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In the mystery of Christmas we find its majesty.
The mystery of how God became flesh, why he chose to come, and how he must love his people.
Such mysteries can never be solved, just as Love can never be diagrammed.
Christmas is best pondered, not with logic, but with imagination. Views: 562
David belongs to a race of immortals known as Rakum--bloodthirsty and the very epitome of what today's vampires would be if they existed. Walk in David's shoes as he does his best to work out the kinks of his life, mixing with voluntary blood donors and a gay benefactor, all the while resisting the urge to kill.David belongs to a race of immortals known as Rakum--bloodthirsty and the very epitome of what today's vampires would be if they existed. But David's race exists, and they remain under the radar as much as possible.In this short tale, walk in David's shoes as he does his best to work out the kinks of his life, mixing with voluntary blood donors and a gay benefactor, all the while resisting the urge to kill.The kill comes with an extra special buzz...and that experience is one with which David will become intimately familiar in "David and the Dying Buzz."David Walker is a main character in the bestselling novel trilogy beginning with RABBIT: CHASING BETH RIDER. In this short, get a peek into his backstory and motivation for the events in the novels. This story previously published in LOOSE RABBITS OF THE RABBIT TRILOGY with many other tales. Views: 562
In Eat the cookie...Buy the shoes, well known authorand speaker Joyce Meyer brings the issue of balance in our lives to the forefront. Not diminishing the importance of discipline, she lets us know that every once in a while it's okay to get off our structured regimen and enjoy a cookie, buy that pair of shoes you've been eyeballing, or even both! Views: 561
In a matter of 24 hours, Sarah Masters lost everything that was important to her - her job, her friends, her house. Now a madman is hunting her down to kill her, and the only ones stopping him are the FBI Agents who have pledged to protect her. But while keeping her safe, these FBI Agents touch Sarah's life in a way she never expected as they cause her to question her relationship with God.In a matter of 24 hours, Sarah Masters lost everything that was important to her - her job, her friends, her house. Now a madman is hunting her down to kill her, and the only ones stopping him are the FBI Agents who have pledged to protect her. But in the process of protecting her, these FBI Agents touch Sarah's life in a way she never expected as they cause her to question her relationship with God and His plan for her future.Sam Morgan is the FBI Agent tasked with the job of keeping Sarah safe. He and his team fight to keep Sarah alive - and in the process, all of their lives are changed in ways they never expected. Views: 560
Grace Mallory is tired of running. But when she learns that the villain who killed her father is closing in, she has no choice. Grace is waylaid, however, by Amos Bledsoe, who hopes to continue their telegraph courtship in person. With Grace's life--and his heart--on the line, can Amos shed his shyness and become the hero she requires? Views: 559
What if... we had to do it over and over until we got it right? What if... the end was the beginning? What if... Dante was on to something? James T Lawrence is about to find out.The fate of the world as we know it rests in the hands of an unwitting teenage witch and her overweight cat.In present-day Portland, the Norse gods are alive and well, and hiding in plain sight: Odin is a high school principal, blustering Thor is about to lose his job as a photocopier repairman, and the Norns are operating a psychic hotline—and they and their kin are on the hunt for the newly reincarnated World Tree as they try to prevent Ragnarok.At the same time, sixteen-year-old Sally Dahl is casting rune spells to bring about a better, happier planet, but she instead triggers the return of the legendary Berserker warriors—and their bottomless junk food cravings. When Sally finds herself the victim of her own magick, she inadvertently teams up with a power-grabbing minor deity, Managarm, who wants to capture the Tree for himself and assert his dominion over all.Can Odin rely on a new generation of Vikings—including a marching band and a biker gang—for help? Can Sally fix her magickal mistakes in time to thwart Managarm’s plan—before the Berserkers eat Voodoo Doughnuts out of business?________________________Jennifer Willis loves tales of magickal mayhem, unlikely adventure, and playful intrigue.An admitted sci-fi nerd and urban fantasy fan, she is the author of the Valhalla urban fantasy series and the forthcoming M.A.R.S. science fiction romance series. When she’s not hiking, knitting, baking, star-gazing, or reading like a fiend, she spends her time bringing enchantment to the world. She is also the writer behind the Northwest Love Stories feature in The Oregonian and has a byline in the Hugo Award-winning Women Destroy Science Fiction from Lightspeed.She lives in Oregon with her dude, their dog, a couple of cats, and possibly a family of raccoons residing under the house. Views: 557
Jean Mitchell, deep cover agent for the Association, just got her cover blown. Now there's only one option: become someone else entirely by trading bodies with another agent. But the real trouble starts when she starts to fall for that other agent's fiancee...A small town in America decides to cancel seventh grade, after a tumultuous group of sixth graders forces all of their teachers to quit. Instead of returning to school after summer break, the group is sent to an innovative enrichment camp, which turns out to be nothing like what the students or their parents expected. The seventh graders find themselves alone, with no adults, and no way to return to civilization. A series of surprising and humorous events leads them to discover the true meanings behind life and the freedom to learn. Views: 556
In this tongue-in-cheek novella, reluctant amateur sleuth, Doreen Sizemore, vows to never leave her home in South Shore, Kentucky ever again. She's afraid of discovering another dead body since murders only seem to happen when she travels. Her vow to stay home is broken when a newly rich relative offers her the dream of a lifetime—a trip up her beloved Ohio River on the Mississippi Queen. Doreen is thoroughly enjoying her trip until another murder lands her in jail! Views: 555
My mind is not like Satoshi's - it's ordered, with perfect recall. That's why he loves me, I think. But they want to take me away from him - all because he lost his temper ONE time. It doesn't seem fair. They keep talking about Statute Forty-Nine. And saying that now - I am different..."They haunt humanity with two sets of unchanging eyes, confident that one day there will be no more left with the courage to stand up to them, no more left without the fear of sounding mad. One day, no one will say that the majority is a lie or dare call their culture’s progress an illusion. No one will suspect that the ensuing holy war is the work of a two-pronged insanity bent on total destruction.When that day comes, it will be the beginning of the end. Until then, they work and wait with the patience of undying things: a family, a movement, a cult of two." Views: 555
"The character of the great inventor is drawn with considerable skill, and we may point it out as achieving what Lord Lytton attempted, but did not accomplish, in his \'Last of the Barons.\'" -Academy "It is a charming and romantic story of the English Civil Wars, and the chief scene is inside the castle which stood out the longest of all on the King\'s side, and where, at that very time, the rude embryonic steam-engine was at work, invented by the son of the owner. Of Mr. MacDonald\'s standing as a novelist it is needless to say a word; his name has been spread far and wide, and his popularity in this country is second to that of no writer of fiction in America, unless it be Mrs. Stowe or Edward Eggleston." -New Outlook "The best of living story writers." -New York Independent "The charms and value of Mr. MacDonald\'s work need not be sought. They present themselves unasked for in the tender beauty of his descriptions, whether of nature or of life and character, in his almost superhuman insight into the workings of the human heart, and in his unceasing fertility of thought and happy exactitude of illustration." -Pall Mall Gazette "Emerson says that honest men make the earth wholesome. MacDonald does more; he makes the earth a bit heavenly." -Edward Eggleston "There is a freshness and a beauty in his style which would make his writing delightful reading." -Philadelphia Inquirer "He has the greatest delicacy of fancy, with the greatest vigor of imagination. He is a dramatist, too, who can give the most vivid individuality to characters conceived with the rarest originality. But all his powers of mind and heart are consecrated to the service of humanity." -Rev. H. W. Bellows, D. D. "After all, the supreme interest of MacDonald\'s novels is found...in the personality of the writer, revealed everywhere in lofty or subtle thought, in noble sentiment, and in lovely feeling." -Boston Daily Transcript "He looks at life wholly from within....No writer ever saw the inner life with a clearer vision." -Scribner\'s Monthly Views: 555
A tragedy she can't forget...The truth waits at Three Brothers Ranch.With the circumstances of her brother's death still shrouded in secrets, barrel racer Jeri Bogman needs answers—and handsome rancher Ryder Smith is the key to finding them. But Jeri can't ever let Ryder know who she really is. Because the closer she gets to the truth, the more Jeri risks losing the cowboy she's falling for...and the home where she really belongs. Views: 553
In this fourth in a collection of fourteen short stories by Abbie Joules, her brother Bendigo is befriended by a young calico cat on their east Texas farm. Together they explore an unlikely friendship with a farm pond catfish, a relationship of discovery that enriches and changes Ben's life.The fourth in a series of fourteen short stories by Abbie Joules, chronicling the young lives of her and her brother, Ben Joules, as they grow up on a dairy farm in east Texas during the 1940's and 1950's. In this story, a barnyard calico cat befriends Ben, and together they embark on a journey of discovery about unlikely friendships and deep, unrealized emotions. The cat, which becomes known as Fish-Cat, chooses a farm pond catfish as a companion, and the relationship changes the way Ben views the world. Views: 550
An Old-Fashioned ChristmasThat's what led new believer Mary Thorpe to start over in quaint Middleburg, Kentucky. As director of the church's Christmas pageant, Mary's job is to bring the townspeople together, to remind them what the season is really about. But everyone is all riled up over one very handsome man: the man daring to run against Middleburg's popular long-standing mayor. Mac MacCarthy wants change. Mary wants things to stay as they are. Is there a happy medium? Both Mac and Mary are in for one very big Christmas surprise. Views: 547
No one steps on Archer land. Not if they value their life. But when Meredith Hayes overhears a lethal plot to burn the Archer brothers off their ranch, a twelve-year-old debt compels her to take the risk.
Fourteen years of constant vigilance hardens a man. Yet when Travis Archer confronts a female trespasser with the same vivid blue eyes as the courageous young girl he once aided, he can't bring himself to send her away. And when an act of sacrifice leaves her injured and her reputation in shreds, gratitude and guilt send him riding to her rescue once again.
Four brothers. Four straws. One bride. Despite the fact that Travis is no longer the gallant youth Meredith once dreamed about, she determines to stand by his side against the enemy that threatens them both. But will love ever be hers? Or will Travis always see her merely as a short-straw bride? Views: 544
