David and Phil, friends since college, have recently had rough patches in their marriages, including an affair. Though they’ve never been the type to discuss intimate personal problems, David feels the need to unburden himself to Phil. As they play pool and have a few beers, David recounts recent events in his life while wondering how much, if anything, he should tell his friend.“Thoughts Left Unsaid” is a mainstream story about two middle-aged men, David and Phil, friends since college, who have recently had rough patches in their marriages, including an affair. Though they’ve never been the type to discuss intimate personal problems, David feels the need to unburden himself to Phil. As they play pool and have a few beers, David recounts recent events in his life while wondering how much, if anything, he should tell his friend. If you enjoy the quality of this story and are interested in erotic fiction with similar quality writing and storylines, check out Alex Exley’s collection of short stories, “Tales of Love & Lust.” Select erotic stories also sold individually.

In the land known as Terra Infirma (so-called due to its weak constitution), in the once vibrant city of Marasmus, the Trollian Conquest is complete and an authoritarian and oppressive regime holds sway. Religion is banned and the city's patron God, WACCHUS, finds Himself forcibly retired. He discovers that resurrection is only possible through the person of the Awakener. Unfortunately, the only bIn the land known as Terra Infirma (so-called due to its weak constitution), in the once vibrant city of Marasmus, the Trollian Conquest is complete and an authoritarian and oppressive regime holds sway. Religion is banned and the city's patron God, WACCHUS, finds Himself forcibly retired. He discovers that resurrection is only possible through the person of the Awakener. Unfortunately, the only being who remotely fits the bill is a drunken and world-weary dwarf called Anyx. Can Anyx really be the Awakener? And can he (with the assistance of, amongst others, an elephant, a down-on-his-luck leper, a bunch of half-crazed pirates and some blokes in tights) evade the clutches of the psychotic troll Granntt, and the demonic Theo De Ville, and save the day?

Tito the Denver Dwarf is on his own after his mentor, Charlie flees Chicago C.O.P.S. He comes home from an undercover job getting evidence on an abusive Group home to find a cryptic message from a beautiful woman. She has a job for a 'fixer'-finding her long lost sister. But Tito uncovers something more. Now he must decide whether to honor a vow from his past, or look for his own lost daughter.The Black Ships - First in the seriesOur planet was just one small island in the midst of a vast, empty sea. For millennia, its inhabitants thought they were alone - until they took their first tentative steps out of the cradle. As the nations of Earth struggle to establish a fragile colony on the surface of Mars, they suddenly lose all contact with their settlers.In the days that follow, it becomes abundantly clear that humans are not the only ones intent on exploiting the resources of the solar archipelago. In a desperate bid for freedom, Humanity must undergo social and economic changes on a scale previously unheard of. In the midst of growing turmoil, the struggle to build an effective defense leads the species to a turning point. The smallest of chances may determine the difference between freedom or eternal subjugation.

Kiki is a 9 year old girl who likes to climb trees with her monkey friends,especially Charlie,and speaking animal language.She often wears big red boots and holey jeans.She definitely doesn`t like to wear pretty frocks and pink shoes. Her stories are about all the adventures she has with her animal friends, usually helping someone or another animal. In this story a little polar bear needs help.Kiki is a 9 year old girl who likes to climb trees with her monkey friends,especially Charlie,and speaking animal language.She often wears big red boots and holey jeans.She definitely doesn`t like to wear pretty frocks and pink shoes. Her stories are about all the adventures she has with her animal friends, usually helping someone or another animal. In this story a little polar bear needs help.The stories are aimed at children in the 5 to 7 age bracket for reading alone, or with their parent or parents.A Czech translation of the original English version is also available.

The second novel in the Corum series - The Swords trilogy

Sarah dreams of meeting a dashing man who will woo her with flowers, champagne and walks along sunset beaches… and Tony is perfect in every way…But is there more to romance than flowers?(A short, sweet contemporary romance of 3000 words)Great fun for kids of all ages, these two short stories are not traditional fairytales but like most fairytales, they offer lessons for life, with a little magic and darkness thrown in. The first story, 'Word Queen', tells the tale of a Panda who discovers the secret of words on a journey through a magical land. 'Black Eye' meanwhile, is a simple rites-of-passage story about a boy's quest to find the truth behind the bruise around his eye.If you or your children want to be entertained and educated by stories filled with magic and strangeness, and introduced to worlds of Pandas,Words, Black Eyes, Adventures, Quests and Travelling Fools, then you should read these 'Two New Fairytales' today.

A young man with a deep fear of death comes face to face with his phobia in a surprising and terrifying way.They say that in order to overcome our fears, we must face them, and that's exactly what is about to happen a young man with a severe phobia of death. As his night turns from uneventful to terrifying in this short story from the author of the Permuted Press novel 'Containment Room Seven', he'll find out that the only thing more terrifying than what lies within the dark is what doesn't.

Sometimes time just gets away from us. Brandon Halverson knows this all too well as a man eternally late. Ironically, he's pulled through time to serve a malicious future Earth. One hell bent on using time travelers to aid them in destroying innocent life. Now Brandon has to figure out how to escape before his time literally runs out.Sometimes time just gets away from us. Brandon Halverson knows this all too well as a man eternally late. Ironically, he's pulled through time to serve a malicious future Earth. One hell bent on using time travelers to aid them in destroying innocent life. Now Brandon has to figure out how to escape before his time literally runs out.This was written at about the same time as Thief, but I found it harder to find a proper ending. After a couple of months of re-writing it, I finally feel like it's finished. Thank you for reading and supporting indie authors! If you enjoy this check out my other work, including my novel Void Star.-J.P. Yagerwww.otterbored.com

As a recent arrival to America, a young boy is taken trick or treating by a strange class-mate.Does his realisation come too late?Evelina (volume 1) is a stand-alone supernatural thriller. This volume introduces her as a serial killer in modern London, the pace is fast, bloody and furious. The tale unfolds with mix of interesting and unusual characters, and climaxes in the cellar laboratory of the mad Sir Clive and his theory of longevity, a showdown of revenge killing and unrequited love.

Spring, 1956. A fresh-faced young girl arrives at a station to pursue her destiny...Fiona Clay, a bewitching mixture of intelligence and stupidity, is about to meet her real mother for the first time. A moving coming-of age mini-novella (very very short book).Spring, 1956. A fresh-faced young girl arrives at a station to pursue her destiny...Fiona Clay, a bewitching mixture of intelligence and stupidity, is about to meet her real mother for the first time. She will experience love, heartbreak and Battenberg-induced nausea at the hands of the handsome Frederick DeNouh, who she must compete for with her cougarish mother. But Frederick has dark hidden secrets, and so, alas, do all the other characters in the book, who for some reason are all having affairs with each other. You are sure to cry with laughter. Disclaimer: If you do not cry with laughter, Mimi Yeats-Prhanaz claims no responsibility.

A Nicholas Blakeman short story.So begins the tale of the unfortunate lad, Henry Stable. A perfect dinner party that seemed quite picturesque in his mind, may have morphed into something less desirable for his guests.Be a butcher, be a baker, because, dear Henry Stable, you can't look much faker. Will the darkness make the dinner that much more delectable? Read and find out...Entire series fully edited, revised and updated on 7 February 2013SERIES DESCRIPTION:Five hackers. One game. Ten thousand undead.In the center of Long Island's forbidden wasteland, overseen by a powerful corporation known as Arc Properties, is GAMELAND, a massive virtual reality arcade where the rich and privileged act out their brutal fantasies. Using cybernetic links and holographic setups, Operators pit their Undead Players against each other in a high stakes game of violence, money and power, while the poor can only watch the horrifying and powerfully addictive contests on State-controlled media streams.Breaking in was easy. Getting back out is a killer.EPISODE 1: Deep Into the GameZpocalypto gamer Jessica Daniels and her gang of code jackers break into Long Island's Gameland hoping to catch a glimpse of the Infected Undead. The addition of a stranger to their fold raises tensions within the group. After a terrible accident nearly takes the life of one of their members, emotions run dangerously high. Finding the abandoned wasteland unlike anything they ever expected, their excitement turns to dread as the dangers become all too clear.EPISODE 2: FailsafeJessie and Kelly clash after one of their group gets stranded among the Infected Undead, forcing Kelly to make a rash decision which will ultimately deliver them into the hands of those who would turn them all into mindless players in The Game.EPISODE 3: Deadman’s SwitchUnable to escape from Long Island because of the failsafe device implanted inside their brains, the group digs in until they can devise a way to neutralize it. Jessie is anointed as their leader despite Jake's claims that she is unfit. A final desperate attempt is made to leave, setting into motion a sequence of events that will result in one of them dead, another infected, and all of them running for their lives.EPISODE 4: Sunder the Hollow OnesA mutiny in the group splits the members, leaving Jessie out in the cold. As she continues to struggle to fulfill her promise to bring everyone safely home, a chance encounter with one of Gameland's residents dredges up deeply buried memories, leaving her feeling haunted and doubtful about her future.EPISODE 5: Prometheus WeptAfter one member of their group is infected, Jessie makes a decision to hand over another to a mysterious group of Undead sympathizers in exchange for a promised antidote. But will she be able to collect the medicine and return before it's too late? Will the medicine work? And will she be able to get them all back home again?EPISODE 6: Kingdom of PlayersArmed with a potential antiserum to the reanimation virus, Jessica races back to Gameland to save her infected friend. Waylaid along the way, she must fight for her life to save another. Will she make it back in time? Or will her friend die and return as one of the Undead?EPISODE 7: Tag, You’re DeadTorn between rescuing Ashley from the homicidal Ben and staying with Jake, who's been infected, Jessie, Kelly and Reggie must carefully plan their next move. But Reggie falls ill and the Undead break into their stronghold. Soon they're fighting for their lives in a battle that will lead all of the group to their darkest hour.EPISODE 8: Jacker’s CodeThe shocking conclusion to the high-tech horror thriller, GAMELAND.Determined to do whatever is necessary to get home, Jessie and the others must face some of the most difficult decisions of their lives. But the world is a very different place from the one they left behind. Some monsters don’t live behind walls.

A short story collection of several different genres, written by Full Sail University student writer, Ashley Doucette.A compilation of Short stories and Flash Fiction composed by student writer, Ashley Doucette. The five stories within this book covers several different genres, drama, science-fiction, and mild horror/suspense. The author wrote these stories during his tenure at Full Sail University, then organized these short stories into one collection.

An interplanetary surveyor wakes up in a cave, on an uninhabited planet, to the sound of purring... and screams of agony.Can Jade survive long enough to find out what went wrong?8022 wordsWhat could have caused the dragons to decide they are tired of being pushed around by lesser beings? For the first time they've chosen to spread their wings and have taken over the second largest city in the Dwarven kingdom. Join with the Magical Seven as they react to this revolt.More than any other time in their history the Dwarves need heroes, a crazy inventor and his family are the ones who step up to the challenge. Dr. Kilgen is a Dwarf on a mission. Since the dragons attacked his village he has spent every minute that he isn’t saving Dwarves at the hospital inventing steam powered machines of mass dragon destruction.Can the Dwarven Dragon Hunters of THE DIRGE and the Magical Seven put down the dragon uprising and reclaim their fallen city? Or will the dragon's fire ultimately leave their inventions in a cloud of smoke?

Low Campbell, ex-cop, private detective, and mermaid, has been offered a job that she can't turn down, protecting the city's oldest and most powerful vampire, from an even older and more powerful vampire, a man known simply as the Count. As powerful as the Count is, he's never had to face a queen of the sea.Low Campbell, ex-cop, private detective, and mermaid, has been offered a job that she can't turn down. Titus Hawthorn, the city's oldest and most powerful vampire, wants Low to protect him from an even older and more powerful vampire, a man known simply as the Count. The Count gives Low forty-eight hours to find someone that's been around as long as he has, someone that can amuse him, otherwise he will kill Titus and another one of Low's friends, a mermaid named Savanna. Not only does Low have to contend with the Count, who just happens to be the world's oldest vampire, she has to contend with a fireball throwing elf, cops that keep shooting her in the stomach, her human boyfriend's boss, who thinks that he should dump her, and her arch nemesis, a siren that wants to steal her treasure.

This book contains 25 acrostic poems describing emotions. The emotions are in an A to Z list (excluding X). In an acrostic poem, the first letter of each line of the poem spells a word or words when read down the page. The reader will discover in these poems the physical exhilaration of being INLOVE and the pure joy of being YIELDED to the will of God, among other sensations.This book contains 25 acrostic poems describing emotions. The emotions are in an A to Z(excluding X) list. The emotions described are: ANGER, BRAVERY, CLARITY, DEVOTED, EAGER, FAITH, GLADNESS, HOPEFUL, INLOVE, JUMPY, KINDNESS, LONELINESS, MANIC, NAUGHTY, OBSESS, PEACE, QUESTIONING, ROMANTIC, SADNESS, THANKSGIVING, UNIQUENESS, VANITY, WONDER, YIELDED, and ZONEDOUT. In an acrostic poem, the first letter of each line of the poem spells a word when read down the length of the page. The reader will discover in these poems the physical exhilaration of being INLOVE and the pure joy of being YIELDED to the will of God, among other sensations.

An adventure filled fantasy novel about the Hamilton family who find courage to overcome when tragedy leaves them destitute. Will the mistakes of their past be their undoing or will they find the courage to follow their hearts and create a new destiny? A novel where tragedy confronts belief and victory depends upon it. Book 1 of The Destiny Chronicles.One family.... one tyrant....one truth Mackenzie Hamilton and his wife Imogene always did what was expected of them. Leaving their homeland to fulfil the prophecies spoken over them by the Elders of the Clan, they journey to Griswold with their four children. Once so beautiful, mysterious and magical, Griswold slowly turns to a desolate place without joy or hope. There they encounter a power hungry tyrant who rules his people with fear and manipulation. Never in their wildest dreams do they imagine what a threat they pose to his kingdom. When tragedy strikes and all is stripped away, tearing their family apart, they have to dig deep to find courage within to take back what is theirs and to discover who they really are. Will the mistakes of their past be their undoing or will they find courage to follow their hearts to create a new destiny.A novel where tragedy confronts belief and victory depends upon it. Book 1 of The Destiny Chronicles.

A fictional review of a fictional long poem about a professor who is the world's foremost expert on potatoes and how his search for the cause of bruised potatoes leads him to love in the potato patch and a new life.Everyone knows the history behind the Revolution for Martian Independence. This is the personal story behind the man who led Mars to become the first independent planet beyond Earth.Carl Ronad had gone to Earth to learn how his home-world might join the United Nations as an equal partner. On Earth he learned that the only true path to self-determination for Mars would be through complete independence for his people. A tragic accident involving Carl Ronad’s father, Jake Ronad, calls him home to Mars before graduating from George Washington University on Earth. On his journey home, Carl becomes the first man who sees one of the mysterious Pirate Fleet ships and lives to tell about it. Despite reporting this immediately to the ship’s captain, Carl has now raised the suspicions of the U.N. Interplanetary Investigations Unit (IIU). The IIU is the strong arm enforcer of the U.N. Security Council. The Security Council is keenly aware of the stirrings for revolution and will stop at nothing to hold onto their power-base.Carl arrives at his home on Mars only to find he is in time to see his father’s funeral. He meets his old love from his undergraduate days on Mars who had refused to go to Earth with him. Their five years apart have not dampened their feelings, but she is unwilling to forget that he seemingly ran away from her all of those years ago. Carl also meets a mysterious figure at his father’s wake who tells Carl that Jake Ronad’s fate was no accident, and that the IIU may be involved. Carl is unaware that this man is the secret leader of the Pirate Fleet and that his father had been working with him to build up a supply of arms for a Martian revolution. While Carl begins the search for the truth behind his father’s death, he is swept into the rising tide of revolution growing across the planet. He puts his five years of first hand observation on Earth to use by leading the revolutionaries in a plan to swiftly break free of the United Nations’ control of Mars.

This free short story is a prelude to the events of "The Prometheus Cycle: the Star, the Sword, and the Mirror" and focuses on the ordeals of a young Ovidius and Aurelius, both soldiers for the Realm in a jungle landscape savaged by pirates and dark forces.This free short story is a prelude to the events of "The Prometheus Cycle: the Star, the Sword, and the Mirror" and focuses on two characters from the novel. In this story, the Legion and the Navy has set to rid the Southern Seas of pirates and organized crime but find foes more than their match.

A modern day fable about a time we've forgotten to remember ... about despair, hope and love reborn. About the challenges we've all been blessed with, the challenges we can either see as stumbling blocks or stepping stones ...A modern day fable about a time we've forgotten to remember ... He was born with a defect he could not change. He was different and could never be like other boys, other men, other people. His disfigurement eventually drove him from his family, from the village and out into the world as a troubadour, a teller-of-tales … well, more precisely, a listener-of-tales. In solitude, with his trusty horse, he found a softer world without sniggers and demands and a world of peace and the silent whisperings of his soul. However, the solitude never lasted for long. The more he searched for that softer world, the more the sharp and abrasive one encroached upon him … till, one day, he met someone he didn’t want to turn away, someone who yearned for the disfigurement he had …

A book for children filled with magic and adventure as the forest fairy attempts to save, Lilly, a little girl from the clutches of the big, mean wolf.Lilly, a little girl, wanders from her parents and finds herself lost and alone in a dark forest. Instead of a friend a big, mean wolf finds her and captures her. Fortunately another dwells in the forest, a fairy with a good heart. This book is not only entertaining, but aims to show your little one to never lose hope even during difficult times. It is perfect to read during story time or as a bedtime story. Download it now to find out if the forest fairy will be in time to save Lilly from the clutches of the wolf.

In 1915, two spirited Australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father’s farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Used to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first near Gallipoli, then on the Western Front. Yet amid the carnage, Naomi and Sally Durance become the friends they never were at home and find themselves courageous in the face of extreme danger, as well as the hostility they encounter from some on their own side. There is great bravery, humor, and compassion, too, and the inspiring example of the remarkable women they serve alongside. In France, where Naomi nurses in a hospital set up by the eccentric Lady Tarlton while Sally works in a casualty clearing station, each meets an exceptional man: the kind of men for whom they might give up some of their precious independence — if only they all survive. At once vast in scope and extraordinarily intimate, The Daughters of Mars brings World War I to vivid, concrete life from an unusual perspective. A searing and profoundly moving tale, it pays tribute to men and women of extraordinary moral resilience, even in the face of the incomprehensible horrors of modern war.