What happens when terror strikes by the hand of an unlikely source? Trevor and Alyssa are getting married, but this wedding quickly becomes the wedding they never planned. Be thrilled in less than 30 minutes with this tiny thriller. Expect tension, ultra-heightened expectations, suspense, and surprise as you witness the unthinkable, the unplanned, the unforgettable--L.A. Burning."Your end is coming now!" Ezekiel 7:3

Jorden has stumbled into a strange land of not-quite human inhabitants, his friend Taf at least human enough in all the ways that matter. Getting home means facing the witch-god Hura, if she exists at all, on the other side of Nowhere. But this is a world of many races run by the spiritual kaedith and financial sarisan, while he is friend to the lowest class species who struggle simply to survive.Jorden gritted his teeth as he surveyed the somewhat odd world he found himself within.Things had settled down somewhat for the Tasmanian youth. He now accepted that he had somehow stumbled into a land of both beauty and nightmare, and was now forced to live within its bounds until he could find someone to help him return home. It was a world of warped pseudo-physics, a mash of realities and fantasies littered with peoples who were slightly not what they should have been. Yet Jorden Miles had grown used to his aestri friend Taf: her claw-like nails, her angular teeth, and the eyes that belonged to a beast of the night. She was mostly human – pseudo-human in the ways that mattered – and she was a very dear friend. Even the huge landsdraw and the dirge weren't really that odd. Rats were rats and fish were fish, and sea-dragons were only God knew what. There were horses and cattle and sheep and pigs, and a few crystals and rocks made the world go round. Aside from the earthquakes and this stormy Time of Darkness thing, all was peachy. What was most important to Jorden Miles was that this was a world of men that was run by the female classes of the spiritual kaedith and the financial sarisan, and he was a friend of a lowest class aestri, a race that struggled simply to survive, seen as little more than vagrants if they were thought of at all. There was only one way out, and that was to face the witch-god Hura herself, and she lived somewhere on the other side of Nowhere if she even existed at all. Getting there meant crossing the darkened and creature-filled lands of an unknown world, lands that no man dared walk when the light departed. Jorden knew his chances of getting home, indeed even surviving at all, were very slim indeed.

Whilst cataloging the documents of the Frazier family, Gemma Ranford finds references to the Heartwishes Stone which is said to grant wishes to anyone named Frazier. As Gemma learns more about the family - and even begins falling in love with the eldest son, Colin - it becomes increasingly clear that their wishes are actually coming true.

“Stories from Amman” is the result of over 50 artists and illustrators telling stories about a small but special city, in Arabic and English, over the course of a day.The stories range from personal reflections, to manga art, to memories of how Amman used to be.Cities are immortalized in story and stone.The is a book about a city. A place of aspiration, hope, corruption, brutality, change, ambition, family and loneliness. A place where thousands dream of escape. Somewhere millions call home.A city like any other city. But different. The stories in the ebook were created by a team of over fifty writers and artists in just one day, working in Arabic and English. 'Stories from Amman' is a 'Project Pen Storylabs' initiative to go out and create the content.Project Pen was founded to encourage a new generation of writers, creating new kinds of stories, from a new generation of writers.We're based, as you might have gussed, in Amman Jordan.

Jule has his powers stripped by the Watchers. They give him an impossible mission: find the mysterious Magician before she reopens the gateway between the realms. Afraid of her own powers, the Magician has lived a near-prisoner of someone determined to use her magic to destroy the human world. She must choose between helping Jule and remaining loyal to the man she views as her father.Book 3, War of Gods series. The White God’s most trusted friend, Jule, has his powers stripped by the Watchers. They give him an impossible mission: find the mysterious Magician and kill her, before she reopens the gateway between the realms. Jule quickly discovers the beautiful Magician is not what the Watchers claim. Afraid of her own powers, the Magician has lived a sheltered life, a near-prisoner of someone determined to use her magic to destroy the human world. The Magician, Yully, must choose between her loyalty to the man she views as her father and Jule, the man whose touch brings her hope and happiness after years of fear.Meanwhile, the young Black God is growing into his powers, with the assistance of a being that shouldn’t exist, and whose presence threatens to alter the balance of power between Good and Evil.Sweet paranormal romance.Includes exclusive excerpt of Julia Crane's "Coexist: Keegan's Chronicles."

This first collection of Steve's Short Stories, brings a mixture of the darker side of Science and what man is probably capable of achieving, whilst also bringing some humour.These short stories have allowed Steve the luxury to make a study of a particular topic that has reared its head in the world of science or technology and is currently being discussed. Steve through use of his imagination and word processor, has explored where such developments could take human kind. There is even a story that could be a ghost story, or is it about a ghost? To round things off Steve even glimses into the domain of romance. Something for everyone? Maybe, we'll leave it for you to decide.This book, going by the audiobook version, brings you about 6 hours of entertainment, it was two years in the making, is supplied FREE of charge. We hope you enjoy it.

When Tammy Miller is forced to live in Ashville Manor, she quickly learns that nothing is quite as it seems.“A vampire?” Tammy said slowly, not really sure how to make sense of it. He didn't look like anything she had read about. His skin was a little too pale, but so was hers. He didn't have weird looking eyes or fangs. She reached out and pressed her hand on his chest. His heart was beating just like hers. Dante watched her reaction, he knew she was checking him out. Trying to figure out if he was about to jump her and suck her body dry. He wasn't like that, that was just fiction written in books by people who had no idea about real vampires.Her hand moved from his chest and gently touched his hand; his skin wasn't cold. He was definitely living and not dead. Weren't vampires Immortal?? She leaned a little closer. “Your not dead!”

Walt and his friends deal with the strange beings from space the only way they know how . . . hillbilly style!Isabel Mason is a natural witch. She thinks it’s unremarkable. What does it matter that true magic pumps through her veins?When she meets the arrogant but terribly handsome Captain Carmichael, everything changes. In the blink of an eye, the life she knows is burnt away. She’s thrown into a perilous journey across the country. With a man she barely knows, she must forge a path to Washington. Only there will her true abilities be revealed.In their path lies the horrors of the modern world - beastly animals gorged on magic, frightful apparitions that walk the night, and dead that stumble from their graves.There’s a war coming, and Isabel and Carmichael are all that stand in its way ….

The galactic computer network is ancient. The elder races that built it are extinct. The civilizations using it for commerce and translation don't know all its secrets. But one lone human has outfitted a trading ship with technologies from its archives, and he roams beyond anywhere humans have previously traveled. Stumbling on a dire threat to the Galaxy's community of cultures, he must fight it!The galactic computer network is ancient beyond all knowing. The elder races that built it in prehistoric times are extinct. The civilizations now using it for commerce and translation don't know all its secrets. But one lone human has outfitted a trading vessel with technologies from its archives, and he roams the stars, venturing far beyond anywhere humans have previously traveled. In a far distant corner of the Galaxy he stumbles on a dire threat to its community of diverse cultures. He must fight it—but he can't do so alone!

Take your funny bone deep into the African jungle with Captain Tripp Vaguely on a hunt for an unthinkable prize. Along the way, dry wit and swift action ensue as the Captain and his cohort's antics bring about a collision of worlds on the back of pseudo-spiritual Victorian gadgetry. Subterranean spider people and an arch-nemesis provide excitement and humor at the timely Captain's expense.Take your funny bone on an extraordinary adventure with Captain Tripp Vaguely! You will be hurled into immediate action as the Captain and his most trusted compatriot, Ghost-Tongue the Anasazi, trek deep into the jungles of darkest Africa to capture a legendary beast with cosmically-sighted goggles and a portable, gear-churned arsenal! These are just the tip of the extraordinary iceberg when the American bravado and Victorian gadgetry of Captain Tripp Vaguely is in play! Fast-paced action and dry wit ensue as the duo confronts both a race of humanoid arachnids and the Captain's arch-nemesis, the wicked and phonetic Doctor von Skaar! You'll laugh. You'll groan. You'll break a sweat!The Court of the Spider Queen is the first short story installment of the Extraordinary Adventures of Captain Tripp Vaguely and the first book in the Fascination Chronicles; a humorous adventure series by author, Ziggy Tausend and his Clandestine Tales. It introduces the reader to the Captain and his cohort, Ghost-Tongue while forging the first step toward his next mysterious but surely impossible goal. Poking fun whilst simultaneously embracing the pulp format of bygone years, the Extraordinary Adventures of Captain Tripp Vaguely are quick journeys through the fantastic. An Edisonade-style steampunk genre infused with mythology and humor, the Court of the Spider Queen is but the opening of the door into a realm without boundaries. Further releases will follow soon, as Clandestine Tales (clandestinetales.com) prepares to carry the reader into vast worlds of excitement. Visiting Clandestine Tales also offers extra glimpses into the background of the characters and helpful information such as a Glossary of Terms to fill in the gaps between the here and now and the Victorian past.

My name is Rose MacEwan. The year is 1682. It is a hard time to be a witch. And an even harder time to be Wodebayne. Now that I've found my soul mate, I feel almost safe. I will do anything to keep him. Pity the witch who comes between me and my true love.

If you read Beast part three, and you should have, since these are serials, I don't think I need to entice you to one-click this novella. Beast and Annabelle are fcked - and you know they're fckING, too. Grab your guns and a few extra pairs of panties! We're on the lam, and it's sexier than ever.

Welcome to the inaugural issue of The Raconteurs’ Muse, the literary journal of Central Oregon Community College. The literary journal is an extension of A Novel Group of Writers, Central Oregon Community College’s creative writing club.Welcome to the inaugural issue of The Raconteurs’ Muse, the literary journal of Central Oregon Community College. The literary journal is an extension of A Novel Group of Writers, Central Oregon Community College’s creative writing club.The genesis of the literary journal is a conversation I had last spring with my academic advisor over the dearth of English and Writing classes offered by the college. Specifically, there is no creative writing program at the college. She explained to me, “Creative writing classes are a luxury at COCC.” Furthermore, “If I desired a wider selection of liberal arts classes I should consider transferring schools.”Soon after our tête-à-tête I formed the writing club at COCC. Several months later, during a summer barbecue in my backyard a group of us started The Raconteurs’ Muse Literary Journal. The journal took six months of toil to obtain funding approval from the ASCOCC, and publication authorization from the college administration.June 18, 2013 the writing club will publish Raconteurs’ Muse Volume II, titled Chapters and Verses. Volume II is a collection of manuscript first chapters, as well as short stories and musings created by members of the writing club and students at COCC and Oregon State University Cascade Branch.Sometime toward the later part of July The Raconteurs’ Muse and A Novel Group of Writers will request submissions of short stories, novellas, and novel length manuscripts for a Summer/Fall writing competition. The contest serves as a platform for several publishing projects the club is undertaking, and will announce details in the subsequent weeks.Please like and follow A Novel Group of Writers and The Raconteurs’ Muse via our social network venues for upcoming information and submission instructions.

In the small town of Moscow, TN everything is calm and friendly until some new neighbors move to town. Jade and Janine Hawthorne, two suspicious acting sisters, move in and everything starts to change. A group of close friends experience something that changes their lives forever, even uncovering something unexpected.Jeffery considered himself a pretty good guy. He never bothered anybody and he never bothered to get involved. One day he witnesses a terrible event and does nothing. That lack of action may cost him.This short story deals with the subject of indifference, something we are all guilty of at one time or another, and what it may cost us.

Recognition is the best form of identification.Knowing is half the battle. Being able to recognise the signs keep yourself and everyone else alive.Know your enemy.Three vampires walk into a bar...A suicidal widower is talked down by a mysterious, chain-smoking stranger with an ulterior motive...A picturesque sea-side chalet harbors a disturbing secret under its serene waters...A kindly grandmother runs a pie shop that is a gateway to time and space...A mysterious house with a dark reputation tempts one bored little girl...Angels, vampires, ghosts and faeries mingle with the lovelorn, the desperate, the weary and the brave in this collection of quick-fire stories from Restless Spirits author Jean Marie Bauhaus.

From America's top writer of hardboiled crime, the novel that became Tarantino's hit film JACKIE BROWN.

They are called conspiracy theories, but Nick Kalvane is about to discover the out of this world truths these theories are used to conceal.Nick Kalvane is being watched by a shadowy, black ops group, who have an interest in abilities that Nick is blissfully unaware he possesses. While on a solo trip to the governmentally denied Groom Lake facility in the Nevada desert, Nick is abducted, and comes to in a strange room. There he is visited by the man who abducted him, Bill McGraw, who indoctrinates Nick that an extraterrestrial race from a planet that comes into close orbit with Earth every thirty six hundred years combined their own DNA with primitive man to create a race of slaves known as human beings. A civil war on that planet halted the program but Nibiru is set for another near Earth encounter and they aim to pick up where they left off.

In 1861, Luke visited Savannah and fell in love with Julia. Chester was a bitter rival for Julia's attention. Then the war started and Luke returned home to New York. In Dec. 1864 Sherman's army is camped outside Savannah and Luke, a Yankee spy, is back. Chester lost his leg assaulting the Water Witch and is just a bartender in a blockaded backwater cotton port named Coffee Bluff. Or is he?1861: While visiting family friends in Savannah, Luke fell in love with a girl named Julia Branch. Chester Baker, a local young man about town, was a bitter rival for her time and attention. Unfortunately for Luke, her banker father rejected him; it seems Luke's family back in upstate New York wasn't wealthy enough. Then the war started.December 1864: Sherman's army is camped outside Savannah and Luke is back. He was crippled at Kennesaw Mountain, but is a Yankee spy and has been tasked with gaining information about Fort McAllister which is Sherman's next target. Chester lost a leg assaulting the Water Witch and is now a bartender in a broken down saloon in a blockaded cotton port named Coffee Bluff.

Sixteen year old Teak, one of the last Light Skinned people on Earth, is caught in Siv Gareth's Race War. A trained killing machine, Teak wants nothing to do with becoming a soldier. After shooting an arrow at Siv Gareth, Teak and a rag-tag group of teens embark on a journey where they must fight for their lives. Book 1 in the Mark of Power Series boasts of suspense, dragons, and romance.What would you do if you were one of the last of your kind on earth? Sixteen year old Teak’s Mark of Power has kept her alive, but will it last? Although she is a trained killing machine, it isn’t by choice. Slated to be one of Siv Gareth's elite soldiers, her life seems to be on course, but she has a decision to make. Does she follow her father’s wishes and become a soldier, or chase after her own dreams of training dragons? Persecuted, shunned, and tortured because of her skin color, Teak is mad, and somebody is going to pay for it. Siv Gareth’s race war has just begun, and now that the Purity Law has passed, the Destroyers are out in hordes to kill her and any others with light skin. When Teak shoots an arrow at Siv Gareth, a chain of events unwinds that ultimately threatens her very existence. Accustomed to going it alone, Teak finds herself on a long journey with a group of rag-tag teens, and she must learn to depend on them…or die. When two boys enter the scene, one irritating and the other mesmerizing, Teak wonders if she has a shot at a normal life. But will her lack of Power and skin color ruin it? This dystopian society novel, Book 1 in the Mark of Power Series, is riveting with suspense, action, betrayal, and the brimming hope of romance.