, games, and more? This children's storybook has it all!Follow the adventures of the happy monsters! This is an excellent read for beginning and early readers. Each story contains an important moral and lesson. Cute and bright illustrations for younger readers!These stories are great for quick bedtime stories and cute tales to be read aloud with friends and family!* Excellent for early and beginning readers* Great for reading aloud with friends and family* Cute short stories that are great for a quick bedtime story* Funny and hilarious jokes & illustrations for kidsThis books is especially great for traveling, waiting rooms, and reading aloud at home! Views: 770
Follow JT Davis, and Michael Peterson back through The Mahogany Door as they risk their lives to save Kali Logan from an enigmatic, powerful force known only as "The Munch" in Book 2 of The Bruinduer Narrative.The song 'Arms of the Savior' by Elizabeth South (a companion song to the book) can be listened to here: https://www.reverbnation.com/elizabethsouth/song/12256100-arms-of-the-savior"They took her in the night." Brandy's eyes grew wide and she breathed in a mountain of salt air. "There were no usual signs of forced entry—no broken windows or doors, not even a miniscule amount of metal debris left from a key or screwdriver picking the lock. Nothing of that sort. The police did not even find a partial fingerprint or a trace of thread from any article of clothing. In a freak, blinding snowstorm Kali disappeared from her warm, inviting home outside of Baltimore, Maryland.” Follow JT Davis, and Michael Peterson back through The Mahogany Door as they risk their lives to save Kali Logan from an enigmatic, powerful force known only as "The Munch" in Book 2 of The Bruinduer Narrative. Views: 770
#1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey’s passionate new tale about a gunfighter running from his past who finds his future when he escorts a beautiful outlaw to her hanging. Featuring one of Lindsey’s most intriguing heroes: the dangerous and mysterious Degan Grant from One Heart to Win.
With his work in Montana completed now that the Callahan-Warren feud has ended in marriage rather than bloodshed, Degan Grant sets out for California because it is far away from the home he wants to forget—until the US Marshal who saved his life calls in a favor. All Degan has to do is apprehend three outlaws on the marshal’s list and turn them over to the law. Easy enough, he figures, for a man no one wants to tangle with.
But then a bold young woman crosses his path. Maxine grew up so pretty and attracted so much unwanted attention in her Texas hometown that events spiraled out of control. She will try anything to escape the handsome, enigmatic gunfighter who intends to turn her over to a corrupt sheriff who will hang her instead of putting her on trial.
Saddled with a sassy, spirited young woman who insists she is innocent, Degan must hunt down a vicious killer and keep an old enemy at bay. But forced into intimate proximity with his beguiling prisoner, he finds his desire sparking into a wildfire of passion, and he can no longer deny that it is time for them to risk confronting their pasts so he can have a chance at a future with her in his arms forever. Views: 769
