"He had all but cut his jugular vein in two, right in front of his class and the watching world. The murderer inside of his head was getting very strong and sure..." On the campus of a vast televisual university a suicidal madness locks into men's minds. If Cornut cannot resist, it is the end...for all men.

Giovanni Buio lost his parents at a young age. An immortal werewolf has given him the gift of life and he grows up alone in the streets of New York City, finding his way back to normalcy.A must read for any Monster Lovers series fan!Giovanni Buio lost his parents at a young age. An immortal werewolf has given him the gift of life and he grows up alone in the streets of New York City, finding his way back to normalcy. Soon the painful changes begin and one night he accidentally kills a homeless woman. Giovanni soon finds comfort with an older guy named Hunter Bryne. But a happy ending is out of reach, especially when you're a werewulf. Giovanni goes on a rampage and his actions will later bring grave consequences. He's soon reunited with his long, lost twin brother and meets his brother's best friend, Sebastian Mann. They soon go missing and Giovanni is in a race against time to find his brother alive. In his search for answers he will finally face a werewolf from his past...

Last Gift by Jen Frederick and Jessica Clare, a holiday gift. This is a holiday short featuring Nikolai and Daisy. It's about 7500 words of holiday goodness. ePub: http://bit.ly/1c7ywL8 Mobi: http://bit.ly/K4vcKq PDF: http://bit.ly/1eF70fU

If you could have an injection that would make you age much slower and live much longer, would you do it? Would you have everybody do it? Are you sure? Read this story, and you may be surprised at the potential consequences!A legion of demons and imps overrun the city of Trebridge. But Gillen, leader of the four gargoyle guardians, has more problems than the invading demons. One of his squad plots to usurp his command. With St. Edmund's church--the sanctuary that guards the only known portal from the demon world into city-- scheduled for destruction to make way for high-rise condos, Gillen must decide whom to fight. The demons or his rival.Dare he ask the angel commanders for reinforcements and prove his incompetence? A short story set in the world of Andor and the inspiration for the book, There Be Demons, to be published by The Grumpy Dragon in 2014. If you enjoy this free story, please review it. Even a couple of sentences will do. Thanx.

In the distant future, the last remnants of humanity huddle in fragmented societies deep below ground, struggling to stay alive while threatened with inconceivable dangers. Three strong women from three different cultures are on intersecting paths, heading towards a fateful meeting which may well be mankind's only hope for survival…After negotiating a defence and trade treaty, the Australian and Japanese Prime Ministers launch the opening of a controversial new mine to supply Japan with uranium. The mine is subject to widespread protest as it is located on aboriginal land in Australia's world heritage listed Kakadu National Park. In an assault that shocks the world, a terrorist group blows up the mine causing chaos and killing the Australian Prime Minister. The main target of the terrorists, the Japanese Prime Minister, is injured but is rescued by an Australian trade official, Jake Stafford. They escape into the national park with the terrorists in hot pursuit.A few days later, an aboriginal activist and friend of Jake's father, is arrested as a suspect in the attack, but on his release from prison is killed by a hit-run driver. Jake gets involved at his father's request and discovers evidence of a conspiracy involving the development of the mine. Jake realises that the information has explosive implications and fears for his own life. With the help of a beautiful Japanese woman and a journalist friend he sets about exposing corruption and espionage at the highest level of governments in Australia, Japan and China. This international thriller set in the Australian outback is full of political intrigue and suspense and occurs at a time when tensions between Japan and China are at a flash point. Jake's quest to find the truth not only endangers himself but also those close to him and brings about a chain of events that will change his life forever.

Memoir based fiction of a young man's days of petty theft at a strip-mall bookstore.Gunslinger (Jessie Carr #2)Jessie Carr, a man haunted by the ghosts from his past, only these ghosts are real. Feeling he is finally free of his past life Jessie is suddenly thrust back and forced to confront an enemy he never knew even existed. How can one incident in a life turn a law abiding citizen into a killer, maybe it can’t, maybe that was something inside Jessie all along. But after finally putting his past behind him, Jessie is again forced to confront it. This time, the only man who may be able to help him is the cop who wants to put him away. Who is Jessie Carr, and how did he get in this predicament. Jessie wanted revenge after his first wife’s murder. He got his revenge but he was drawn into a world he didn’t know existed, a world of guns, drugs, gangs, and murder. With the help of two ex-Army buddies Jessie became rich and successful in this violent world. Unfortunately getting out isn’t as easy as getting in. Now another person threatens his new wife, his friends, and his world. But Jessie isn’t your ordinary man; there is something different and sinister about him. He won’t go down quietly. The old west had its gunslingers; Jessie Carr is a modern day, Gunslinger.Be sure to read all of Jessie Carr's AdventuresShades of GreyGunSlingerBlack TalonVengeance

He thought she was the perfect victim. So did she. Neither could have been more wrong.Previously published under the title: "HE'S FASTER" A Nice Jagged Edge is an action-packed darkly comedic short story prequel to Carlyle Clark’s first novel in the gallows-humored mystery crime thriller series Children from Dark Houses. Before Rosemary Sanchez became a private investigator and a combat veteran, she was a just girl who wanted to spend a quiet night alone in a hideaway cabin in the woods, pondering the biggest decision of her life. Unfortunately, she soon realizes she is far from alone. A man lurks in the night, his cruel compulsions driving him into the cabin after Rosemary, and it will take every ounce of her courage and cunning just to see the dawn. What Readers are Saying . . .“This short story takes you from hilarious to edge-of-your-seat intense in 60 seconds.” —Audra Middleton author of Hitchhiker “There was a thread of dark humor - even in the midst of such suspense - that I totally appreciated.” —Mareena McGir Q & A with the AuthorQ – With all the great mystery thriller series out there, what makes the Atticus & Rosemary series stand-out? A - Writing these, I was determined to conjure stories like the ones I love, dark and violent yet somehow still often humorous, and driven by heroes with heart and courage and a sense of justice that’s not always in line with what’s legal. Crime stories like that had me devouring countless private investigator novels, thrillers, and pretty much any series with a detective, public or private, but especially those with characters driven to do “the right thing.” Atticus and Rosemary embody what Raymond Chandler described in his essay The Simple Art of Murder: “But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid . . . He must be, to use a rather weathered phrase, a man of honor, by instinct, by inevitability, without thought of it, and certainly without saying it.” It is crucial to me to have a woman who lived up to this billing, perhaps even more so than the man, and Rosemary more than fits that bill. Q - What order should I read the series in? A – I suggest you read the series in the chronological order below, however each works perfectly as a standalone. Be sure not to go by publication order, because the series was not published in chronological order. #0 - A Nice Jagged Edge (An Atticus & Rosemary Mystery Thriller Series Prequel) #1 - Children From Dark Houses (An Atticus & Rosemary Mystery Thriller Series) #2 - The Black Song Inside (An Atticus & Rosemary Mystery Thriller Series) #2.5 - There are Degrees to this Darkness (An Atticus Mystery Thriller Novella - coming soon) Atticus & Rosemary Private Investigator Mystery Crime Thriller Series Categories: - Private Investigator Series - Mystery Series - Crime Thrillers - Private Detective Novels - African-American Mystery, Suspense & Thriller - Woman Sleuth - Humorous Mysteries

Four short stories set in the same universe which are the beginnings of a larger tapestry of interwoven stories.Four short stories set in the same universe which are the beginnings of a larger tapestry of interwoven stories.Terosan Prime is a planet-spanning city that sits at the heart of the Terosan Galactic Republic. A democratic power that spans numerous star systems with majority control of their galaxy. Their power is only rivaled by the large consortium of corporate planest who are collectively known as Kyopix. The latter were once wealthy Terosan merchants but broke away to form their own “civilization” with a set of rules that's less restrictive. Trade between the two is prosperous and the hostility is mostly confined to heated negotiations.The gaps between these two powers is full of independent star systems; they are the unconquered, the resistive, the destroyed, or the unknown. Living free but sandwiched between two super-powers does not make for easy living.This is a universe of empires, computer hackers, gamblers, merchants, nomads, killers and faster-than-light travel.Stories in this volume: "Deck 20", "Fallen Gods of Cheam", "The Pirate Queen", "Gnir's Raid".

Jake Stratton’s grief over the loss of his son traps a Colorado frontier town in a dusty kind of hell, until the day a long-awaited stagecoach thunders down Main Street and seals the fate of Mistwillow’s forgotten souls."My name is Cucumber Gutierrez. English is my second language, but the way I write everyone thinks that is my fourteenth."When Alberto Zapata and his baker father, Tito, are ejected from Panama over a havoc-causing cake, the whole family is thrown out with them, including Alberto’s cousin Cucumber.The family settles in Melbourne, Australia, and from humble beginnings in their new country, the Zapatas rise to unexpected prominence. A series of coincidences (or conspiracies) see Alberto raised practically overnight to become Victoria’s assistant chief commissioner of police.Zapata’s first case on the job is to solve the mystery around the disappearance of jewels belonging to the British Royal Family while on exhibition in Melbourne. Things get stranger and stranger as the case unfolds, in a madcap tale of crime, bungling, and Spanglish, reminiscent of "Get Smart" and "The Pink Panther"."Broom, Broom" is the first of the Alberto Zapata stories. Keep a lookout for new episodes "Jurassic Prick" and "China, Please Give Me More."

There are many options to end the World, but it’s always someone; someplace far away who will. Someone who we can't control; it will be these distant people who will set the stage for Armageddon: but suppose it wasn’t, but instead that each one of us was given a choice in our own destruction; if each one of us inadvertently, and individually set the stage for total World annihilation.There are many options to end the World, but it’s always someone; someplace far away who will. Someone who we as individuals can't control; it will be these distant people who will set the stage for Armageddon. In our powerlessness situation the greatest fear is that it will be us who are the cannon fodder or victims: but suppose it wasn’t; but instead that each one of us was given a choice in our own destruction; if each one of us inadvertently, and individually set the stage for total World annihilation.

In this prequel story to the So Not Super web series, we find out how Captain Famous became Captain Famous and how he and Samantha ended up together.A beautiful young dancer’s performance at the royal banquet has pleased her king. To show his gratitude, he offers her the fruits of his kingdom. She may have anything.Anything her heart desires.The King cannot refuse when the dancer asks for a night in his bed. Though it is the first time he will betray his marriage, he feels no guilt for he knows the Queen is, at that very moment, in the arms of another.But this tryst is not as it seems, for the Queen and her lover lust only for the reins of the kingdom. That night, they have set in motion a plan to murder their ruler and steal his throne.The King learns of this plot, but far too late to stop it. The assassination might succeed, but for the actions of a surprising ally, his new bed mate.The beautiful dancer, too, is not as she seems. She alone holds the power to save her king from the traitors, and to restore his kingdom to him. She will do this by presenting him an offer of her own. He may have anything.Anything his heart desires.Originally written as a single chapter in the Wither the Waking World novel The Death You Deserve, Betrayal is a glimpse into the origins of the cursed land of Illengaard, known as the Kingdom of Teardrops.

Belsnickel and his reindeer Eikthyrnir never expected to be waylaid while checking off the Naughty and Nice List. When they stumble upon an group of forest folk immersed in their midwinter's festival, the duo realize they're quite a long way from home, but that doesn't stop the pair from crashing the party and continuing their responsibilities.Belsnickel is The Seeker and has just one job to do all year long – check off the Wish-Granter's Naughty and Nice List. He never expects his reindeer to get them lost. Stuck wandering unfamiliar woods, he begins to panic about finishing the job on time. Elder Alba is the wisest of the forest folk. She tries to lead them with a kind hand, but some of the children have gotten unruly in recent years and she's at a loss as to how to turn them around. Everyone is engrossed in the midwinter's Keeper of the Cauldron Festival when The Seeker's unexpected arrival changes the lives of some naughty little children.

Second Installment of the popular Threestone Trilogy. Packed with more action and excitement than the first!Who is Daemon?Why did he target G and his family?Join G in this second part of his journey as he searches for answers, learns more about the strange legacy his father left him, and the seemingly limitless power of the Threestone. In this next installment of the Threestone Trilogy, G travels to new and unknown worlds where he finds the most exciting and unexpectedly dangerous adventures yet.

At an early age, two multi-talented ladies Lara Williams, Nike Bright and a handsome guy, Michael Davis are pulled together by the powerful magnet of destiny. Just as they are beginning to enjoy the bond, fate gradually tears them apart, giving them new directions. What becomes of these three?Lara Williams is a beautiful and industrious black American, born by rich parents, Helen and David Williams.Nike Bright is a composer and guitarist. She has middle class parents who live at Ikoyi and are recognized lawyers in Nigeria.Michael Davis is a handsome footballer and writer. He is the only child of his busy parents, Richard and Aderonke Davis, who also live at Ikoyi, Lagos. At an early age, Lara Williams, Nike Bright and Michael Davis are pulled together by the powerful magnet of destiny. Just as they are beginning to enjoy the bond, fate gradually tears them apart, giving them new directions. What becomes of these three?Find out in "Crossroads".

Rel's trial is over. The Gift-Givers have forgiven his part in the disaster at Vessit. But the trial's aftermath brings revelations which will send Rel and Pevan into the secret depths of the Court, places so dangerous that even their closest allies among the Children of the Wild might kill them instantly and without warning.Who would have thought that a night of babysitting could change her life forever?Since his little sister bit her in November, Matt Johnson has kept her alive. Only Natalie could have a hot guy climb through her bedroom window every night and have it mean absolutely nothing romantic. Natalie works hard to hide her crush on Matt because the last thing this newly-turned vampire needs to deal with is a broken heart. Her insecurities about Matt come to a head when the mothers insist on them going to the Valentine's dance together. Will this Valentine's Day suck worse than all her previous Valentine's days?******Excerpt“Thanks,” I told him. “You’re getting good at solving my problems.”“That’s me,” he said, lifting the bottle to refill our glasses. “Synthetic blood deliveryman, fashion consultant, parental advice provider…”“Good friend,” I said. I wanted more, but I couldn’t exactly say, “Slurpalicious hottie." I mean, I didn’t have the guts.******Valentine's Day Sucks is a 16,000 word novella which would be approximately 62 pages in print. Your download will include a three-chapter excerpt of Stirring Up Trouble, a young adult novel currently available at all major retailers.

Bay just wants the abuse to stop. The Bleeding Tree can help him, but at what cost?Please note, this work is under 4000 words.A Tales Of Correndrum Short Story (12,000 words) - Rickard considers himself to be the most daring thief in Correndrum, and he lives up to his own opinion by executing his heists with confidence and panache. So far he's managed to survive even his wildest schemes through a mix of careful preparation and blind luck. But more than once he's found himself in situations where his best hope was to follow his personal motto, "The only way out is forward."When he executes the boldest robbery of his career at the mansion of the wealthiest merchant in the city, Rickard learns a secret that threatens some of the most powerful men in the kingdom. He'll need more than his own wits and luck to save his hide this time!.

This is the story of a legendary starship. It was made out to be a pirate vessel, but was it really?Memories of the truth had faded over time and the people of Benara-3 had forgotten the truth.But the Jatarians did not forget ...With the advent of the timequake ships, mankind spread so rapidly out into the galaxy that chaos and corruption soon became the order of the day. So Union Fleet was formed to defend and protect mankind from his worst enemy — himself. To keep the peace, Union Fleet enforced the laws on all of the planets of the Union. For the most part, the people of Union Fleet were good and decent folks. For the most part, this all worked just fine on all of the civilized planets, but in the outworlds … well, that was another story. In the outworlds, where civilization was thin, evil thrived. Pirates plied their ancient trade in the outworld spaceways.Even so, the pirates were not the worst that mankind had to face. The Jatarian Alien Group was mankind's worst nightmare. But there was one ship that fought them off and saved the people of Benara-3 -- the Crystal Dragon. It defeated the whole Jatarian battle group and sent what was left of them back to their own with a message -- don't come back!Created with alien technology, this ship single-handedly did what a whole fleet of Union starships could not. But that was a long time ago. The people of Benara-3 forgot and went on with their lives. Corrupt Union Admirals tried to confiscate the Crystal Dragon to steal its secrets. When it slipped their grasp, in spite, they declared it an outlaw ship. As time went on, everybody forgot the Crystal Dragon and got on with their lives.But the Jatarians did not forget ...

Most poems in Aerial Muse were written in the sky, on commercial flights. Others include birds, real or imagined. But the poems are less about transportation than about transformation and transcendence. Often the poems take flight -- imagination lifting from the ground of everyday details into wild, blue wonder. Acclaimed poet Naomi Shihab Nye summarized the collection with one word: "glorious."Most of the poems in Aerial Muse were written in the sky -- on commercial airline flights. A few other poems are populated with birds, real or imagined. But these poems are less about transportation than they are about transformation and transcendence. Often the poems themselves take flight -- imagination lifting from the ground of everyday details into wild, blue wonder. Acclaimed poet Naomi Shihab Nye summarized this poetry collection with a single word: "glorious."

The Legends Continue to Ride! Once again Wildcat Kitty, The Cyclone Kid and the rest of The Wildcat Gang continue to ride for justice. This time, their quest takes them from Arizona to Colorado, to New Mexico and Saint Louis, Missouri, dealing out their own special brand of justice against train robbers,river pirates, crooked lawmen bounty hunters, Mexican border bandits and political assassins.The Legends Continue to Ride! Once again Wildcat Kitty, The Cyclone Kid and the rest of The Wildcat Gang continue to ride for justice. This time, their quest takes them from Arizona to Colorado, to New Mexico and Saint Louis, Missouri, dealing out their own special brand of justice against train robbers,river pirates, crooked lawmen bounty hunters, Mexican border bandits and political assassins. Once again Kitty loses her heart to a new man while her first love, Marshal Matt Starr weds a governor's daughter and Dandy Jim Butler's secret past is revealed.

In present day south-central Louisiana, Elizabeth Leblanc, a fiery, twenty-six year old, learns of a devastating family secret, which tosses her into the middle of an otherworldly war, forcing her to choose between the angels of Heaven and the demons of Hell.In a small town in south-central Louisiana, Elizabeth Leblanc, a young stable hand, lived a fairly typical, slow paced, country life. Still dealing with the sudden and recent loss of her parents, she moved onto the family property with hopes of renovating an old house left there by her late family. Elizabeth’s hopes for a simple life would be put on hold however when a handsome stranger moves to town and turns everything upside down. He confesses to being the demon known as Belial and Elizabeth is soon thrown into the middle of an otherworldly feud that has been going on for millennia. Skeptical at first, she only begins to believe the demon’s story after she is attacked in her home by an angel.After meeting Raguel, an archangel of Heaven, she learns he is in charge of keeping peace in heavenly realm and was sent to investigate the attacks against her. He claims that the angel hierarchy has not given any orders to attack, but the demons are skeptical and Elizabeth soon finds herself with two unwanted house guests.With her life in danger she has to decide to who to trust, the demons of Hell or the angels of Heaven?

This is a work of flash fiction specially commissioned by USA Network and was inspired by the upcoming TV series event DIG.A boy lost in grief and an old farm house where a mysterious girl plays out her sorrow on the piano in the moonlight. Grief calls to grief and sorrow to sorrow. A haunting tale of love and death and isolation.Following the death of his parents in an automated traffic accident, John Riley is sent to live with his only surviving relative; an ageing great aunt who lives in an old and isolated farm house far from the city and all his social contacts. There he finds a mystery: a girl who plays the piano in a locked room by moonlight. He follows her to a secret room, an old book of poetry and the tale of a long past tragedy"My aunt lived on an old farm, close to the sea. The farm house had been built in the nineteenth century in imitation of some minor Scottish castle. It was a rambling place of crumbling stone and cracked plaster, with ornamental towers and arched doorways. The kind of place that history buffs get all excited about – mainly because they don’t have to live there. I went from crowds of friends to – what? Sheep? Maybe. Seagulls? Perhaps, but certainly not people. All in all, I might as well have walked through the back of a wardrobe and into Narnia."This story comes from a poem which in turn comes from a dream. I can still see Sarah, plain as moonlight, playing on her piano.