A Regency Romance Short Story.Jane Ratcliffe and Charles Montgomery were childhood friends, two lonely children who found solace in each other. When an incident destroys that friendship, the two don't speak to each other for years. Will the Midsummer Ball change that and give them a second chance?Without the power of the world's five elemental crystals, the world of Vida will fall into darkness. Only the prophecy of the Light Bringer can restore peace to Vida.In this first novelette of a five part series, Regina Lepue finds herself taken hostage by a nameless vandal, who claims the world's Crystals of Balance are in peril. Can she believe this ruthless killer, or is there something deeper to his story? Views: 673
Jimmy receives an unexpected letter of invitation. But it's more than that, it is finally a way out of the coffin that he's been stuck in for the last six months. But what awaits him upon his escape?Jimmy receives an unexpected letter of invitation. But it's more than that, it is finally a way out of the coffin that he's been stuck in for the last six months. But what awaits him on his escape? This short story was adapted from a previous idea I had about interviewing the Devil's Administrator. It changed and transformed into a very short, light-hearted twist of what could lie beyond Views: 673
Episode 12, Nanotroopers. After the Engebbe disaster, the Corps wants to equip all troopers with personal ANADs. But the only Engebbe survivor has brought back an unexpected menace; it corrupts the new ANADs as they are loaded. Only Johnny Winger can defeat the threat but he has to fight off an alien swarm on a new battlefield…his own mind. He defeats the menace…but he ends up changed forever.Episode 12, Nanotroopers. After the disaster at Engebbe, where an entire detachment save one survivor was lost, Quantum Corps decides to forge ahead with a plan to equip all nanotroopers with personal ANADs. But the Engebbe survivor has unwittingly brought back an unexpected menace…and there was another survivor unknown to the Corps. As the Symbiosis Project gets underway and troopers are modified to receive their ANADs, an alien master nanobot corrupts the embedded devices as they are being loaded. Only Johnny Winger has gone through this procedure before and he knows only he can pilot a rescue ANAD to stop the spread of this new alien swarm. But he winds up being attacked himself, by the disassembled remnants of one Lieutenant Dana Tallant, Bravo Detachment commander and once a love interest for Winger, once thought to have been consumed at Engebbe. Tallant is now an angel herself, a swarm of disembodied nanobots and she quickly insinuates herself into the troopers being modified. Only Winger can defeat this new threat but he has to engage it on a new battlefield…his own mind. He manages to win a difficult victory but he winds up changed forever…and the Corps’ project to build blended man-machine warriors through symbiosis with ANAD takes on a whole new meaning. Views: 673
Carson Royal needed to start over. Everything in his life had turned into a sour ball of crap, and the hurricane washed away the last of the crops on the family farm in South Carolina. With the help of his online friend and lady love Cyndi, he packs ups and heads west for a new town called Serenity that is in need of a farmer.Life takes an unexpected turn when Jack flies out to pick up his bride to be Cyndi.Everything comes crashing down for Farmer, but the rainbow at the end of the storm, is far more colorful than the journey itself as the story takes an odd turn, which changed the course of life for not only Cyndi, but also Jack, Farmer, and a saucy rescue worker named Molly.Welcome back to Serenity. Views: 673
Tony Stark is known throughout the world as many things:billionaire, inventor, Avenger. But mainly for being the Invincible Iron Man. Just when Tony is about to add his pizzazz to an international eco-summit in Ireland, someone close to him forces him to question his role in making the world a more dangerous place with his high-techweaponry. But Stark doesn't have much time to reflect before an old enemy presents him with an even greater challenge: the assassination of all the eco-ministers, and Iron Man himself. Just how invincible Iron Man is when he is stripped of everything remains to be seen in this breathless adventure by the best-selling author of Artemis Fowl. Views: 672
Taking place across a mutating set of darkrooms, art galleries, blank apartments and bedrooms; In Their Arms is an acute inspection of loneliness, desire and confusion.The narrator attempts to simultaneously find himself and become lost completely in a world of sex, internet hook-ups, drugs and pleasure.Within the arms of nameless and unknown lovers, a strange, often conflicted spirituality is hinted at. In Thomas Moore's second novel, he uses a deft and purposely layered prose to create a grey area of illusions and smokescreens, where needs and fears entwine, often becoming the same thing.In Their Arms is a disturbingly seductive assault from one of the most exciting new voices in experimental fiction. Views: 672
This fourth prequel novella begins a new digital original series in the Endgame world and follows an underground group determined to put a stop to Endgame—and save the world—at any cost. They call themselves the Zero Line.It's 1972 and Berkeley freshman Mike Summerhays believes he finally has some control over his life—until he learns about Endgame and the Players in charge of humanity's fate. He soon finds himself part of a group of people determined to stop Endgame by hunting down the generation of Players who preceded the Players from today in Endgame: The Calling.The Zero Line Chronicles: Incite introduces readers to an underground conspiracy group with one mission: to kill every Player who intends to compete in Endgame so that Endgame will never happen. Endgame has not yet begun in 1972—but it is coming. Views: 672
This Book which has 50 differently titled Poems , is actually part 7 of the Book titled – Hide and Seek – Rhyming & Non Rhyming Poems ( 702 pages ) .Parekh's earliest collection of verse. Written in unparallelled fervor, this collection is a delectable blend of topics from love to death, probing into countless infinitesimal aspects of existence which make a significant impact to it. The beauty of this compendium lies in its magical brevity at places and in the most mundane things of life around us brought to the fore like a magicians wand, in brilliant poetic flair by Parekh. Contains poems on topics impossible for one to envisage that a poem could be written about such an inconspicuous little thing-but Parekh evolves bountiful rhyme from the word go and coalesces vivacious color in the little tid-bits of the chapter called life to optimum effect. A must read for all those who find color, charm and significance in even the smallest things of life and are enthused by even the most mercurial bit of stray paper loitering around. A poetic tribute to the ordinary, projecting its colorful extraordinary bit to the planet with raw panache. This book tingles every living being's imagination to fantasize beyond the ordinary. Look at all those meaningful tid-bits around us which have a complete book written in each one of them. All those joyous and unfortunate anecdotes around us which make us blossom into the true spirit of existence; into the amazing celebration of omnipotent life. Views: 672
Melanie Lindberg’s dream has come true. She has the perfect family and has been elected to congress. She has it all…as long as she can keep her ultimate secret of having been a vigilante serial killer carefully concealed.
Yet as soon as Melanie arrives in Washington she finds herself thrust into a game of ruthlessness. She is unprepared for the less-than-welcoming reception from an influential congressman who wishes to make her political career a short one. Everything she does seems to go wrong; even with the assistance of Shane Jensen, a rogue CIA agent who tries to help her maneuver through the obstacles in her way.
Suddenly a wealthy man, a mysterious representative of a powerful secret society, takes an interest in her. She is introduced to a world where all desires can come to life, where sensuality and esoteric knowledge form the foundation of the organization’s ethos, and where the direction of humanity is decided. Yet unlimited power comes at a price. Will it be too high for Melanie to pay? Views: 672
A compilation of poems about life, death, and the in-between.The story The Green Eyed Monster is about a mother who is dealing with her horrible envious son and how conflicted she is with how trapped she feels but also how much she loves her son. Another good story is about a lunch break with the three popular but viscous cousins Gloria, James and Gregory or Lust, Gluttony and Greed. These stories are a unique twist on the sins with a fun narrative for each. Views: 672
Action taken place very unique where you are never upset.a story i wrote about the main character Cry who was born a wolf. He can escape any poison. Views: 672
Set in the raw, Victorian world of the 'Five Towns', The Card tells the extremely funny and tangled story of Denry Machin's rise from mediocrity to fame through a series of ludicrous and yet perversely successful schemes. He dances, pleads, cheats and inspires his way through life in a series of set-pieces which wonderfully evoke a now long-gone world of civic balls, seaside excursions, newspaper boys and patent chocolate remedies. As everybody said after one of his most stylish coups, Denry 'was not simply a card; he was the card.' Views: 672
You already know you can count on me for great zombie apocalypse survival ideas, but I want you to come to me for all your zombie apocalypse and zombie outbreak needs. Of course, survival is my expertise. I promise to continue delivering the survival goods to you as I continue to write. I thought just for this one PSA, I would take an interesting detour. By the way, did you get your flu shot?When the $h!t hits the fan, forget most of what you think you know about zombies based on Hollywood movies, TV shows, and video games. What you don’t know will get you and everyone else killed. In his series of public service announcements, Captain Allen USMC, offers the unfiltered and uncensored harsh reality of surviving real zombie outbreaks. He delivers expert level knowledge of zombie outbreaks, and shares recently declassified information to help you get ready for and survive the coming zombie apocalypse. Keep one fact in mind as you read Captain Allen’s PSAs: Surviving a zombie apocalypse is tough, but it’s tougher if you’re stupid. If you want to live, read this, learn this, and ignore most of what you see or read anywhere else, before it’s too late. When the fecal matter impacts the rotating aerial oscillator and you find yourself up to your eyeballs in flesh eating zombies and lunatic apocalypse hooligans, you’ll be glad you took every chance you could to read every one of these definitive zombie apocalypse preparation PSAs you could get your hands on. It’s not too late, yet. Views: 672
