It's the ultimate challenge: breaking into the Ivy League. The hack: To get one deadbeat, fully unqualified slacker into the most prestigious school in the country. The crew: Eric Roth -- the good guy, the voice of reason. Max Kim -- the player who made the bet in the first place. Schwartz -- the kid genius already on the inside...of Harvard, that is. Lexi -- the beauty-queen valedictorian who insists on getting in the game. The plan: Use only the most undetectable schemes and techno-brilliant skills. Don't break the Hacker's Code. Don't get distracted. Don't get caught. Take down someone who deserves it. The stakes: A lot higher than they think. They've got the players, the plot, and soon -- the prize. It's go time.

Heroes needed. Rick Dial's life as a superstar quarterback ended when a car accident left him crippled. But his uncanny gaming ability caused him to catch the attention of a secret government organization trying to stop a cyber attack on America. He's been to the Realm . . . and returned to Real Life victorious. But the stakes just went up. Another attack is imminent. Though they're in a hidden facility, there seems to be a traitor among them. Every time Rick returns to The Realm, he risks becoming trapped there permanently. And now, his best friend Molly is being held hostage. And they're threatening to kill her. He's not sure the people in charge can be trusted. The people closest to him are in danger. A fate worse than death may be waiting for him. With no good options, how do you proceed? In the tradition of "Ender's Game "and "The Matrix, "The MindWar Trilogy is a complex thriller about a seemingly ordinary teenager who discovers a hidden gift--a gift that could make him a hero . . . or cost him everything.

A classic mystery from Dick Francis, the champion of English storytellers. One-handed ex-jockey Sid Halley works as a private detective, using his racing knowledge to solve crimes that baffle the police. In Whip Hand, Sid is asked to investigate possible doping of the horses of thoroughbred trainer George Casper - whose once-successful mounts have been failing spectacularly on the race track. At the same time he learns that a conman has left his ex-wife Jenny facing a jail sentence over a fake charity, while the Jockey Club want him to look into certain powerful syndicates who may be acting in a ruthless and illegal manner.Quickly, Sid discovers that each of his investigations is entirely unwelcome. But he isn't put off easily - not even when a threat is made to take off his remaining good hand. Three dangerous cases, three ways to die - Sid is back on home turf . . . Praise for Dick Francis:'As a jockey,...

They were just a Shakespearean troupe- they couldn't be connected with the Change Wars-or could they? The troupers of the Big Time lack no art to sway a crowd- or to change all history!They were just a Shakespearean troupe- they couldn't be connected with the Change Wars-or could they? The troupers of the Big Time lack no art to sway a crowd- or to change all history!

This story was published in 1960 in the magazine Analog Science Fact And Fiction. It was nominated for that year's Hugo Award For Short Story. Problem: A planet has been observed on the brink of war between the two hemispheres. How can this be prevented? Are you willing to participate in the solution? Is this a test for you Russett University students or is this real? Are you only pawns in an already planned scenario, with no real voice? Or will you all become heroes? What is going to happen here?! Lizzie (short for Lysistrata) was sent to school on Earth four years ago. Now, while waiting for results of their final exams,Liz and a diverse group of her classmates have become part of the solution to that problem, responsible for devising the many details that will make everything feel legitimate. When volunteers are called for to act as crew on a hopper during a delicate and dangerous part of the mission, who will go?

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Robert W. Chambers was a prolific American author who wrote a number of genres. His most famous work is the occult classic The King in Yellow.

Forty years ago, forty feet in the air, a quandary ... and a good friend.Erin began drawing dragons on her clothes to hide the stains from free-box finds. Now they are her trademark as she walks the halls of Hamilton High School. She’s puzzled by the actions of the students around her, especially Tony and David, cousins who are constantly fighting. Her own mysteries catch up to her unexpectedly and the consequences will change Erin’s life forever.

The Sick Rose’ addresses the most important philosophical questions: Is life intrinsically absurd? Is it worth living, and is suicide an acceptable idea under certain conditions? The characters of the story come up with different views on life and death.You will also observe a tinge of magical realism, as the events of the story unfold many unexpected situations. The pace of the story is quick,

Are you lonely? At Cutthroat Heroes, we can cure your wretchedness by injecting a “love ghost” into the heart of that special someone and make them fall in love with you. Call your local priest today for details! (A fantasy comedy novella.)It's poetry, y'all--poetry!

When Alice asks Santa for a snowman for Christmas, she's surprised when he suggests she ask for a doll instead. After all, Santa is supposed to be able to do anything -- even make snow in Texas -- isn't he? This sweet children's story was originally published in The Dallas Morning News as a gift to readers on Christmas Day.For a limited time, includes two free additional short stories.That's three great short stories for the price of one.Could there be a hidden room somewhere in your house? And just what would you find lurking there?Nate, his little sister, and best buddy Dan, stumble upon a hidden room during a sleep-over. What they find inside is anything but friendly.Includes the bonus short story: Steven, Space Stowaway (originally published in the June issue of Spaceports & Spidersilk).When Steven's Mom leaves for a mission to Mars, he's determined to come along. Even if he has to sneak onboard.Just one problem: he gets caught. And the Captain has a particularly unpleasant way of dealing with stowaways.Includes the bonus short story: Bloody Marcy.When a game of Bloody Mary goes terribly wrong, someone might just die.Praise for Monster in the Mirror"A very good short story. Written in an eerie enough way to make (you) to look over your shoulder and avoid mirrors for awhile." - Tricia Bennett, Author"Wow! Excellent short story. Well written and very easy to read. I didn't get bored at all. I also liked the song and the ending was awesome." -B. Marie, SmashwordsAbout the AuthorM.J.A. Ware, known as MJ to his friends, lives in the foothills of the Sierra Mountains with his wife and two daughters. When not writing about aliens, monsters and ghosts, he runs a company where he designs award winning video arcades. He’s currently polishing his latest novel, Super Zombie Juice Mega Bomb, about friends who take on an army of the undead, armed with nothing but Super Soakers—filled with zombie killing juice.Excerpt"I try ignoring the sound. Like fingernails on a blackboard, deep and violent. It's coming from the stairs, always from the stairs..."

Sixfold is an all-writer-voted journal. All writers who upload their manuscripts vote to select the highest-voted $1000 prize-winning manuscripts and all the short stories and poetry published in each issue.Sixfold is an all-writer-voted journal. All writers who upload their manuscripts vote to select the highest-voted $1000 prize-winning manuscripts and all the short stories and poetry published in each issue.In Sixfold Poetry Winter 2015: J. H Yun | Yesenia & other poems Colby Hansen | Killing Jar #37 & other poems Melissa Bond | Freud's Asparagus & other poems Jane Schulman | When Krupa Played Those Drums & other poems Susan F. Glassmeyer | First Moon of a Blue Moon Month & other poems Melissa Tyndall | Haptics & other poems Micah Chatterton | Medicine & other poems Emily Graf | Toolbox & other poems Kate Magill | LV Winter, 2015 & other poems Michael Fleming | Meeting Mrs. Ping & other poems Richard Parisio | Brown Creeper & other poems Jennifer Leigh Stevenson | Circe in Business & other poems Laurel Eshelman | Tuckpointing & other poems Barry W. North | Molotov Cocktail of the Deep South & other poems Charles C. Childers | Privilege & other poems Ricky Ray | A Way to Work & other poems Cassandra Sanborn | Revelation & other poems Linda Sonia Miller | Full Circle & other poems J. Lee Strickland | Anna's Plague & other poems Erin Dorso | In the Kitchen & other poems Holly Lyn Walrath | Behind the Glass & other poems Jeff Lewis | Charles Ives, A Connecticut Yankee & other poems Karen Kraco | Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill & other poems Rafael Miguel Montes | Casket & other poems

A mentally fractured powerful spirit of a Georgian plantation holds in thrall the men and mounts of a Civil War foraging party to daily avenge the death of her husband and children by putting the enemy spirits through Hell. Ryan Fitzgalen, ancient and clairvoyant thanks to a WWII experiment using electromagnetism and his ghost wife must call in their descendents to battle undying hatred.A mentally fractured and hideously powerful spirit of a Georgian plantation and slave owner hold in thrall the men and mounts of a Civil War foraging party. She is avenging the death of her husband and children by putting the enemy spirits through a daily ritual of Hell. Ryan Fitzgalen was rendered spiritually clairvoyant and caused to be the world’s oldest man by a WW II experiment using electromagnetic power for naval stealth technology. He and the spirit of his deceased wife, Vanessa, are no match for Mad Annie, and so must call in his distant descendents to even the playing field. Even then, one of the Fitzgalen Family must fall.

USSS Special Agent Raven Somers is finally returning after a frightening incident & the coinciding death of her father. Her father inspired her on her path with Jesus, but she is now struggling in the dark because her light has died. With help from the CAT guys, President Hawk delves into her life at every opportunity. But Raven's mind screams for her to run, while her heart aches for his comfort.Special Agent Raven Somers, of the United States Secret Service, is finally returning back to duty after having been gone for over ten months because of a frightening incident. Only she isn't the same strong, always smiling and laughing, joyful woman that left. Raven is still reeling from the sudden death of her father, which coincided with her leaving. Her father was the one that inspired her on her path with Jesus, and she is now struggling in the dark because her light has died.Raven strives to get back into a routine with the only familiar thing she has left, her career, but she is in grave danger of losing that as well, and is plagued by a fear that is paramount to her livelihood. However, at every turn she encounters an elusive group of men, and one powerful man that is always right there in the center of them with his broad shoulders and comforting arms open to her. Her mind screams for her to run away, but her heart begs her to run towards him. Circumstances force her to do the unthinkable every time.In this first novel of the Protection Series, the United States Secret Service’s Counter Assault Team (CAT) go a step beyond just merely protecting their President and aide him when he delves into Raven’s life at every opportunity. However, President Drake Hawk is forced to cling to his confidence in Jesus while he struggles to wait for her, and humbly finds out that as always only God’s timing is perfect.

Told from a drummer's point of view, Drums: a Novel chronicles a small-time 80s rock band's run at making it big-time. The story moves from San Luis Obispo to Lake Tahoe, where the band chases the ultimate gig. Drums celebrates those musicians who achieve commercial success, as well as the 99.99% who give it their all, only to fall short from attaining mega record deals and glitz-glam fame.Boone is a lone wolf and bounty hunter living day to day and paycheck to paycheck. Boone lives for the money and the chase. He just wants to capture his prey, the most heinous of criminals; rapists, serial killers, etc., collect the reward and return to his secluded cabin in the mountains before the next full moon. Forced to team up with his biggest competition, a beautiful and captivating female bounty hunter with her own secrets, Boone is lured into a world he cannot escape. As he learns more about himself and who his father is, he can never turn back. His secret is revealed but who can he trust?

When Aimee is thrust into her past, she has to come to terms with who and what she is. While battling feelings with her past and present love. Can she overcome her bloodthirsty power or succumb to who she's destined to be?After witnessing the horrific murder that was committed by her fiancée just days before their wedding, Aimee immediately flees from the life she knows. Lost in Greece, Aimee is inevitably and uncontrollably thrust into a supernatural world where she is terrified to learn what she really is. Crouching at every corner lies a new confusing memory that torments her from her previous life, while her feelings of love cease to die, but awaken more deeply for the mysteriously handsome stranger, who wants to rescue her. Battling the man, who she mistakenly still loves is a bigger conquest than imagined, but can she free her captured thoughts from the man who owns her? Facing the ultimate decision, to lose all humanity by becoming the weapon the Rogues desire most, or to destroy the creation of love. Can Aimee make the sacrifices needed to overcome deceit, love and her power that is irrepressibly blood thirsty?

Nancy Drew comes to the aid of Sean Reeves, the star pitcher of the River Heights Falcons, when his young daughter is kidnapped and the price of her release is for him to lose the championship game.

Special-forces soldier turned mercenary Steve West is dropped onto a remote Scottish island. His every movement will be tracked for ‘Lethal Force’, the most expensive video game ever made. He’s been told it’s just a story. But within seconds Steve is fighting for his life. ‘Lethal Force’ is a short story from Matt Lynn, best-selling author of the ‘Death Force’ series of thrillers.Special-forces soldier turned mercenary Steve West is dropped onto a remote Scottish island. His every movement will be tracked for ‘Lethal Force’, the most expensive video game ever made. He’s been told it’s just a story. But within seconds Steve is fighting for his life. And a deadly manhunt is about to begin. ‘Lethal Force’ is a free short story from Matt Lynn, the best-selling author of the ‘Death Force’ series of adventure thrillers, including ‘Death Force’, ‘Fire Force’, ‘Shadow Force’ and ‘Ice Force’. Matt Lynn's books have received a series of five-star reviews.'I was anticipating a good time and I wasn't disappointed. A cracking action thriller. You can taste the dust and smell the blood'(Daily Express )'Matt Lynn's novel is up there with the finest that Andy McNab or Chris Ryan have ever penned'(News of the World )'Brilliant, realistic and riveting; blistering front-line action'(Chris Ryan )"If you're a fan of modern military thrillers you're going to have fun with anything Matt Lynn writes..."(The Northern Echo)"For teenage boys or simply for those men who don't want to grow up, Shadow Force is a cracking read. Intellectually stimulating it ain't; fantastic fun it most certainly is."(ABC Brisbane)'This is a fast-paced and well-told tale of derring-do that guarantees entertainment."(City AM)

Tyler Pressley has just lost her marketing job… on Thanksgiving, no less. When Cliff, the owner of the failing diner next door, offers her a free dinner, she accepts… neither of them expecting how grateful they’ll be for what happens next.How far would you go to escape your own personal teenage hell? Would you run away, break away from everything you know—even your own body? Alex Robbins, Brooke Saunders and Maryanne Hemlock could not be more different, yet they all have something in common—deep and soul-searing pain. They are also all students at Streep Academy, a boarding school just one step away from juvie, where they've come to complete high school. In the forbidden attic of the old Victorian house-turned-residence, the girls discover the diary of Connie Harvell, a young woman who was confined and abused there some 50 years ago. In the end, Connie’s attic prison couldn't hold her—not completely. She found a way out. At least a dark part of her did. And after reading her diary, the girls discover they can escape at will too. A terrifying, thrilling flight from their bodies and their troubles. But God help them, their pain isn't all they leave behind when they join with the night. And God help anyone who’s wronged them...

A retelling of the classic fairy tale for 21st century youngsters by a master storyteller. We are all familiar with Little Red Riding Hood, of course, but there is a lot more to her than a grandma and a wicked wolf. What about the archery contest or the pet raven? The story as we usually hear it today is a very much shortened version of the original.A retelling of the classic fairy tale for 21st century youngsters by a master storyteller. We are all familiar with Little Red Riding Hood, of course, but there is a lot more to her than a grandma and a wicked wolf. What about the archery contest or the pet raven? The story as we usually hear it today is a very much shortened version of the original.Fairy Stories have been told for hundreds and hundreds of years. No one really knows when they started or who first wrote them - or told them I expect. They probably started before many people could read or write.Anyway they have been told and retold and everyone who tells them alters them a little bit to suit themselves or to please the people listening.So Grandma Chatterbox when she was younger (which was a long time ago) went round and about and over the hills and far away searching for the oldest versions of Fairy Tales which she could find.So now Grandma Chatterbox is going to tell you Fairy Stories as close to the oldest versions that she can get. After all it is part of every child’s education to know all the traditional tales.Little Red Riding Hood was originally a French folk tale, written down by Charles Perrault in 1697.Grandma Chatterbox just loves the old stories, and simply adores telling them to young children. The vocabularly and grammar in these stories is specially adapted to be suitable to younger children. When your children get a little bit older and start to learn to read you will find that the vocabulary contains words that they will be learning. Increase the type size on your tablet or other device and you can read along with your children. So, are you ready for a story? Good, then I will begin...About the AuthorBarbara Hayes has been a best selling author of children’s books and comics for more than 40 years. She has been published around the world and in numerous languages. And yes - she really is a Grandma!