This book is an assemblage of the voices of dexterous poets from different parts of the globe penning a poetic report of the threat to peace both personal peace and national peace. The league of poets suggests solutions.Peace is beyond a want the world longs for. It is a serious need all sane being crave for. With tears of the pen we hound In search for cure to our land’s ailing peace Peace is beyond an abstract assertion or an imaginary utopia people talk about. Peace is real. Peace can really be seen and felt in our society and in our personal lives. This book is an assemblage of the voices of dexterous poets from different parts of the globe penning a poetic report of the threat to peace both personal peace and national peace. The league of poets suggests solutions. If our world today is howling for peace, to whom does the world cry? Is it to God? Is it to Motherland? Is it to Government? Or is it to the generality of the people? This magnum opus also provides answers poetically to the questions: What is peace? What makes our peace? How can we find peace? and lot more

*@*@* New Version! *@*@*In the footsteps of Poe and Montague James, this is an unusual and heart warming ghost story set in the late 1800's.Percy's misery knows no bounds, until an old friend offers to do him a favour.This is an example of the stories contained in my book, 'The Ghostly Victorians (Author's Edition).*@*@*Note To Readers*@*@*‘The Favour’ was first published in August, 2014. Thank you to the thousands who have downloaded it. This, the 2017 version, has been re-written with ‘a little something extra’ at the end. If you read the original, comments comparing the two would be welcome.

One man to face an enemy on a mini-planet. Two freethinker’s on a journey to a forgotten nebula. One woman caught in epic mystery. Three stories connected by the central theme oftranscendence.One man to face an enemy on a mini-planet.Two freethinker’s on a journey to a forgotten nebula.One woman caught in epic mystery.Three stories connected by the central theme oftranscendence.To face the light in darkness…“Star Diary” is a short story collection written by Andreas Ingo. It’s science-fiction with a spiritual angle. Science-fiction exploring existential themes. Taking the reader on a journey to the limits of human imagination, and then beyond them.

Changing your life is easy, changing you is the difficult bit! Michael has a successful international career but then he decides to follows a dream.There's not much more to say, the poetry is what it is. A lifes journey that continues to grow with each passing breath. "To forgive is to let go," says Dan. "so we can move on with a liter load." we are all on a path, or own path. no path is the wrong path, just as all path are the right paths, it is but our path. the one we have chosen to taste. peace be with you on your journey life. and may we each be blessed with angels to quide us and the creators love to hold dear within us. and remember, what gose around comes around...? Dan Ferguson

Real life story of a 3 month old puppy who speaks about her unforgettable days of her life along with her other siblingsYOU CAN NOW BUY THE WHOLE ARC ONE : Search for "Better Stay Dead Arc One: John Cries as Reapers Rise"In a world where the dead run and bite... they better stay dead!"we get a well written prose, brilliant real characters that are developing nicely and the stirrings of what appears a fast paced exciting plot.", AnathemaDevice "I think Better Stay Dead by Dave Callahan might be the best thing to keep us waiting!", Ben Johnson Episode 1: A kid, John, is running to get away from his zombie father.A woman, Luanne, will do anything to survive. A police officer, Derek, will try to keep people alive. Alec Bonowicz has the strongest survival card in miles. They find that in the land of the dead, you must cover yourself from the living too. Episode List: Better Stay Dead 1: John's ShoutBetter Stay Dead 2: First BloodBetter Stay Dead 3: Recon Mission My AssBetter Stay Dead 4: The Reapers and the PartyBetter Stay Dead 5: Guns and Grudges

Spirits are about obedience. Wakes are about themselves. Sera and Azel are about neither. They could be about each other, but Sera’s only passion is revenge. And the only thing more powerful than revenge is what she could become because of it, the power deep inside her, after everything goes red.First came the virus. Then came the Collapse. The only way to contain the epidemic is mandatory migration across the northern border of the United States. Each vaccinated citizen is identified by a tiny microchip — the most intelligent piece of technology ever to be implanted in a human being that tracks and analyzes your every move. Twenty-year-old Haven Allis is in the system: her Citizen ID tracks her location, conversations, Internet activity, bank account — everything. Any suspicious activity is warrant for arrest. But for those who are undocumented, life is much worse. Illegals are taken to the prisons in Sector X and made to disappear. When her best friend Greyson is captured and arrested for his undocumented status, Haven must go off the grid to save him. Life outside the city has its own dangers: carriers of the virus lurk everywhere, and the Private Military Company is rounding up illegals. On her mission to rescue Greyson, Haven will discover a revolution in motion and be forced to question everything she believes.

Two veterans from our recent wars catch up on mutual friends, their experiences, then ask the one question that seems the most important one of all.“Imagine things and make them real.”When Oliver Bell meets a beautiful young woman one night in his dreams, he literally can’t get her out of his mind. Unfortunately, he also can’t tell if she’s anything more than just a wonderful figment of his imagination. It’s only when she starts leaving him clues for how to find her in the real world that Oliver’s sense of fantasy and reality begin to blur into something strange and new. The journey that follows takes Oliver everywhere he can imagine and beyond; across the country to a city he doesn’t know, to things from his terrible past he would rather forget; over concrete and bluebells and snow and ice; all leading him to the truth that love can exist in dreams.

After receiving a distress signal from the mining colony a sole survivor is brought back to the ship. The atmosphere aboard Syracusae gets more tense with every passing moment as crew members start to go missing.After receiving a distress signal from the mining colony on AF-235-B, a rogue planet also known as Nyx, a sole survivor is brought back to the ship. While the second rescue party is dispatched on the search for the hundred and fifty-seven colonists, which seem to have vanished into nowhere, the atmosphere aboard Syracusae gets more tense with every passing moment as crew members start to go missing. Rebecca Porter, a medical officer, tries to solve the mysterious disappearances and is forced to face the horrors that are now lurking aboard the spaceship.

the search for one consciousnessPoems from the hinterland of the heart are a collection of thoughts and feelings reflecting daily emotions which constantly rise up to the conscious thought whilst trying to live a normal daily life. This is the first publication by Ian MacIver. Sitting in a tea room with a friend on a cold winters day. So much to say, and together they have come such a long way. These poems are a collection of the feelings expressed outside of the normal daily lives we all have to face to survive. I hope you enjoy the opportunity to enjoy the thoughts they may encourage.

Growing up is hard enough for anyone, but for a boy destined to be the Prince Charming of a fairy tale it's an absolute nightmare. Attending Charming Academy you not only deal with the normal aspects of youth, but there are sarcastic dragons, vindictive witches and your princess hates you. Will Lucian survive school to become a Prince Charming?(Book 1 Charming Academy series)Growing up is a difficult process for anyone, but for a boy destined to be the Prince Charming of a fairy tale it's an absolute nightmare. Not only must Lucian learn the things normal boys are taught at school, he must also learn the particulars of quests at Charming Academy for Boys. It's not going to be easy! There are sarcastic dragons, vindictive witches, and to top it all off Lucian's princess hates him. Will he survive school to become the Prince Charming his parents believe him to be?

Jake Ramsey fights nightmares and loneliness, living alone, flying helicopters to Louisiana’s offshore oil rigs. When a young girl mysteriously enters his life, she brings with her a connection to his past.Jake Ramsey flies workers to oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Flying helicopters is all he’s ever done for thirty years in the Army then in Louisiana. He lives alone in middle age, suffering from depression as a border-line alcoholic with no family and few close friends. His isolation stems from a recurrent nightmare as a young Army Ranger and pilot when his best friend was killed through Jake’s bravado. As a deplorable hermit, Jake’s life reverses when a young woman emerges claiming to be the daughter of his dead buddy. She transforms him and renews the joy of living after decades as a derelict. His life reforms through her inspiration and forgiveness. It’s all a shockingly effective illusion to steal his life-long investment in gold bullion coins. While discovering the girl’s charade, Jake meets and falls in love with a woman who was also fooled by the girl. Death and destruction follow as he chases the girl, only to find that she was manipulated by a maniacal killer.

The Final Edition is available for a limited time. As Jezzabell says her final goodbye to her Uncle he gives her a key, but one that she can not place in her pocket but to install it into the depth of her hand. Jezzabell herself does not know what the key means and its power is hidden within the truth. Krome desperately needs this key to unlock the world to other creatures.“Shush, lets hide she’s coming back,” he said. “Oh, no, It’s Jezzabell,” Kimberley held said. They hid in the patch of clover and dandelion heads.Jezzabell, the same young woman who did not have the chance to say goodbye to her uncle sat down next to the coffin. She pulled her own white wings off her back, and took out a long piece of white ribbon from her black shirt pocket. She tied the left wing onto the ribbon and wound the ribbon around the coffin. She did the same thing for the other wing and then she tied the remaining piece of ribbon into a bow. “Good bye Uncle Cherrome,” she cried. The wings began to flutter up and down, in and out and then, the coffin began to rise.“She’s taking our key away from us,” Kimberley whispered.“She is releasing the key to the poison ivy,” Krome eyes lit up. The Coffin lifted into the air and a cloud hovered towards the earth. Jezzabell watched the cloud cover the coffin. The sky turned black and the one and only cloud started to rumble. Lightning struck the cloud that had gobbled up her uncle’s coffin. Something fell onto her hair, she pulled it away from the top of her parting and the white key started to flutter around her head. She jumped up and caught it in her right hand. “The key, it”, Krome was about to jump out of the Dandelions when Kimberley pulled him back. “Wait,” she hissed. The key that lay in Jezzabell’s hand started to shrink. Its golden colour faded into black and white.“Why did you eat the Poison Ivy, Uncle", Jezzabell spoke aloud. But the key would not answer her, it just carried on shrinking. Krome could not wait any longer and he jumped out of the dandelions. “Give me that key,” he demanded. Jezzabell stood up; she clenched the small key in her right hand. “This belongs to me, not you!” she snapped.“Krome, leave her,” Kimberley walked towards them.“I want the Ivy,” he stepped towards Jezzabell. “Krome”, Jezzabell stood back against the stone. “Why should I give it to you? You’re not related to him,” she spoke. Krome grabbed hold of her arm and he forced her clenched fist open. “No!” Kimberley squealed. The church bells began to ring. Krome put his hands over his ears; he pushed Jezzabell to the ground. He Fluttered above her. Every second that Jezzabell looked up at him, he dived towards the small Key that lay in her hand. Jezzabell ducked, she stood up. He dived towards her again and she ran in to the clover leafs. As she sat down, the patch of leafs started to cover her.Krome blew heavily onto the ground above her. She was no longer covered. Jezzabell looked at the hand that held the key. The key that had shrunk in her hand left a black imprint of the key. She touched the key but it didn’t move. “It knows me,” she smiled. “You don’t know what you have done!” Kimberley shook her head in disappointment. “What have I done? I had to send my Uncle away,” Jezzabell’s voice echoed around the yard. Krome swooped down towards Jezzabell and Kimberley stood over her. His antlers touched Kimberley’s hair and she began to fly above them. “Come on!”“She’s not worth it,” Kimberley flew around her. Krome flew around Jezzabell several times. As he dived towards her a flash of lightning struck the ground. He was about to grab Jezzabell’s waist when all of a sudden a white mist covered them all. “I can’t see her,” Krome shouted.“Here, she’s temporary blinded you with fog, let’s go before the others come. If they see us they will hunt us, “Kimberley’s voiced drifted away from the foggy yard.Further into the story Kimberley gives Jezzabell a new job, one that Jezzabell needs to get away from her awful boss, but what she doesn't realize is that it leads to her arch rival Krome.Krome desperately needs the key to unlock new powers and bring chaotic butterflies and wildlife into the human world. His only chance of getting the key is to kill her.

When the æristocracy decides to withdraw their blimps from the Venusian economy and head back to an abandoned Earth, the surf-turned-æristocrat Sir Thomas begins tearing down their entire economy in order to save millions of lives. A dystopian sci-fi about class warfare THE BLIMPS OF VENUS shows us the true motives behind eugenics and other evils.When the æristocracy decides to withdraw their blimps from the Venusian economy and head back to an abandoned Earth, the surf-turned-æristocrat Sir Thomas begins tearing down their entire economy in order to save millions of lives. A dystopian sci-fi about class warfare THE BLIMPS OF VENUS shows us the true motives behind eugenics and other evils.:: PRAISE FOR LANCELOT SCHAUBERT ::“Schaubert’s words have an immediacy, a potency, an intimacy that grab the reader by the collar and say ‘Listen, this is important!’ Probing the bones and gristle of humanity, his subjects challenge, but also offer insights into redemption if only we will stop and pay attention.”— Erika Robuck, National Bestselling Author of Hemingway’s Girl“Loved this story because Lance wrote about people who don't get written about enough and he did it with humor, compassion, and heart.”— Brian Slatterly, author of Lost Everything and editor of The New Haven Review“I’m such a fan of Lance Schaubert's work. His unique view of things and his life-wisdom enriches all he does. We're lucky to count him among our contributors.”— Therese Walsh, author of The Moon Sisters and Editorial Director of Writer Unboxed"Lancelot Schaubert exhibits his talents in many forms from poetic verse to lyrical prose to musical compositions, all the while infusing them with charisma, passion, and wit. A true creative, Schaubert is one to watch in the literary world."—Heather Webb, author of Rodin's Lover & Becoming Josephine“Lance Schaubert writes with conviction but without the cliché and bluster of the propaganda that is so common in this age of blogs and tweets. Here is a real practitioner of the craft who has the patience to pay attention. May his tribe increase!”— Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove, author of Common Prayer and The Awakening of Hope“Lancelot was the kind of student every writing teacher hopes to have in her class: attentive, thoughtful, a bit quirky, and innovative. Since his time in my classroom, he has continued to impress me. He ‘sees,’ and his essays, poetry, and fiction are full of details that enable his audience to see. Bravo, Lance.”— Jackina Stark, author of Things Worth Remembering and Tender Grace“[He writes] characters with distinctive personalities, multi-layered, and unpredictable. [They have] natural voices, succinct and unique to each character.”— The Missouri Scriptwriting Fellowship"Schaubert's narratives are emotionally stirring with both a vulnerable sensibility and rawness to them. They take you on a journey full of open wounds, intimate successes and personal delights. His words have a calmness, a natural ease but the meaning is always commanding and dynamic."— Natalie Gee, Brooklyn Film Festival

In a White House filled with people vying for position and power, who can the President really trust? Perhaps a special ninja who finds unorthodox ways to bring about changes in the way things are done in Washington DC.In an administration shot through with holdovers from the last thirty years, who can the President really trust? President Brooking has a confidante, a woman he once dated in college who now happens to be his vice president. And she knows a very special ninja. Together they find unorthodox ways to make major changes in the way things are done in Washington DC.

Smitty is 13. It is the summer when he and his friends enter high school, the time when all the awkwardness of youth begins to shift and all those things that seemed simple are actually complicated. But Smitty is okay. He has his friends on his baseball team, and he and his sort-of girlfriend seem to want to hang out. But then the New Kid hits that homerun and everything changes."The ball seemed to be something other than an object struck by a wooden bat and sent sailing through the air over the park; it was more like a bird, something with an intelligence of its own, or like time itself moving as we stopped to gaze and wonder." That's how Smitty, 13, shortstop turned pitcher, describes the home run that the New Kid hit. Everything, Smitty says, was just fine before that hit. After the hit, his whole world, even the budding romance with Sandy Miller, seems to change, and the changes leave Smitty bewildered.It's a summer in the early 1960s. Smitty and his pals are entering high school. The story examines those changes through the prism of one spectatular baseball hit. It is also a story about kids playing summer baseball, their joy, their youth and friendship.

There is poison stinging the air and the only safe refuge for humans is underground. The most satisfying food in the world that sustains humans are wings from Angels, which they hunt down and use for nefarious purposes after eating their wings. Two sibling Angels get caught and held captive underground. The male sibling Virtue must convince his human captor to let both him and his sister go.Have you ever wondered how exciting a tortoise’s life is? What exciting things might a tortoise get up to, if it disappears behind a bag of potatoes in the garden shed? George lived with his parents in a small cottage, miles away from anywhere. Since he was too young to go to school, he spent his days playing in the garden with Timothy, his pet tortoise. George never realised what incredible adventures his pet might have, slowly lumbering around the garden. Read “Timothy’s Big Adventure” and find out how this little tortoise crawled behind a bag of potatoes, fell into a void that led into another universe and then encountered the most amazing adventure. Sometimes, the most extraordinary stories can occur in the most unlikely places!

*When a plague isn’t all that kills…* As a lethal plague sweeps through the land, Ani Mells is shocked when she is unexpectedly captured by the governor’s wardens and forced to submit to a test for the deadly Scourge. She is even more surprised when the test results come back positive, and she is sent to Attic Island, a former prison turned refuge—and quarantine colony—for the ill. The Scourge’s victims, Ani now among them, can only expect to live out short, painful lives there. However, Ani quickly discovers that she doesn’t know the whole truth about the Scourge or the Colony. She’s been caught in a devious plot, and, with the help of her best friend, Weevil, Ani means to uncover just what is actually going on. But will she and Weevil survive the Scourge—and the gorvernor’s wardens—long enough to make their escape and expose the cruel plan?

Marry the girl I’ve had a crush on my whole life? Check. Inherit a hundred-billion-dollar company? Check. Produce an heir… Wait, what? I have ninety days to knock up my brand-new fake wife. There’s only one problem—she hates my guts. And in the fine print of the contract? The requirement that we produce an heir. She can’t stand to be in the same room with me. Says she’ll never be in my bed. But I’ve never backed down from a challenge and I’m not about to start now. Mark my words—I’ll have her begging for me, and it won’t take ninety days. On the heels of her smash hit and New York Times bestselling SCREWED series, Kendall Ryan brings you HITCHED, a romantic comedy that delivers heart and heat. A NYC playboy turned business mogul has ninety days to win over the woman he's always desired in order to save his father's company. One tiny problem: She hates his guts.

THE LITERARY DISCOVERY OF THE CENTURY In 1863 Jules Verne, famed author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days, wrote a novel that his literary agent deemed too farfetched to be published. More than one hundred years later, his great-grandson found the handwritten, never-before published manuscript in a safe. That manuscript was Paris in the Twentieth Century, an astonishingly prophetic view into the future by one of the most renowned science fiction writers of our time . . .

For the first time in his career, Terry will be publishing a book every six months from the start to end of this series: here is the second in a brand-new trilogy, following The Wards of Faerie, in the New York Times bestselling Shannara universe! Long ago, many dangerous creatures were locked behind a magical barrier, bringing peace and prosperity to the land. But now those barriers are eroding, and generations of embittered prisoners are about to escape. War seems inevitable . . . unless a few brave souls can stem the tide. While some venture into the forbidden lands, others must undertake a perilous quest—a quest whose success will mean the death of a young girl who has barely even begun to live, but whose failure will have unimaginable consequences. From riveting start to cliffhanger ending, this is an epic for the ages!

Enter a decadent sensual world where gorgeous alpha males are committed to fulfilling a woman's every desire...Olivier isn't sure what he's gotten himself into when he joins the Honey Club, only that a dark part of him hungers for the lifestyle offered by this exclusive club. Here, no boundary will be left untested...and one's deepest fantasies will become an exquisite reality.When Amélie invites Olivier to surrender, she gives the alpha submissive what he craves. Soon they both find themselves falling harder than they ever anticipated—but as their connection deepens, the truth about Olivier's past could destroy everything...Gripping and seductive, The Deep End is the first book in a sensational new series from bestselling author Kristen Ashley.