Vampire in the Night: In Darkness We Must Abide, #1

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Hit Points: Gettysburg Generals

Hit Points: Gettysburg Generals is a short story about General Grant and General Sherman who must take out the Gray team. To do it they'll need to use plasma rifles, precious drops from previous kills and manage a healthy amount of respawning. Not to mention the fact that they'll need to do something that is almost impossible: work together.Kira has built up a reputation as a transporter and escort. She takes on a contract to work her way into a pirates nest. However her audacity, skill and ability enable her to make rapid progress within the pirate ranks. Does she complete her contract, or turn coat and stay within the ranks. Only time will tell.
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Touch

Kepler had never meant to die this way — viciously beaten to death by a stinking vagrant in a dark back alley. But when reaching out to the murderer for salvation in those last dying moments, a sudden switch takes place. Now Kepler is looking out through the eyes of the killer himself, staring down at a broken and ruined body lying in the dirt of the alley. Instead of dying, Kepler has gained the ability to roam from one body to another, to jump into another person’s skin and see through their eyes, live their life — be it for a few minutes, a few months or a lifetime. Kepler means these host bodies no harm — and even comes to cherish them intimately like lovers. But when one host, Josephine Cebula, is brutally assassinated, Kepler embarks on a mission to seek the truth — and avenge Josephine’s death.
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Pagan's Ark

Deep in the Vatican archives lurks a secret artifact powerful enough to shake the church loose from its foundations.A secret that will change everything we think we know about ourselves.The keeper of this strange object is Clarence Paulson, a priest the Pope hopes has lost his mind, because the alternative is taking him seriously.America's wartime spy master and presidential envoy Bill Donovan must tell the Pope what he doesn't want to hear — Father Paulson is no heretic, he is the key to unlocking a long hidden technology with the potential to change the world.But Donovan has to get to it before anyone else discovers the secret for themselves.
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Kin Bound

Finding my family could mean my end. Cayden and I have grown closer than ever. Now I'm alpha. But Romulus's cult will strike at any time, and his dark spirit hovers over me, ready to take over. One wrong move will kill us all. We need more Wolves to fight the Savages and the cult. But we find not only more Noble Wolves but my family: my mother's side. My Hunter side. Together, they make up what used to be the Noble Order, who used to protect the Royals. And now I get why the Order broke apart and the real reason my parents told no one I existed. I'm forbidden. If the Order learns I'm the daughter of a Royal Wolf and a Hunter, everything's over. For all of us. And that's without them knowing the Savage King could take me over at any time. Great. But we need the Order. It's going to take everything Cayden and I have to survive - and perhaps the help of a newfound cousin.
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Strangers

A paroled monster, a prostitute and a policeman all see a little girl lost, but this isn't the start of a joke. What can such a morsel do, when all that's left to rely on is the kindness of strangers? This short urban fantasy is part of a suite of short science fiction, fantasy and horror stories by BP Gregory, each its own little maelstrom of human suffering and longing.A paroled monster, a prostitute and a policeman all see a little girl lost, but this isn't the start of a joke. What can such a morsel do, when all that's left to rely on is the kindness of strangers? This short urban fantasy is part of a suite of short science fiction, fantasy and horror stories by BP Gregory, each its own little maelstrom of human suffering and longing. Includes disquieting (adult) themes.Strangers can be enjoyed alone or as part of Orotund: Collected Short Stories Volume 2, which is also available in print.
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A Star for Christmas

Santa Claus takes up the challenge when a girl asks him for a star for Christmas, employing a few tricks up his red and white sleeve to get the job done. Can he make the girl's Christmas her best ever yet? A free of charge, Christmas themed short story, totalling 1600 words.Santa Claus takes up the challenge when a girl asks him for a star for Christmas, employing a few tricks up his red and white sleeve to get the job done. Can he make the girl's Christmas her best ever yet?A free of charge, Christmas themed short story, totalling 1600 words.
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Wetweb

Meet Franklin Tempo, a man who lives in a world where organics and technology are interconnected.In this world people are entertained by remotely connecting to actors. In this world, veteran soldiers take control of scared recruits.This is Franklin's chronicle. In this book Franklin describes his world as he uncovers the forgotten origin and then the cataclysmic end of the WetWeb.The characters in WetWeb are struggling to understand the status of humanity in a strange world where biology and technology are intricately and unavoidably interconnected.Quote from Al McKnight:“If I lost a finger, a hand, an arm; am I less human? The answer must be no! Consider the converse case. When we animate organic tissue, a finger, a hand, an arm, have we created a part of a human? The answer must also be emphatically no.” Quote from Hans Hoobler:"What is walking among us? What cooks our meals and cleans our houses? What cares for our children? What strange creatures are these? What new race is born?”
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Bonded by Accident

Slade is an ex-slave, an ex-con, and a widower who has made a vow never to love another woman since his mate died tragically. But after his escape from BleakHall Prison, he finds he has a desperate need for female companionship. How to scratch his itch without breaking his vow? Easy--visit the Pairing Puppets aboard the Mother Ship--female-looking androids without emotions that help unmated Kindred males relieve their urges until they can find mates. Brandi Dixon is a single mom with a difficult life. She and her daughter live in a double-wide trailer in small-town rural Florida. Brandi longs for a man but she's picky and doesn't want to bring home a string of "temporary daddies" for her daughter like her mom did to her when she was growing up. Then her cousin wins tickets to tour the Kindred Mother Ship and tells Brandi there's a place where she can have hot, no-strings-attached sex with a Kindred warrior. Brandi wouldn't normally do such a thing but she's desperate--it's been a three year dry spell and she needs a man--even if it's only for a single night. Posing as a Pairing Puppet, she gets picked by Slade for a night of passion. But imagine her surprise when, after the best sex of her life, she hears the big Kindred's growling voice inside her head! Now Brandi is freaking out and Slade is pissed off that he broke his vow. Yet neither of them can deny the animal attraction that keeps drawing them together. When Brandi's daughter, Emmie, gets herself into terrible danger, Slade is the only one who can help. Will Brandi let the huge Kindred warrior into her life? You'll have to read Bonded by Accident to find out!
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