Overweight. Opinionated. Obsessed with video games and war movies. In U.S. Army basic training, Paul Sprungli connives, eats, and bumbles through ten weeks, running a contraband market, exploring religions, and facing military justice from a diminutive Drill Sergeant.Paul Sprungli. Overweight. Opinionated. Obsessed with video games and war movies. In U.S. Army basic training, he connives, eats, and bumbles through ten weeks, running a contraband market, exploring religions, and facing military justice from the diminutive Drill Sergeant Pint. Bunking with Sprungli is an exemplary soldier who succumbs to the most trying element of the modern U.S. Army's co-ed training environment: falling in love. Sprungli becomes the courier of notes, until he learns to doctor the messages and bring Drill Sergeant Pint into a fraternizing love triangle. A military comedy for the 21st century. Views: 968
Newly initiated Daiku Timo Coertez had not initially put the pieces together. The Myson spy Mikael had been aboard for a full day before he realised that this was the man he himself had spied on for the Wind Chasers, up at the Emperor's Summer Residence in the Vale.The question was, what should he do about it?A Meeting of Spies is the twelfth installment of 'To Walk the Path'. The revolution moves one step closer. Views: 788
Who needs a real therapist when you can purchase the Dr. Frank, Therapy App, created by a world famous psychologist? At least that was Timothy’s thinking. But can artificial intelligence be as emotionally intelligent as human intelligence? Hmmm...you may be surprised! A 10-minute comedy and Boston Theater Marathon finalistThis is a short story in poem format. It's about a girl who is a demon human hybrid who has to save the world. Views: 760
It's Midsummer's Eve, but Sam Tyler is starting to regret agreeing to find her ex's adopted brother a suitable coat for the coming night's ball.*Read this if you enjoy the work of Jon Courtney Grimwood, Tad Williams or Joe Abercrombie, or love watching Alias or Teenwolf.It's Midsummer's Eve, but Sam Tyler is starting to regret agreeing to find her ex's adopted brother a suitable coat for the coming night's ball.*The city of Neppon drifts through the shallows, where the walls circling the mortal realm are thin. Here the daemons gather out of the surrounding night, drawn by its promise of candle flame warmth.As the election for the city's mayoral office approaches, one man stands head and shoulders above the other candidates. His reputation is as a bastion for all that is good and honest, in a world beset from all sides by horrors. But Jaret Roscan carries a secret. A secret that could bring ruin to his political career, and chaos to his beloved city.One person carries the key to his salvation. The question is, will they come forward in his hour of need?Harlem's Deck; a story in instalments. Keep your hand close to your chest...*Read this if you enjoy the work of Jon Courtney Grimwood, Tad Williams or Joe Abercrombie, or love watching Alias or Teenwolf. Views: 759
Timo is a typical farm boy with a difference: when he goes out to tend the flocks a dragon joins him for the night long vigil. But things are about to change between him and Kirigama, as the Drake has need of his help.For fans of Robin Hobb, Richard Morgan and anyone eagerly awaiting the release of Scalebound.After the Storm... is the third chapter of 'The Orphans Revolt'. I'm planning to release it and its sister volume 'His Staying Hand' episodically whilst I get a head start on writing the concluding volume of the trilogy. So if you enjoy the above keep your eyes peeled for future instalments. As I've done with previous writing, each part will also be available for download individually here on Smashwords.Hope you enjoy! Views: 708
Jackson: SEALs of Honor, Book 19 Views: 700
Kyron swore he wouldn't work with dogs anymore, but, when Badger asks him to go home to Aspen and to track a missing War Dog, who is missing her left leg—as he is—Kyron can't refuse. Even if it means seeing his brother and his wife again. Not that he had anything against them. Kyron just couldn't deal with his parents. Finding the dog seems like the easiest part of returning to Aspen, until Kyron realizes a rescue run by a fascinating woman is the one that's spotted the missing dog, ... only the dog isn't alone ... Miranda spends every waking moment working to keep her animals safe. Two jobs keeps them in food and shelter but not much more. Considering her miserable neighbor is always making complaints about her, she has considered moving, but it is too expensive to make that happen. She has seen a three-legged canine hanging around the back perimeter of her property and had been feeding it, quietly knowing it resembled the dog the neighbor had brought home,... Views: 697
BIKER Baby BLUES: Morgan This is a fun short story that continues the story of Morgan and Jazz. It's meant to be read after the first 3 books in the series. Morgan and Jazz have dealt with most of the horrific problems that plagued their fledging relationship, or at least they hope so. But just as one horrific set of troubles falls away, another interesting one comes into play. Will they survive this one too? Views: 695
Tucker: The K9 Files, Book 13 Views: 690
Kurt the 12th book in the K9 Files series. Being a badass growing up had been fine for a while, but Kurt knew his life had to change. His best option? The US Navy. Fourteen years later a serendipitous request from Badger to check out reports of a missing War Dog hidden in the bushes and attacking people sends Kurt to the very place he couldn't wait to get out of. When Kurt chose the navy over Laurie Ann so long ago, he left her with a gift she'd fought long and hard to keep. Plus she didn't give up on her dream of becoming a doctor. When Kurt returns, it's hard not to see the same person she'd loved in this older version. Yet the town has a long memory, and at least one person isn't willing to see who Kurt is now. But, as always, he's a trouble magnet. Was he capable of handling the nightmare they were in, or would he leave, just like he had last time? Views: 688
Tell Your Kids a Cool Bedtime Story! These stories are designed for you to easily tell to your kids (ages 5-11). Keep them excited every time!About The Lost Princess in Winter's GripAnnabeth lives a normal life as a happy girl in a small town. Then one day her life is turned upside down by a Royal pronouncement that she is in fact a Princess!Tell Your Kids a Cool Bedtime Story!Deep down every kid loves bedtime stories, but sometimes at the end of the day you just don't have the energy. That's where the Tell Me A Story series of books can help. Each nightly episode takes 5-10 minutes to read out loud and ends in a gripping cliffhanger. Imagine your child hanging on your every word and captivating them every night with an easy to tell bedtime story.For less time than it takes to watch the start of a sit-com, you can spend quality time with your kids and make memories they will never forget.About The Lost Princess in Winter's GripAnnabeth lives a normal life as a happy girl in a small town. Then one day her life is turned upside down by a Royal pronouncement that she is in fact a Princess! With evil nipping at her heals, Annabeth and Prince Ryan must battle Stone Monsters, Bandits, and the dreaded Ice Witches in order to reclaim her title and dispense True Justice throughout the land. Views: 687
Tomas’s Trials: Heroes for Hire, Book 26 Views: 681
While Rivan and Galairel go to confront the Congregate's merchant aristocracy, Kelsaro leads her band of revolutionaries on a raid beneath the Imperial Precinct.As Timo and the Orphan fleet close in on the capital, Kel and her allies amongst the underground gangs of Incarnate finally put weeks of planning into action, with a little help from their girl on the inside.'Beneath the Precinct: Reprise' is part of the cyber-fantasy 'To Walk the Path', the final installment of 'The Star Plague Journals'. Views: 680
Lucas: The K9 Files, Book 5 Views: 677
Drawing is her world...but when her new pencil comes alive, it's his world too.Storey Dalton, seventeen and lonely, finds a pencil on her way to school. It’s like as soon as she gets down one image, a dozen more are pressing in on her. Then she realizes her pictures are almost drawing themselves...or is it that her new pencil is alive?Drawing is her world...but when her new pencil comes alive, it's his world too.Her...Storey Dalton is seventeen and now boyfriendless after being dumped via Facebook. Drawing is her escape. It’s like as soon as she gets down one image, a dozen more are pressing in on her. Then she realizes her pictures are almost drawing themselves...or is it that her new pencil is alive?Him...Eric Jordan is a new Ranger and the only son of the Councilman to his world. He’s crossed the veil between dimensions to retrieve a lost stylus. But Storey is already experimenting with her new pencil and what her drawings can do - like open portals.It ... The stylus is a soul-bound intelligence from Eric’s dimension on Earth and uses Storey’s unsuspecting mind to seek its way home, giving her an unbelievable power. She unwittingly opens a third dimension, one that held a dangerous predatory species banished from Eric’s world centuries ago, releasing these animals into both dimensions.Them... Once in Eric’s homeland, Storey is blamed for the calamity sentenced to death. When she escapes, Eric is ordered to bring her back or face that same death penalty. With nothing to lose, can they work together across dimensions to save both their worlds? Views: 677
