Noobs Guide to Quality Web Sites, The

      Mike McGlugritch
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This book will teach you how to get your own Quality Web Site for little to no cost at all. You don't need to hire expensive web and graphic designers for something you can do on your own. Get started now and get your web site working for you. You know what a web site could mean for your business or hobby, why wait? Grab this ebook now and have your website up and running in a matter of minutes!The wizard's tower is falling down, falling down, falling down! The Wizard's tower is falling down, my fair lady.This is the second short story in the Evenings with Rory series. It is only tied in with Harriet's Mystery in that the inspiration came from Rory's Story Cubes, which are fun and awesome.Should you like to appear as part of Evenings with Rory, please email the author.

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    EarthFlight Two: Dragon's Quest

      Lily Ennis
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The second EarthFlight book sees Dragon and his pilot, Wabbit, soaring across the dimensions in search of Dragon's clan - if only he could remember what they looked like. The book contains three more adventures. Wabbit unwittingly gets them into some sticky situations but as always, Dragon's wise counsel and Wabbit's hare-brained schemes ensures a happy ending for all involved; for now.Dragon and his pilot, Wabbit, discover new lands as they fly between the forgotten dimension, the uncharted dimension and sometimes even Earth. They encounter sticky situations which divert them from their quest: to find Dragon's clan.Dragon is beautiful having translucent wings, lizardy scales and a great sweeping tail that other people have fun sliding down on. He is wise, worldly and kind. Once upon a time, further back in time than he can remember clearly, Dragon was a boy. He doesn't mind at all being a dragon, but he would quite like to find out if he has any relatives - if only he could remember what they looked like.Wabbit is a vivacious girl who quite rightly thinks Dragon is intelligent and serious. At times she is happy enough to take her piloting responsibilities not too seriously and sit back on her luscious carpet saddle, flying through the dimensions wherever Dragon may take her. Wabbit used to be a rabbit and does have a rather cute nose and ears slightly too big for her head, but her long golden hair covers them enough so that she doesn't have to wear a hat.This is book two in the series. Dragon and Wabbit are searching the dimensions for Dragon's clan. The book contains three adventures that will appeal not only to children but also to young adults with a sense of humour and to adults that read to children. Do you remember the days of radio stories where you let your imagination fly away with the story? As Wabbit says, "Up, up and away..."

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    The Trestle

      Ben Woodard
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Tom craves danger—to forget. He persuades his cousin Will to walk across High Bridge, a single track railroad bridge with no railings. Danger follows them onto the track, and Tom has to make a deadly choice.Edar Moncrief: sorcerer and scholar extraordinaire. To the outside world, he is a peddler of love potions and wart remover – after all, one has to make a living. Behind closed doors, he is a dangerous and powerful sorcerer specializing in the laws and function of the mysterious energy known as manna.When he trips over a body in the streets of Elenia, he discovers that the corpse belongs to none other than an Arbiter, the mysterious wielders of the crystal swords rarely seen in his part of the world. The loss of life is his gain, though, when he finds the opportunity to examine the most precious and rare artifact in the world: the Arbiter’s heartblade.To his misfortune, that same opportunity brings him face-to-face with the spectre of death. Another Arbiter, D’Arden Tal, has found him, and believes he is responsible for the killing. Edar’s only hope is to find and catch a murderer in the streets of the most decadent and deadly city in the Old Kingdoms, before Tal declares him responsible and kills him instead…From the author of Elegy and The Corpse King comes this brand new novelette set in the dark fantasy world called Eisengoth, where dark and terrible things fill the night, and only the Arbiters possess the power to drive back the horrors that threaten to consume the world.

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    Blender - A Caleb Knight Short Story

      Jeffrey Zweig II
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Taking place after The End Begins: The Nine, we catch up with Caleb Knight as he prepares a squad of new recruits for a Post War society. But the lines of ally and enemy are about to become blurred.The day Connor cornered me in the library, I thought he was cracked. The day he covered my walls with crosses and filled my apartment with garlic, I thought he was psychotic. The day he killed someone on the floor in my living room, I had no choice but to believe. This is my last confession, the story of the years we spent hunting Them and the mistakes we made. This is my memorial to the people we lost. This is my realization of the importance of Proof.They have been lurking in the shadows for untold years, waiting for the chance to burst free. Only the ragged few, held together by the charismatic Connor, have seen the signs and dare to stand up against Them, the undead. In this battle, no one leaves unscathed.

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    The Case Book of Rajiv Ray

      Vijay K Kerji
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Rajiv Ray is a private detective, and owns Candour Detective Agency located in Secunderabad City. In the case of Adventure of Missing Woman, he investigates the whereabouts of a missing woman called Sita. Sita is a housewife and lives in a private home along with her husband Varun. She is friendly with her neighbours and is very much close to one of her neighbours, Tanu, who is a widow.Rajiv Ray is a private detective, and owns Candour Detective Agency located in Secunderabad City. In the case of Adventure of Missing Woman, he investigates the whereabouts of a missing woman called Sita. Sita is a housewife and lives in a private home along with her husband Varun. She is friendly with her neighbours and is very much close to one of her neighbours, Tanu, who is a widow. Rajiv is out to find Sita's whereabouts along with his secretary Simi and inspector Prakash.

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    Drone Wars - Issue 1 - Secrets and L.I.E.S.

      William Hrdina
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Drone Wars is a wild new YA Dystopian Adventure series by William Hrdina (Author of Dhalgo and Agharta). In this, the first issue of a six-issue arc, we meet four brilliant teenagers: Evelyn, Jenna, Tasha, and Michelle, who are Secrets, an anti-drone revolutionary fighting force struggling to defeat Clint Fleener and his army of surveillance drones.Drone Wars is a wild new YA Dystopian Adventure series by William Hrdina (Author of Dhalgo and Agharta). In this, the first issue of a six-issue arc, we meet four brilliant teenagers: Evelyn, Jenna, Tasha, and Michelle, who are Secrets, an anti-drone revolutionary fighting force struggling to defeat Clint Fleener and his army of surveillance drones.Drone Wars is meant to be a 'bus book.' A long story that comes in bite sized chunks of 2500 words or less - about the time it takes to ride the bus to and from school. Or stock up on a whole run and take a road trip.

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    Awakening From the Golden Sleep

      Daniel Wetta
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This supplementary short story to the novel, The Z Redemption, is about the childhood of Ana Valdez, one of the principle characters in the novel. Ana grew up to become one of the true heroines and patriots of Mexico when she was in her thirties. Her life had always been privileged and especially enriched by her older father’s love. Discover the young Ana who later became a heroine of Mexico!This supplementary short story to the novel, The Z Redemption, is about the childhood of Ana Valdez, one of the principle characters in the novel. Ana grew up to become one of the true heroines and patriots of Mexico when she was in her thirties. Her life had always been privileged and especially enriched by her older father’s love. She never knew another love so genuine until she fell into a passionate romance with David James, a gringo twenty-two years her senior. Discover in this story the experiences Ana had as a child that helped to form her feisty and compassionate spirit!Note: This is an independent short story not in the novel, The Z Redemption.

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    The Terror{blist}

      C. Sean McGee
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The Terror{blist} is an ironic and dark humoured short story that examines the masculinization of idealism and the probable effect of the contrary.In a well of depression, Gavin, quits his telemarketing job and joins a group of radical idealists. In the days leading to his act of terror, a typo has all news stations emasculating the acts of his terror group. Thinking he will be remembered forever as someone less than a man, Gavin ponders the things that men do.

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    Gazza's Lament

      Bev Robitai
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A theatre short - very short at barely 2000 words, so don't expect War & Peace! Gazza is Head of Lighting at a small provincial theatre and just wants to be left alone to do his job, not drawn into touchy-feely socialising by a visiting director who forbids swearing. This short is to lure you into the Regent Theatre where you can meet the characters and feel at home in the setting. Come on in!This brief humorous story is to give a flavour of the Theatre Mystery series so you can see if you'd enjoy the books Murder in the Second Row and Body on the Stage. Gazza features in both these and is a character who really took over as soon as I started writing him. There really was a theatre director who attempted to ban swearing during a production, and the result was much the same as in this story.

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    The Fleetwood Gang and the Magic Concert

      Chris Timothy
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Mrs Fleetwood has the end of year school concert coming up and rehearsal is not going well. James, her son, and his friends realise this and want to help. To do so they need Grandma. But she's not in the mood... What sort of plan are they going to come up with?James, 10 years old boy, wants very much to help his mother who has got difficulties with the end of year concert that she is rehearsing with the orchestra.James is full of resources at helping his mother, but he can’t do everything alone. So he teams up with his Grandma.Grandma is 92, she has got wobbly legs and bad temper, but she is a witch and she is very crafty.James and his two best pals, Richard and Maria, have become very friendly with Grandma and her own friends at the rest home.It is a conspiracy between the children and the oldies. While James mother is at the orchestra rehearsal, the whole team meets secretly in Grandmas dark and gloomy bedroom. They prepare strange, bubbly, smelly potions, and they bewitch the conductor-stick which belongs to James mother.When the big night at the theatre arrives, the team of friends is there to encourage James mother, all except Grandma. Grandma is in a rotten mood, she locked herself in her bedroom and she has got the bewitch conductor-stick. It’s a disaster.

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    Augustus and the Late Unpleasantness, Episode One

      Kate Gray
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There are the invisible members of society; they exist all around us. Most of the time, we walk by them, seeing but not seeing. Augustus Purce learned long ago that the best means of avoiding unwanted attention was to become one of the invisible.There are the invisible members of society; they exist all around us. Most of the time, we walk by them, seeing but not seeing. Augustus Purce learned long ago that the best means of avoiding unwanted attention was to become one of the invisible. He does it so well that even in his tiny village, everyone runs to the other side of Main Street to avoid him. For if they bothered to look more closely, which Augustus emphatically does NOT want, they might see him.Everyone knows that Augustus went off to war against the South, and came back when their sons, fathers, and brothers did not. He knows it too. Hiding is the only way he can survive.But now it is eleven years on from the end of the war, the nation is celebrating its Centennial soon, and someone has the poor taste to turn up dead in the house of one of the more esteemed families in the village. Augustus forces himself from hiding in order to catch a murderer, only to find that he must confront the unpleasantness of the past.

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    The Essence Of Life

      Tom Morris
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An experimental psychologist delves into the mysteries of the human subconscious. What he discovers unleashes a new and terrifying threat to the sanity of mankind.A Quirky, Snarky Urban FantasyGilmore Girls meets Supernatural! Werewolves and ghosts and magic, oh my!When travel writer and werewolf Ashlee Scott returns to her hometown to recuperate from a shooting, she must confront a place full of painful and pleasant memories while dealing with her identical twin sister Amber and the complications of family. Throw in the full moon, old boyfriends, old ghosts and new enemies, and Knightsbridge Canyon will never be the same for her again.MoonRise is a New Adult Paranormal/Urban Fantasy story of werewolves, witches, ghosts and vampires, family, pack and kin.The Supernatural Siblings series:MoonRiseMoonFallBloodMoonMore to come!

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    The Red Horde: Story I

      Geltab
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Living a normal life, three friends have that life taken from them when the Red Horde invades their empire and its cities. Burning people as offerings to their Gods, the three run, trying to seek shelter in the north only to discover they were not born to run. Meeting a stranger on the road north seeking shelter is only the first step in learning their true identities and how to save their world.This book contains a selection of Haiku and other poems organised broadly by topic. Some are based on direct observation of the natural world, others are more philosophic in nature, some may be described as social commentary and some may even be described as humorous. The author was recently published in the Spring edition of the World Haiku Review.

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    Nationality: A Case of Mistaken Identity

      Laird Stevens
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This essay critiques the idea that there are national characteristics that the people of a nation all share. The word "nationality" can be used to indicate what citizenship a person has, but means nothing more than that.Everybody needs help making in this crazy world of ours, Some days it's hard to even get out of bed especially if it's raining outside and it seems as if the whole world is against you. These poems and essay are my umbrella that I use to keep those raimdrops off my head I hope they can be of some use to others.

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    Alma and the Fairy

      A. G. Marshall
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The Fairy Divinia blessed Princess Salara with beauty on the day of her birth, but why did she really come to the castle? Only Lady Alma knows, and only she understands that Divinia's spell may have unforeseen consequences. This short story tells the prologue of Rook and Shadow from Lady Alma's point of view.Jenny's Tale, Book One of the Foundlings of NIrvana, a science fiction short story collection suitable for those readers who love a good psychological horror story with their lunch. Technology meets morality when Jenny looses her only friend, a raven she's called Jackal. Terrified and alone, she must choose between reentering the world or living the rest of her life in the dark.

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    The Paladins of Naretia

      TP Keane
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In the kingdom of Naretia, a vision sparks the beginning of treachery and war. A dark god, Dantet, sets forth his army to kill his only son so that he might syphon his powers and walk mortal soil again. The wizard Olórin must save him to save the kingdom, but Dantet is not the only one who wants his son deadOlórin’s adopted son, Aramus, is a creature unlike any in the kingdom of Naretia. He is feared by all, and holds a darkness inside that is said will end all life by his eighteenth birthday. Olórin must scour the kingdom for godly ingredients to make a potion for Aramus that will save them all. He is hoping his son’s human side will prevail over the rising darkness within him, for long enough to outrun their enemies. But Aramus’s real father, the dark God Dantet, desires his son’s powers so he might, once again, walk on mortal soil. His legion of dark creatures follow Olórin and Aramus at every turn, trying to kill them. Dantet’s army, however, is not the only one wanting Aramus dead. Something, or someone, changes fate’s hand. Neither Dantet, nor Olórin, can see the terrible future that threatens them all. Even the traitors within the wizard caste are blind to what is coming. But it is coming.

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    Cygnet Czarinas

      Jon Jacks
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Sandy asks the Russian Princess the one question she’s not supposed to: Why do you sleep?For the princess and her siblings are cursed to sleep endlessly, ruling through the granting of magical swan feathers that lead to an answer. And so Sandy is led from her life in Victorian London to one of mystical lakes and swan maidens – yet discovering the curse’s source could result in her own death"One thing about living in New Orleans I never could stomach...all the damn zombies." That seems to be the popular sentiment as the wild decadence and splendor of the Crescent City is underlined with the very real threat of a zombie apocalypse. In OCCUPATION, two best friends struggle to survive in a post-Katrina New Orleans in which several of the city’s residents have turned into mindless, ravenous zombies. Largely ignored by many in the city/state legislature, the city’s residents are forced to defend themselves against a mysterious epidemic that has many baffled as to the true nature of its origin.Now on the heels of a city swept in the madness and hysteria of both Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl, two friends race against time in a last ditch effort to discover the truth behind the cause of the virus before it is too late. OCCUPATION is a funny, insightful and haunting story bringing a new twist on zombie folklore.

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    The Accidental Proposal (Short Story)

      Louise Marley
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One guy, one mystery, one very wrong conclusion ...Luca has walked out on his band in the middle of their American tour and headed off to New Orleans. Disgraced gossip columnist Gaby is determined to find out why, while her sister Pris is equally determined to have the best holiday ever.The Accidental Proposal is just under 10,000 words and should take you about 30 minutes to read.Tales from Parker Road (Death, Barbecues and a Toast Rack) consists of four short stories loosely linking residents of Parker Road:Mike and Jenny need to find somewhere to bury a body.Greg and Kate have an argument about the useless stuff Greg insists on buying.Susan tries to keep Roger calm, which isn’t easy, as everything winds him up.Pete accidentally kills Linda's cat. He could confess, or try and cover it up. He decides on a cover-up.

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    Paint My Heart the Color of Cherub

      Anthony Kohlmayer
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Angels have lived among us since we first existed. Join an average man, Jon, as he gives an account of the deeds of Cherubim, mighty angels of God, from the perspective of a mortal. Believe in miracles, all over again, and re-capture your childhood.Jon was an ordinary man...or so he thought. Cherubim, mighty angels of God, show up in his hometown of Blanchester, Ohio, and he began (by request of the cherubs) write an account of their many works. The account starts before the beginning of all creation, before even the creation of the Archangel Michael. Join, our writer, as the incredible works of the Mighty Cherubim of many worlds are told, from the point of view of a mortal. Stand in the presents of the Living God, or Stand with our heroes on the first world to achieve sentient life. Get to Know the most mysterious and most powerful of God's Servants, whom view themselves as EQUAL to mortals, no greater, or less important than anyone.Believe in miracles, all over again, and re-capture your childhood.

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    Mind-A suspense novel.

      Danny E. Allen
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Psychiatrist at odds after the death of one's dear friend. Then strange things start to happen... The stoic and disciplined Dr. Doule, head-psychiatrist and mentor to Dr. Peter become conflict over the event and incidents begin to occur. But is Dr. P. the culprit. The story winds and twists until a final-ultimate incursion. Will the doctors or will their conflict be a disastrous outcome...Carsen Psychiatric Center is the residence of Dr. Peter McBride and the 15 year tenure Head of Units, Dr. Doule. They have a leader to mentor relationship, everyone respects and admires them both. Death of a dear worker, whom Dr. P. much admires, seems a trivial event. Perhaps, over a friend's untimely, uncared for demise that soon after incidents start to occur. And then, one of the events happens to the good Dr P.O. Doule. After several events the circumstances calls in the hospital authorities. Soon everyone believes that one of their own is the assailant. What occurs next is the ominous determination...

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