First person account of an unusual turn in events after the dead come back to life.The Dead Rule the Day is a unique twist in the Zombie genre, playing a first hand account of the potential fall of civilization.

Some people just need to get away. Some simply buy a motorcycle, while others change their identity. Watch out for the people who have a long story to explain something very simple.A father returns from work to find a cryptic note on his bed. Is his son going to kill the president? Why would he and what can the father do to stop him? This 2,000 word story is the second of three fast-paced intelligent short stories from British writer Colin Marks.

Watch out for Taxman a serial auditor and anti-hero. He may have you in his sights.You’ve heard of Batman, meet Kenneth Selznick an anti-hero auditor with the Internal Revenue Service. Kenneth better known, as TAXMAN, is a villain easily overlooked, but one who leaves a wake of destruction wherever he plies his special art of bringing misery to good common workaday people.This story is intended as a parody and roast of the United States tax system and the Internal Revenue Service.

Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a powerful business coalition plots to kill the emperor, she feels a tad overwhelmed....Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a powerful business coalition plots to kill the emperor, she feels a tad overwhelmed.Worse, Sicarius, the empire's most notorious assassin is in town. He's tied in with the chaos somehow, but Amaranthe would be a fool to cross his path. Unfortunately, her superiors order her to hunt him down. Either they have an unprecedented belief in her skills... or someone wants her dead.

Seventeen year old Jade Sommers' life is turned upside down the moment she sees the inch long cut across her face heal right before her eyes.Jade thinks she is going insane, but her boyfriend, Aiden Scott, knows better. He knows what she is. And like him, she was born this way.Now if finding out that people like her shouldn't exist isn't bad enough, Jade's best friend is kidnapped by the psychoSeventeen year old Jade Sommers' life is turned upside down the moment she sees the inch long cut across her face heal right before her eyes.Jade thinks she is going insane, but her boyfriend, Aiden Scott, knows better. He knows what she is. And like him, she was born this way.Now if finding out that people like her shouldn't exist isn't bad enough, Jade's best friend is kidnapped by the psycho who terrorises her dreams. With the help of Aiden, Jade has to figure out how to save her before it's to late.But what Jade doesn't know is not everything is what it seems. She is merely a puppet in a sadistic game to find out what she is truly capable of, and that game has only just begun.

In 2019 Eli Sands is a typical kid, spending most of his free time with his vidpad. So what's he doing in the middle of a burning city in ancient Egypt? Standing next to a highly evolved dinosaur from another planet? It all has to do with DARPA and the timesphere experiments.Eli's mother has disappeared. Now he must save his world and family from a fatal disease that has slipped through time.The year is 2019, and a secret government agency is forcing Eli Sands's dad to continue with his time-travel experiments, even though Eli's mom has just disappeared in one. Then Eli himself demonstrates an unexpected ability to travel through time. Now he has a ridiculous new code name and a gravely important mission. With the help of new friends-- Clyne, an intelligent dinosaur from an alternate Earth reality, and Thea, a girl scientist from ancient Egypt-- Eli must investigate a deadly disease, search for his mother, and stay alive.

An Erica Joan Stark story.Stark must cross the Seas of Venus to find a missing friend. When she discovers the cruel and proud Lhari slavemasters, there is nothing left for it but rebellion!A Gender Switch Adventure.When four Zurich Gnomes of the American Capitalist Church are kidnapped, Noodles and Botzi are summoned by Papa Speculatus III to his Basilica, the Golden Sucks Tower on Wall Street to go on a mission and save them. The missing Capitalist monsignors are the only ones who hold the codes to the multi-billion bullion stored in Swiss caves. Our boys can’t unravel teaser clues which they found, and as a last resort they enlist the brains of the famous Negative Detective, Professor Matto Pipistrello to explain what is going on. Alas, some serious murders cause a change in plans, and the Bio-Teks have to return to tell the Papa he too is in great danger. The anti-clutter reactor which Noodles invented has been stolen from the CERN laboratories in Switzerland and the ancient brotherhood of the Calamari, thought extinct, has surfaced with a vengeance, not only to annihilate Papa Speculatus III but also the whole Capitalist Church….But wait! -There’s more…..Who is Leonardo da Ladro? And what are chief Nazis Hermann Goering, Joseph Goebels, Heinrich Himmler and Albert Speer doing singing Wagnerian arrangements in the key of Hitler from the skies over Manhattan?

It's been a year since the hottest au pairs ever saw the Hamptons, and Eliza, Jacqui and Mara have resigned themselves to spending summer apart. But when Eliza's new stepmother finds herself in need of some help, Jacqui and Mara wind up with two first-class tickets to a crazy and hot Hamptons summer.

Four haunting short stories by urban fantasy author Kristopher Reisz, illustrated by Constance Brewer.(New Adult Paranormal Romance - A Succubus Kiss Prequel Novella)With one kiss, everything will change...When a mysterious letter arrives from her estranged mother, twenty-one year old Kenna Blake and her best friend, Bree, are prompted to take a trip to New Orleans at her mother’s expense. Cryptic messages, a hot tour guide, some Halloween fun, and a sudden new ability Kenna can't seem to explain are just the beginning of this weekend-trip and the start of her life being forever altered. Will the new world Kenna’s eyes have unwillingly been opened to in the mystifying Crescent City crumble her reality?

After receiving a large inheritance, James Bond is accused of improprieties and drummed out of the British Secret Service. Disgusted with his former employers, Bond places his services on the open market, where he attracts the attention of SPECTRE, who are all too willing to put their one-time enemy on their payroll.

These renegade authors are burning bridges. Each one of their 15 short stories is a match and a commitment to never to look back. Readers can expect tales of revenge, redemption and the road ahead - but never regret.These renegade authors are burning bridges. Each one of their 15 short stories is a match and a commitment to never to look back. Readers can expect tales of revenge, redemption and the road ahead - but never regret.Featuring:Dead Weight ~ Allan LeveroneThe Beginning of the End ~ Paul D. BrazillUnforgettable ~ Julia MadeleineA Freeway on Earth ~ Heath LowranceHorse Clock ~ K.A. LaityDisciple ~ Mark CooperPunishment/Lola ~ Darren SantAsylum ~ George S. GeisingerNo Turning Back ~ McDrollThe Importance of Blood ~ Edith M. MaxwellThe Last Injustice ~ Benjamin SobieckAn Idea for Murder ~ Tace BakerSafety First ~ Joshua J. MarkKilling Deities ~ L. VeraA Gift ~ B.R. Stateham

Ronald Pinkly is having a bad day. Of course he knew his life was never going to end well, and he has apparently misplaced his watch. Being eaten, suffocated and shot wasn't going to help his mood much either...Patrick Noel is a prisoner at Cook Penitentiary, facing a life sentence for the murder of his wife and son, a crime he didn't commit. But Patrick is also keeping evil under lock and key in a prison of his own...his body. As Patrick tries to fight the monster within, he will discover that his curse may turn out to be the world's saving grace.Rot in a cell next to Patrick as he faces Death Without Parole in this new horrifying short story from Christopher Lee Cousino, the author of the superhero novel Homeless, the Zombie Hero series, and numerous short stories.

In this sequel to The Spy Princess, Lilah, newly made a princess, teams up with Atan, the hidden princess of the oldest country in the world, Sartor, to free the kingdom from a century of enchantment. Capture, escape, a forest beyond time, ancient beings, civilizations secreted in caves, and a deadly enemy await the girls. Atan knows that if she survives, the challenges facing a fifteen-year-old queen are only beginning.

Be careful what you wish for … you might get more than you ever imagined.I am fifteen years old today! July 19, 2010! My name is Izzabela Jayne Gonzales. I have two sometimes wonderful sisters, Jazamine Nicole and Jacilyne Aubree. I have a brother, Rementon Kolt. My mom is Jacklyne Nicole Gonzales. My father is Benito Paco Gonzales. Today my mother is planning my ‘surprise’ party, that Jazamine ‘accidently’ told me about. Rementon is the only one that has told me happy birthday today. When Jacilyne heard him tell me happy birthday she shouted it, but she really forgot. Oh well she’s only 13. I’m 16. Jazamine is 17. Rementon is 18. Mom is 35, Dad is 36. Kayde, Rementon’s college roommate walked in with this girl wrapped around him. She barely had any clothes on! God I’m jealous Kayde is drop dead sexy, the things I’d do with him!

Seventeen year old Emmaline Watson and Dravon Riley's lives are about to change forever. Her family has generations of secrets that are entwined with his own. Jasper becomes their enemy when he does the unthinkable trying to destroy the supernatural races.Will they except their fate or fight against it? Can they stop Jasper before they all cease to exist?Seventeen year old Emmaline Watson's life is about to change forever. Her family has generations of secrets that are about to change everything she thought she knew existed. What will happen when she finds out that she is one of the most powerful parts of the supernatural race, and it's her responsibility to save them all? Can she become what they need her to be? Will the supernatural world cease to exist, or will she be able to save it in time?Seventeen year old Dravon Riley has his own secrets that are entwined with her generations of secrets.He seems to be just a normal boy, but his true self is hidden. What will happen when he finds out that he is a piece of the puzzle connected to saving the supernatural race? Will he accept his destiny? Will he fight fate?Jasper's secrets threaten to destroy him every day. He becomes their enemy, when he does the unthinkable. His pain fuels his rage against their race, and he will stop at nothing to destroy them. He doesn't want to hurt anyone, but he'll do whatever he can to be free of the grief that is plaguing him. Will he succeed in destroying them all?

For centuries magical beings have hidden in the darkness, waiting. Long ago an ancient race hid a powerful weapon on Earth, and now word has spread that it’s on the verge of being found.For centuries magical beings have hidden in the darkness.Long ago an ancient race hid a powerful weapon on Earth, and now word has spread that it’s on the verge of being found.Its Summer 2045, and twin sisters; Grasiella and Tatiana Najera have no idea that their family holds a dark secret. It’s not until after they arrive at their grandmother’s home on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai that they discover they will have to keep a magical war from irrupting, and somehow keep peace between a Race that is ready to step out into the light.

Life for the Jews of 1983 Lodz is difficult and dangerous, but when Katrina finds a book hidden deep within an ancient temple, she discovers the words of magic that bring forth the Golem to protect her.THE GUARDIANS BEGINS... An alien race flee their dying world... Welcomed by the hails and emissaries of the League of Eight, The Crulla instead make their way through the systems they come across, seeking worlds not to live on, but where they can harvest the blood of the inhabitants. After their advance leads them to a League outpost, where they decimate the population, the League are forced to act; going to war against the rampaging alien species, who are making their way slowly to the unprotected Sollus system, and it’s one occupied planet… Earth!

a claustrophobic man meets with his agoraphobic grandfather.Sometimes time just gets away from us. Brandon Halverson knows this all too well as a man eternally late. Ironically, he's pulled through time to serve a malicious future Earth. One hell bent on using time travelers to aid them in destroying innocent life. Now Brandon has to figure out how to escape before his time literally runs out.This was written at about the same time as Thief, but I found it harder to find a proper ending. After a couple of months of re-writing it, I finally feel like it's finished. Thank you for reading and supporting indie authors! If you enjoy this check out my other work, including my novel Void Star.-J.P. Yagerwww.otterbored.com

Each night Natalie dreams...and journeys to a magical world where she faces a challenge: sixteen doors that she must open, one each night. But should she open the doors? And is it really just a dream? Things are getting worse- in her dreams and in the real world. Should she open the final door?Natalie had been twelve for seven days when the dreams began...if she is dreaming. Each night she is supposed to open another door, and each door offers a challenge, and a gift.But is she dreaming? Should she be opening the doors? Things in her world- the real world- are getting stranger and stranger, and there are consequences to opening the doors. Her guide insists that she must open all of them, but there are others telling her not to, and willing to fight to stop her.What should Natalie do? Should she open the last door?