Two shorts written by author, Dom Cadiz.A pair of shorts written by Full Sail student, Dom Cadiz. One is about a boy, caught and torn in the middle of both genders, must struggle with the fact that he is madly in love with his best friend who sees him just as that: a friend. The next is an adaptation of the Three Little Pigs for the middle grade. It centers on the third “pig”, Bako.

Dan Sherman goes from a History Teacher to a Space Guardian in one day. He is transformed into one of the most powerful beings in the Multiverse.Dan Sherman had to take early retirement through bereavement. He started to have lucid dreams about a tall man who was beckoning him go to a certain place. He soon realized that this wasn't an everyday event. It was to be the start of a once in a lifetime chance to be a Space Guardian. How will he cope with powerful entities who will try to destroy him at turn?

A second short story. A dark winter evening. A few stops on the Portsmouth Line, sitting in the corner of the carriage and observing a mixed bunch of fellow passengers.A second short story. A dark winter evening. A few stops on the Portsmouth Line, sitting in the corner of the carriage and observing a mixed bunch of fellow passengers.A stand-alone follow on from On the Terrace, they can be read in any order. If you like this one, you'll probably enjoy On the Terrace even more!

A very short story about a young boy's spur-of-the-moment attempt at escape from his violent step-father, with a surprise twist ending.Alexa Ryan has a comfortable life, but an unusual condition forces her to keep the world, and all hope of love, at a distance.Ethan Kellar spent his long life running from his destiny, from his role in changing the fate of the world. Until the night Alexa falls into his arms.Believing she is the key to escaping his fate, Ethan gives in to their intense physical attraction only to discover that in trying to cheat destiny, he set it in motion.So he does the only thing he can to save them both. He walks away. Consumed by grief, Alexa is lost until she learns her brief encounter with love resulted in a child.When that child falls ill, her search for answers leads her back to Ethan and thrusts her into his dark and mysterious world, unlocking the secrets of her past and revealing threats to their future. Together, they fight to protect their love, but one battle remains that Ethan must fight alone as he struggles to choose his own path and avoid the choices of fate. 

Joshua, a savant, and reclusive, develops a mixture of phytochemicals that proves effective in fighting disease, including cancer. In time he is discovered to be the one that developed the miracle concoction. Public reaction, at first, is euphoric. As public awareness accelerates, the reaction becomes mixed. Why? Because he looks like Jesus.Joshua, a savant, and reclusive, develops a mixture of phytochemicals that proves effective in fighting disease, including cancer. In time he is discovered to be the one that developed the miracle concoction. Public reaction, at first, is euphoric. As public awareness accelerates, the reaction becomes mixed. Why? Because he looks like Jesus. The polarization leads to condemnation by some, adoration by others. Then, as Chaucer wrote, All good things must come to an end. Tragedy strikes. The country shaken. An examination of determining whether current humanity is significantly different than that of two thousand years ago. You may think the way I chose to end the story is suspicious. That's by design, for Part Two is underway, which story will follow the abduction of both Joshua and Namanda by the U.S. government. Enjoy Part One.

Betrayal, grief and a rescue bring Logan and Saige together in Antigua for two short weeks. Can he get over his fear of betrayal and see the family he always wanted right in front of him? Can Saige let the pain of losing her first love go and find love again with Logan? Or will their time on Antigua be but a pleasant memory touched with a bittersweet 'What if?'Logan Scofield came to Antigua to recover from the betrayal and divorce of his wife. He just wanted to rest and heal. But all that changed when he pulls Saige Garner from the waves during her attempted suicide. His heart goes out to the young widow and mother of twins. She gave in to a moment of weakness in her grief. He understands how easy that could be. He wants to help her heal but what will helping her cost him?Can he get over his fear of betrayal and see the family he always wanted right in front of him? Can Saige let the pain of losing her first love go and find love again with Logan? Or will their time on Antigua be but a pleasant memory touched with a bittersweet 'What if?'Or is God doing something for them that they can't yet hope is real?

Agent Nine, an intergalactic secret agent, is forced to complete his coworker's failed mission. As his team tries to protect the world from hearing the most horrific music ever produced, Russia and America are on the brink of a nuclear war.Academicessaywriters.com has the capacity to turn around your misfortunes by enabling you to get a good essay in record time. It is never easy to trust someone with your most important and urgent essay. It also takes a lot of professionalism and dedication to deliver a paper that will be a top contender for marks. These are the qualities that we have instilled in our writers over time and it is these qualities that will be employed in crafting your essay. Your trust matters to us because it is from the trust that a long lasting working relationship is natured.

A crew in space explores a distant planet, detected only through its toxic gas levels. The previous society killed themselves through war. Upon entering the planet's gravity they are rammed by debris and forced to land on the poisonous surface. They believe it was intentional, and set out to learn who brought them down. Finding only a single area free of poison, and at its center the last droid.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.

Some would think being alone is not healthy or the way to live life. For some, over the age of fifty might just think otherwise. Here is a story about one person's search for peace and quiet within himself and what surrounds him.By the way, this story is free, but tell me what you think?Trapped underground at the hands of his own creation, Kade Strohm can see no way out. Will the computer entity he designed, a super artificial intelligence get the upper hand, or will he escape to freedom. There is one other option, but freedom isn't it... he could do the unthinkable of course... the choice is his...

In the Light of Day is a collection of short stories with unexpected twists that will fill your mind with mystery and suspense. The stories will take you to the edge. How close will they take you? Read and see.Slightly BentHubert Emmitt was a tall young boy for his age. He stood a lanky six feet and four inches tall. His nickname was Slightly Bent. He loved baseball; it was his life, world and dream. He was the best and the scouts had their eyes on him. He was headed to the top until something happened and changed everything. Sometimes in life dreams don’t always come true.Sugar CreekIt was spring break. Beverly and Connie were headed to a concert in Hickory Flatts for the weekend. But, their well-planned trip changes when they have to take a detour. When they pick up a hitchhiker, they end up having a bizarre, twisted weekend at Sugar Creek.Hit and RunIt was a summer day in 1956 in Hollow Rock, Mississippi. Jerome Noles, a twelve-year-old boy was walking home from fishing. He was hit and killed by a driver who never stopped to help him. Would the driver get away with it because of who he was? Would a homeless man who witnessed the hit and run bring down the driver, a kingpin in the county?The UndertakerDecember 9, 1962 in Walnut Creek, Arkansas, a woman’s body is found at the Traveler’s Rest Motel. She is the fourth victim of a rage of murders in Walnut Creek. A serial killer is on the loose. Can Detective Hudson and Detective Durham find and stop the killer before he claims another victim?The CounselorAndy and Elaine Wilkerson had been in Sandy Oaks, South Carolina for the past two years. Elaine was from Ten Mile, Georgia. They moved to Sandy Oaks to take care of her mother who was battling breast cancer. But, little did she know by moving back her life would change dramatically.The Black BookThe year was 1951 in the small town of Long Creek, Kentucky. A serial killer was on the rampage. There had been two murders already and another body had been found. As the story unravels, the detectives begin to close in on the killer. Will a black book that was found hold the key to the bizarre murders and lead to a twisted ending?In the Bite of WinterWhen Police Chief Johnny Sloan arrives home, he finds his wife has been murdered. As the investigation goes on, Chief Sloan believes her boyfriend, Tommy Lee Lambert, killed her. With rumors spreading quickly around town and the political involvement, the case isn’t as it seems.Sunset MotelIt was 1973 in Willow Brook, Mississippi at the Sunset Motel when Diane Riddle went in to rent a room. The clerk, Jimmy, noticed nervous she was because she kept looking out the window like someone was following her. When morning came, he called her room because she had requested a wakeup call. She didn’t answer so he went to her room to make sure she was okay. But, she was gone. The room had been ransacked.Jones StreetBetty Jean lived in Spring Creek with her husband, Donald; they lived on Jones Street. Little did she know, after the death of her husband, her life would change forever. Jones Street holds a secret that will haunt her and drive her almost over the edge.

Poems that enlighten the mind and opens the heart. A collection of poetry about various subjects.Elliot and Daiko prepare to go and ruffle some corporate feathers on Jaret's behalf. His secret weapon? A Classic car with a soul... Storm clouds gather as we enter the Deck's second hand. For fans of character driven urban fantasy.(...Back cover write up...)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? A bastion for everything 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...

Darclonians want to turn all humans into a “Walking Black Hole” (weapon of mass destruction) to take over this universe and then the next. Jaden’s BIO-engineered body is the key to perfecting this weapon.A Dark Energy Knight touches down on Earth and proves to be an unstoppable force against humanity. An enemy with the powers of a blackhole is an evil only Jaden can face.The first female president proves her self as a fighter and leader for her country. She battles it out against robots in an exo-skeleton suit and proves that a female can kick ass if she has too.Darclonians want to turn all humans into a “Walking Black Hole” (weapon of mass destruction) to take over this universe and then the next. Jaden’s BIO-engineered body is the key to perfecting this weapon.A Dark Energy Knight touches down on Earth and proves to be an unstoppable force against humanity. An enemy with the powers of a blackhole is an evil only Jaden can face.Jaden can feel the Darclonian mothership sitting behind Earth’s moon waiting to take over human minds and body as the countdown gets closer to 0. The nanomoles in human brains are keeping them walking around like zombies and making them prisoners in their own body.Jaden feels an evil force inside of him spreading around his body turning him into something else. Jaden wants answers to what he is turning into and wants to find out what the Darclonians want with him and humans. He hitches a ride from on top of the Taipai 101 building and is beamed onto the mothership. Jaden is shocked at what he sees humans are being used for. Jaden has some tough choices to make as he meets the evil Dark Energy Queen of manipulation. The life of every human being is in Jaden’s hands.

Davina Briggs is a 17 year old, facing the Zombie apocalypse. She is well prepared because of her prepper father. But, is she prepared to be alone in the fort. Zombies won't be the only thing Davina confronts. How will she handle seeing humans dwindle to a more animalistic state? Humans will be as deadly as any undead.My name is Davina Briggs. I'm seventeen and the Zombie Apocalypse just started. At least, I think it has, watching viral YouTube videos of recently dead, standing up, sometimes missing an arm, or with their entrails falling to the ground... Is a pretty good sign of the end of the world.The government might be calling it a virus. I don't know how far this virus will spread. I don't know if it will ever stop. All I know is, it sure doesn't look good. I lost contact with my Dad a few days ago. He is on a business trip out in Denver... Far from the hills of Tennessee, where we live. He promised me, that he would make it home. I pray that he does. Dad is all I have...I'm not going to cry. Nope. Not going to do it. My Dad is a prepper... To my friends and family that snickered at us, or outright laughed at us. Who is laughing now?I'm starting to pack things up and move them to the bunker, which isn't even a bunker. It's a fortification on top of our three car garage... The fort. There is a small home up there with all we will need. My Dad thinks of everything. From an armory to medicine and solar power. I'm sure I, and hopefully we will be okay from the zombies and anything else that could happen. The power is flickering. I'll have to go up to the fort soon... Pull up the ladder and hunker down. Please let my Dad make it home. I know I can make it by myself, my Dad taught me well, but I don't want to be alone for the end of the world!This is my journal of the zombie apocalypse... Hopefully someone will be able to read it.

Elise and her annoying dog Smorg explore the twisty tunnels and tottering towers of Porridge Castle. A magical place of happy ghosts, giant dancing spiders and rude signposts. Where the flying cows roam and a flame-proof hat is essential in case of dragons. Yet things are going wrong, the magic is running out. Can Elise and her companions solve the mystery of the missing magical gold Gloop?Elise and her annoying dog Smorg explore the twisty tunnels and tottering towers of Porridge Castle that sits between the Dogtooth mountains and the Miserable sea like an elephant on a beach towel. A magical place of happy ghosts, giant dancing spiders and rude signposts. Where the flying cows roam and a flame-proof hat is essential in case of dragons. Yet things are going wrong, the magic is running out and the castle thinks Elise can help. With armour and sword to protect her, Elise and her companions search hidden, dangerous places for the Lost Mines, only to find the Mini Miners and answer the mystery of the missing magical gold Gloop.

The peace following an interplanetary war is threatened when the King of the Zardian Empire dies, leaving his young untested daughter behind as his sole heir. The battle begins when several planets see this as an opportunity to take over the Solar System. Young Queen Saturna must call upon her courage and wisdom to reunite her kingdom.The peace following an interplanetary war is threatened when the King of the Zardian Empire dies, leaving his young untested daughter behind as his sole heir. The battle begins when several planets see this as an opportunity to take over the Solar System. Accompanied by Gondee, a Urite with telepathic abilities, Hete, a small furry Kievil of limited intelligence, Peep, a six inch Farilight, who can speak over four hundred languages and Anton, the Captain of her guards, young Queen Saturna must call upon her courage and wisdom to reunite her kingdom.

Gloria Goldfish wakes up one morning and discovers all the gold has been stolen from her scales. But who's taken it, and why would they do such a thing? Gloria sets out on an underwater journey of self-discovery to get back her gold, making new friends and facing new dangers along the way.This batch of hundred short poems leans heavily towards politics and to a lesser extend to the various recent aspects of popular culture. This is a continuation to my personal challenge to write at least one poem a day until I reach 1000 poems, or maybe a number over 9000.More specifically this collection contains several poems on the topics of feminism, racism, #GamerGate and since each of these topics are highly controversial, it is likely that our views on these subjects will have discrepancies. Well, at least if you are in favour of feminism, do not want to end racism, and are not in favour of #GamerGate. Nevertheless other topics have been touched as well.This time around, I would say that my favourite poem is the one called "Courage and Bigotry." It is slightly longer than the average length of the other poems.The table of contents:Here we go againOn the sixth of marchCompulsory SwedishUnder the storm and rain (For a fantasy novel)Combined European Army?European army and how it could workDandelion Prince (For a fantasy novel)A Top Gear job opening?Terry Pratchett#GamerGate and Women in Video Games?CHAPPiEGarnetPoetry is a sounding boardBreak up poemParenting?Old loveWe will own this sky21.03.2015Gaming and microtransactionsFeminism is our modern swastikaSpace MonkeyPassive Aggressive Spring#Gamergate as FBI priority4/5th DirectionSpace MonkeyOld School WesternStereotypical Fantasy VillainAnother WorldEarly birdThe Dead Fields (For a fantasy novel)For what it's worthPillars of EternityI hate youHeadacheLet me seeCulture of rape?Hugo Awards 8.4.2015 4/8/2015Were I to sell renewable energy135 downloads#SadPuppiesBreakIt keeps going onwardsHillary's tweetGRRM and Sad PuppiesNetflixdevilNASA | SDO: Year 5Tower of Judgement (For a fantasy novel)Baron of Storms (For a fantasy novel)Two days to electionsThe Terror of Honey Badgers at Calgary ExpoElection DayCourage and BigotryFearOn the Death of RacismOde to my new hatBicycleFlash GordonMan of SteelPolitical CorrectnessThe Two Natural DisastersBirthday RosesThoughts on Baltimore RiotsDavid Simon: End the Drug WarHappy thoughtsNews from Nepal in 2015Bernie Sanders for PresidentSpace MonkeyAnd the sky shall fallI like to argue like a Flame WarriorSleepNight at the clubOn PotatoesA gamer is dead, long live the gamer!Space MonkeyAll those racist wordsControversial poems...Fried RiceTaunts onlineMy dear WatsonI received a letterOn police with camerasKing's counsel (For a fantasy novel)Girlfriend's espressoOn women who want to have it allOn a brighter noteA response to Elisa Chavez's “#gamergate”SidetrackedThe bitch waits in the showerA Person of Colour“Redneck Avengers: Tulsa Nights” — A Bad Lip ReadingHundred online strawsHeadaches of mineThe Green ElephantSandwich with hamAnd now she wants salmonSidekick Max: Furiosa's RoadTo Be A Delicate FlowerA Green CarHello my loveSome Two Hundred Poems

Episode 22, Nanotroopers. Johnny Winger is regenerated from loose atoms after a previous mission. Remnants of Red Hammer and rogue Chinese generals re-build their alliance to regain contact with their alien benefactors. Something’s stirring beneath the icescape of Europa. Quantum Corps races to find out and prevent the cartel from making contact. The final clash changes Winger forever.Episode 22, Final Episode of Nanotroopers. Johnny Winger has been regenerated from loose atoms, scattered after a previous mission. Now what’s left of Red Hammer and rogue Chinese generals are rebuilding their alliance. They want to regain contact with their alien benefactors, the Old Ones. Something is stirring beneath the icescape of Jupiter’s moon Europa and it may be a new portal to the aliens. Quantum Corps races the new alliance Soldiers of Harmony to find out what is happening. In the final clash, Johnny Winger undergoes an encounter that will change him forever.

She made her choice, and it ruined our relationship. I was stuck with her, however, because I was blind and I needed her resources. I went from a grand warrior to a blind man. It was more than that she just had the resources to look after me, however much I might deny it. We had a bond. A tenuous bond that was being tested and shaken by a creature cloaked in black who haunted our every step.The Ragnarok has come to the Gods of Asgard. As predicted, Odin has fallen in battle to Fenris, the great wolf son of Loki, and he believes he will never awaken again. Yet, he is conscious of a change, of a place and a time he'd believed to be gone beyond the reaches of time.A new Ragnarok follows him, a new battle that he must win, lest the cycle be broken.Permanently.

Orson Scott Card offers a Christmas gift to his millions of fans with *A War of Gifts*, a short novel set during Ender Wiggin's first years at the Battle School where it is forbidden to celebrate religious holidays. The children come from many nations, many religions; while they are being trained for war, religious conflict between them is not on the curriculum. But Dink Meeker, one of the older students, doesn't see it that way. He thinks that giving gifts isn't exactly a religious observation, and on Sinterklaas Day he tucks a present into another student's shoe. This small act of rebellion sets off a battle royal between the students and the staff, but some surprising alliances form when Ender comes up against a new student, Zeck Morgan. The War over Santa Claus will force everyone to make a choice.

Twenty-four-year-old Olivia Taylor Jones has the perfect life. The only daughter of a wealthy, prominent Chicago family, she has an Ivy League education, pursues volunteerism and philanthropy, and is engaged to a handsome young tech firm CEO with political ambitions. But Olivia’s world is shattered when she learns that she’s adopted. Her real parents? Todd and Pamela Larsen, notorious serial killers serving a life sentence. When the news brings a maelstrom of unwanted publicity to her adopted family and fiancé, Olivia decides to find out the truth about the Larsens. Olivia ends up in the small town of Cainsville, Illinois, an old and cloistered community that takes a particular interest in both Olivia and her efforts to uncover her birth parents’ past. Aided by her mother’s former lawyer, Gabriel Walsh, Olivia focuses on the Larsens’ last crime, the one her birth mother swears will prove their innocence. But as she and Gabriel start investigating the case, Olivia finds herself drawing on abilities that have remained hidden since her childhood, gifts that make her both a valuable addition to Cainsville and deeply vulnerable to unknown enemies. Because there are darker secrets behind her new home and powers lurking in the shadows that have their own plans for her.

In San Francisco, the souls of the dead are mysteriously disappearing—and you know that can't be good—in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore's delightfully funny sequel to A Dirty Job. Something really strange is happening in the City by the Bay. People are dying, but their souls are not being collected. Someone—or something—is stealing them and no one knows where they are going, or why, but it has something to do with that big orange bridge. Death Merchant Charlie Asher is just as flummoxed as everyone else. He's trapped in the body of a fourteen-inch-tall "meat" waiting for his Buddhist nun girlfriend, Audrey, to find him a suitable new body to play host. To get to the bottom of this abomination, a motley crew of heroes will band together: the seven-foot-tall death merchant Minty Fresh; retired policeman turned bookseller Alphonse Rivera; the Emperor of San Francisco and his dogs, Bummer and Lazarus; and Lily, the former Goth girl. Now if only they can get little Sophie to stop babbling about the coming battle for the very soul of humankind...