1939 and war looms between Britain and Germany. An elderly Scottish politician boards a night sleeper train at Euston, London but this will be like no other journey he's made!All his life elderly bachelor Sir Archie has served his country well and put aside his own feelings. But over the last couple of years he's got to know a young man Ronnie Wilson who serves aboard the night train. What brought these two men together is a force beyond reckoning, but what eventually separates them is something altogether different. Views: 776
Some things are so terrifying they are never meant to be disturbed. Short storyTwo years after graduating from the academy, Hannah Stowe's life is pretty damned good. Except for one thing. But even though her heart squeezes every time she thinks about the sexy Keltair male, Liam Fallow, she won't allow herself to miss him. How could she possibly have time, when her career is right on track?She's been offered the position of Lieutenant Commander aboard the brand new, state-of-the-art spaceship The Odyssey. It's an incredible opportunity, bringing her one step closer to commanding a Level 10 starship. Everything is going according to plan.Until she realizes her new boss is none other than Liam himself.I’m a professional, she reminds herself over and over. It shouldn't matter that her new commander is the only man she's ever loved. The only man to ever break her heart. He may believe she’s simply going to obey. But unfortunately for him, he’s going to find that she's not the starry-eyed cadet she once was.**** "To Challenge a Warrior" is Part One of a 5-part serialized novel that follows the relationship of Hannah and Liam after graduating from the Starflight Academy. ****Check out the entire series:Book 1- To Challenge a WarriorBook 2- To Obey a WarriorBook 3- To Wound a WarriorBook 4- To Forgive a WarriorBook 5- To Save a Warrior Views: 766
Bitcoin is rapidly transforming the financial landscape with a peer-to-peer solution for wealth transfer. It has already shown the capacity to absorb tremendous resources and withstand crisis sell-offs. Read this short ebook to understand why you should invest in this revolutionary computer art meets cryptography concept.I came late to Bitcoin and have zero understanding of the technical complexities of cryptography, but I do realize Bitcoin is open source and completely transparent and completely non-predatory in design, a real departure from our banking industry. Any assets moved into Bitcoin virtually disappear from the public record at this point and do not become taxable events until they are brought back into the system. Bitcoin has numerous benefits to offer and represents a real threat to our current corrupt money system. The media has been relentlessly negative on bitcoins for a reason: they threaten the status quo. This text serves as a manifesto for the rise of a Bitcoin nation. Views: 763
The Portable Blake contains the hermetic genius's most important works: Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience in their entirety; selections from his "prophetic books"--including The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Visions of the Daughters of Abion, America, The Book of Urizen, and The Four Zoas--and from other works of poetry and prose, as well as the complete drawings for The Book of Job. Views: 752
When art dealer Jonathan Argyll arrives in Los Angeles to drop off a painting, he discovers that there are a few devils loose in the City of Angels Views: 740
Earth! It loomed large before them but it shouldn't. With the crippled Romulus, they had no alternative but to land. The reception they got was unexpected. Was Akrins right and this was meant to be? Futures were intertwined and lives were about to change forever but only if they could survive.The human race faced annihilation and it was time to make a stand.Earth! It loomed large before them but it shouldn't. With the crippled Romulus, they had no alternative but to land. The reception they got was unexpected. Was Akrins right and this was meant to be? Futures were intertwined and lives were about to change forever but only if they could survive. The human race faced annihilation and it was time to make a stand. Views: 727
A man goes into a nail salon with his girlfriend to get his toes "did" for the first time and wonders if he'll still have points left on his "man" card.Mens’ feet tend to look like the face of a UFC fighter--to’ up. No, not torn up. "To’ up from the flo’ up."Pampering feet is a right of passage for women only. That goes for manicures and spas, too. Real men don't do "beauty" overhauls such as pedicures. At least that’s what you might believe. Imagine somebody like John Rambo getting foot work. Not pretty. Views: 727
My Mother warned me about the monsters in the woods; I should have listened.After her parents were brutally murdered, Hailey tries to live a normal life like a normal teenager; only she doesn't want to be noticed. She was content with hiding in the shadows not being seen by lurking eyes. Until one day things randomly start to change when she gets noticed. When Hailey met Robert she knew there was something more than just 'boy meets girl.' They had something mysteriously hidden between them and neither of them knew what it was. With Robert's help, Hailey tries to find out who killed her parents. She ends up getting herself in a bit of trouble. There is no way out. Find out how Hailey and Robert meet their end. Views: 726
Henry Lytten — a spy turned academic and writer — sits at his desk in Oxford in 1962, dreaming of other worlds.
He embarks on the story of Jay, an eleven-year-old boy who has grown up within the embrace of his family in a rural, peaceful world — a kind of Arcadia. But when a supernatural vision causes Jay to question the rules of his world, he is launched on a life-changing journey.
Lytten also imagines a different society, highly regulated and dominated by technology, which is trying to master the science of time travel.
Meanwhile — in the real world — one of Lytten's former intelligence colleagues tracks him down for one last assignment.
As he and his characters struggle with questions of free will, love, duty and the power of the imagination, Lytten discovers he is not sure how he wants his stories to end, nor even who is imaginary… Views: 723
Yukyuk is a speed freak and Harry sells weed and hash from his one-room apartment on 11th Street. One warm summer night in 1967, they have a problem, and that problem ends in murder.In the mid-1960's, a teenage, hippie crash-pad scene developed in New York's East Village. Many of the arrivals were escaping repressive or abusive home environments. During this time, I was forced to run away twice before my father would consent for me to grow long hair. Today they call it "The Generation Gap," but it was really a Generation War. However, life in the East Village got increasingly bizarre as hard drug use increased, revealing a dark underbelly to the emerging hippie subculture. Views: 720
What if someone had a secret so damning he’d kill his own nephew to protect it? Speak 2 U Soon brings four teens together in a psychological thriller as they search for the truth to Davey’s “accidental” drowning.In Speak 2 U Soon, Julie Price’s big brother drowns under mysterious circumstances: Uncle Eric takes Davey out in a boat knowing full well Davey is not only terrified of water, but he also can’t swim. It is her brother’s death that is Julie’s psychological undoing. Two other teens, Raven and Jorge, each suffering from their own losses, meet Julie in group therapy. Fast friends, they uncover discrepancies in Eric’s story. After enlisting Davey’s friend, Vince, who was on the boat the night Davey died, the four make a final climatic discovery. Views: 713
Do you desire to see more of Christ in your assembly and less of men and tedious program? Consider the experience of a couple of spirit-hungry churches. They could be like the ones just around your corner, with the Lord, in his sovereign will, about to break something open. Something like revival.The following Companion outlines in some detail the works collected together as The Ostraka Plays, together with some observations behind the writing process and a larger overview of the theatre these plays occupy. Each play is discussed in some detail and all are grouped together under the rubric of the ostracised: those people and characters who are ejected or abandoned from the social body. Views: 713
Being a teenager is never easy. It's even harder when you've been dead for over 250 years and your family are Death Omens. Famine is about to find out that his new world is filled with All matter of death, adventure, and even new friends. But there is an enemy waiting in the darkness. Famine's first foray into soul collection may be his lastThe animal kingdom needs to outdoor its princess; she must wear a new smock, but they need Ananse—the banished weaver.... Inspired by Ghanaian folktale... Views: 709
Michael's in his final year at High School: last thing he wants is to spend Saturday helping his snobby mother on her charity market stall. But maybe this could be the smartest move he'll ever make!Michael's still uncertain about his sexuality, surrounded at school by unfeasibly confident girls and bullying macho boys he feels utterly alone. When, helping his mother on her charity stall, he spots a young Romanian busker, he's struck by someone who appears even worse off, or is he? Could it be that this enigmatic young musician holds the key to Michael's future? Views: 709
A story of a young girl, Philomena, nickname of Philly, who is deeply affected by music and has lost a close friend. She has begun to feel she is alone in the world, to be the only one who feels as she does about music, as well as her loss of a close friend. But in reality, there are indeed others who know how she feels. She just has to find them, or let them find her.Charlotte Buchanan just graduated from high school and is finally off to college to start her life as a writer. Ever since she was a child, she dreamed of traveling the world and writing award-winning stories about her journeys. A sweet and reserved Southern Belle from Georgia, Charlotte never expected one event to change her fate. The night before she and Cecilia Crawford, her fun and rebellious childhood best friend, leave for school, she meets a mysterious and handsome guy who challenges her future endeavors. Left with doubt and confusion after his sudden disappearance, Charlotte finds that sometimes life's unexpected surprises become our most treasured blessings. To accept her fate, she and her best friend will both set out on a journey to find purpose and learn the true meaning of love and second chances. Views: 706
