The old camera I bought one Sunday from the flea market was much more than I had hoped for. It came with a treasure, a record of disturbing events of the past that not even its former owner was aware of...On September 20, the zombie virus was released into the dense population of transients on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. It spread like unstoppable wildfire in all directions, decimating everything in its path for six full weeks before outside measures were taken to cleanse the scourge. This story takes place in that final time. Told through the eyes of a native Angelino, it offers a unique perspective to the events as they unfolded and to the aftermath of the virus. When it comes to safely navigating 747's Edgar Reynolds is a consummate professional. It's his personal life that's in shambles after a string of affairs he couldn't be bothered to hide. None of that matters to him the morning he wakes up to discover he's smack dead in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Now what's important is that he survives long enough to hijack a plane from LAX and flee the end of the world.

In a far distant future, when art is dead and beauty is gone from the world, one man sets out to change everything. He is an artist, the last of his kind, and he is trying to save the world. He is the Dragon Maker.This is a 3000 word fantasy short story.Jackson Davison has long wanted to prove the existence of Imps among the other Faerie Folk but hasn't had the right opportunity. Until now, Halloween 2013. This is the second of shorts stories about the IPMA and their adventures. Squirm as Agent Davison tries to learn the truth behind the nature of Imps and other "unseen" faeries and creatures. Written for children and adolescents, but definitely not for the weak of heart. Be prepared to stay awake all night.

Longtime jockey Philip Nore suspects that a racetrack photographer's fatal accident was really murder—and unravels some nasty secrets of corruption, blackmail, and murder.

The Mazuri were nothing but a myth, a horror story used to frighten children into good behavior. Or so Kevran thought, until he stumbled across one of their dead on a lonely asteroid, and his life changed forever.The final installment of award-wining poet Kevin Shlosberg's coming-of-age poetry arc "To Say This is the Way One Man Went." This chapbook rounds out the journey w/ reflection, contemplation, and humor.This is not center-justified poetry, if you know what I mean. Heavy on Imagery. Light on rhyme.20+ poems covering topics including (but not limited to): family, headaches, cats, monks, puppetry, books, fruit, pigeons, rocks, french fries and death!Fun times guaranteed!

As the Great Depression looms, meet a family divided by wealth and greed. Will disaster strike just as trust and love are being rebuilt?

Five talented teen girls have beaten out the toughest competition on the television show, "America's Best Band" and are facing the semi-finals. Their rock band, Nightingale, has won every week of the competition. Through it all, the girls still manage to have fun and find a little romance. But someone is out to sabotage their chances of winning. Will the final round end up in disaster or victory?Five talented teenage girls have beaten out the toughest competition on the television show, "America's Best Band" and are facing the semi-finals. Their rock band, Nightingale, has won every week since they started the competition, but will their luck hold? Throughout it all, the girls still manage to have fun and find a little romance. But someone is out to sabotage their chances of winning. Will the final round end up in disaster or victory?

We’ve all had the fear while lying in bed, looking up, and watching it spin. What would happen if it fell? Can it really fall? How bad would it hurt if it did? Charles Wallace’s Favorite Toy is a short story that takes its reader through the normal life and thoughts of a woman who was unlucky enough to still be in bed when the unlikely happens.“Things go right all the time, Hank. Just not for the right people.”Henry Ludlow is a man being crushed by the humdrum of modern life. His will is eroded as the world takes its toll on one little man.Set in a typical Melbourne setting, Henry's story is an allegorical tale of depression and the struggle to live up to the expectations of his work, his marriage and family.

A small collection of poetry that dives through love and romance. Poetry comes from your feeling and thoughts, the feelings you hold inside push through when you write. Love is magical, and without a doubt, there is no other romantic way to settle it then through poetry and chocolate.While love is still a big part of many lives, poetry always gives it a new perspective. Mahnoor Naqvi shows others what poetry really is and how much feeling it has with this short collection of poetry. Written when the author was twelve, Beyond Love, Poetry, brings a strong sense of passion and direction. Through emotion and feeling, this book is sure to make you see things in a totally different perspective and what love really is.

A bloodthirsty dictator tries to change his behavior to please a small baby that has floated down from the sky and been declared an omen of the gods.A bloodthirsty dictator tries to change his behavior to please a small baby that has floated down from the sky and been declared an omen of the gods.…"Penance!" cried the witchdoctor, so the portly dictator was forced to get on his hands and knees and play horsey for an hour, much to Millicent’s delight. She gave him a big, sloppy kiss.He pardoned a number of political opponents and tribal enemies, and hoped no one noticed when they were quietly hunted down and dispatched by his security forces in the dead of night."You’re not trying," said the one of many wives."It’s difficult," he conceded, and played horsey again…Baby is a story from The World Is Round, available now.A great philosopher's masterwork is unravelled by a duck, an influential talk show host begins executing his guests, and a baby enchants a murderous African dictator in this collection of seventeen short stories. A work of poignant satire and extraordinary imagination, The World Is Round is always weird, sometimes bleak, and frequently hilarious.

This is the journal of Private Kenji Yoshida of the U.S. Marine Corps. It details his experiences in the field with the Oz virus and in particular the initial outbreak at the small outback town of Woomera - the beginnings of what is now known as the Secret Apocalypse.It is a story of survival, sacrifice and discovery. It is a story of a boy in love with a girl.This is the journal of Private Kenji Yoshida of the U.S. Marine Corps. It details his experiences in the field with the Oz virus and in particular the initial outbreak at the small outback town of Woomera - the beginnings of what is now known as the Secret Apocalypse.It also details his relationship with Rebecca Robinson, the only known survivor of the Oz virus.The journal was recovered from deep within hostile territory by an advanced recon team. It is classified 'Above Top Secret'.It is a story of survival, sacrifice and discovery. It is a story of a boy in love with a girl.It is the story of a man’s journey into hell.The Lost Journal of Private Kenji Yoshida is set in the weeks leading up to the events that take place in The Secret Apocalypse. It is approximately 30,000 words in length.

Bartholomew Schroeder, a recent widower and retired plumber, can sweat pipes and fix broken toilets, but, on a weekend excursion to Martha's Vineyard, can he mend a teenage girl's broken spirit?Oniria CityThe Alfa had appeared in the Oniria City after a long time. His absence turned the city in a dark place where passersby passed were no able to perceive, that today bears his real name, was where the Alpha was born.Oniria again become to be the promised city for the abstract concept that some call God, and others just simply want to mention like the promised city, where in the first hung a sign said: "Someone who valued itself always takes time to read, but have to be willing to bow to the ignorance."

A snowman in winter is a common sight but in the dead heat of summer? Why won't this snowman melt away as it should have done long ago?When their grandson, Bobby, goes through the winter ice never to be seen again, George's health begins to decline. As summer bears down, George is near death, but the snowman he'd made with Bobby on that tragic day remains, unmovable. Mamie has nearly given up trying to make the snowman go away until a young girl brings advice.

With ridiculous gadgets, interplanetary warfare, lunatic friends, and the most dangerous job in the Multiverse, being a "Space Cowboy" has its ups and downs. Hunting down rogues from every dimension might pay the bills, but nothing lasts forever. What can be done when you're just a contracted screw-up? One person can't save the universe anyway...right?With ridiculous gadgets, interplanetary warfare, lunatic friends, and the most dangerous job in the Multiverse, being a "Space Cowboy" has its ups and downs. Hunting down rogues from every dimension might pay the bills, but nothing lasts forever. What can be done when you're just a contracted screw-up? This is only the beginning of a crazy series of events. One person can't save the universe anyway...right?

Lydia Phillips has been assigned to oversee a Christian book to be written for her book publishing employer. The only problem is that she hates Christian books and the people that read them. Motivated by pride and professionalism, she sets out to complete the tasks connected to the project, and before it's finished, she finds herself on an unexpected spritual journey of her own.Lydia Phillips has a degree in comparative literature and she thought she had found a dream job at a publishing company, but it hasn't quite worked out that way. Her boss is out of touch, and new ideas are routinely ignored. Suddenly, she is commissioned to oversee the compilation of a Christian self-help book, even though she has no faith background of her own. She needs to research the industry, interview potential authors, and navigate company policies just to get the book started. An unlikely friends helps her on her way, and the whole process becomes a kind of spiritual journey for her. In the narrative spirituality genre, like The Shack and A New Kind of Christian, A Pie Plate Pilgrimage invites you on a journey of progress and decline, of tearing down and building up, and of asking and discovering.

All her life, Evalle has been straddling the line between human and demon. Curious about her origins, but content to live in the shadows, she finds that anonymity threatened by escalating conflicts between species. Accused of a savage murder, she's forced center stage in what seems like the beginning of an Atlanta apocalypse. Before long though, her personal problems will submerge as she learns startling facts about a hoard of supernatural terrorists. The launch volume of a much-anticipated mass-market original paranormal romance series.

(Complete Stand alone, interconnected within The Dark Ones Saga, each book is about a different couple) To love a Dark One is to invite death... It is wrong to love her. It is worse to want her. It is sin to consume her. I desire all three. I've been given thirty days to prove my love to another immortal--as a human. Cursed to use nothing but the side of myself I've always despised to win her affection. I am Cassius, the King of the immortals, A Dark One. And today I tasted fear for the first time. How can I win her when my human emotions over take every ounce of logic I possess? A darkness is brewing. One I cannot stop as a human. One that Stephanie, my loves visions, have shown, will be my end. Thirty days ago I was King of the immortals. Today I know fear. Today I know how I will die. By her hand. The woman I love.

Centuries ago, by a scaffold in Manhattan, rose petals drifted gently to the ground... ...like snow on a wintry Massachusetts night. Melody Tarleton is driving home for Christmas when a man--clad in Revolutionary War-era costume--appears out of nowhere, right in the path of her car. Shaken, she takes in the injured stranger, listening with concern to Jake Mallory's fantastic claim that he's a Patriot soldier, sentenced to death by British authorities. The last thing he remembers is the tug of the noose. Safe at her parents' house, Melody concocts a story to explain the handsome holiday guest with the courtly manners, strange clothes and nasty bump on the head. Mark, her close friend who wishes he were more, is skeptical and her family is fascinated--though not half so fascinated as Melody herself. Jake is passionate, charming and utterly unlike anyone she's ever met. Can he really be who he claims? And can a man from the distant past be the future she truly longs for? With the aid of enchanted petals, ancient potions and the peculiar magic of the season, Melody and Jake embark on an unimaginable Christmas adventure--and discover a love that transcends time.

Rafael Cardoza needs a lawyer. A good one well versed in criminal law is the only hope to save the wrongfully accused kid from Rafael's community center. So how does he end up with uptown divorce attorney Vivian Wentworth? The chances of her successfully defending this case are slim to none. If Rafael were smart, he'd show Vivian the door. Too bad his attraction to her is clouding his judgment. And when he can finally see past his libido, he realizes that there's more to Vivian than her family name and her designer clothes. In fact, she's working so hard to clear the kid's name, they just might win. It's the best Christmas gift Rafael could receive...or would that be Vivian agreeing to stay with him?

Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness. And it was not Alodia. Alodia is the crown princess of the realm. The sister who knows how to rule, and the one who is constantly reminded that she has not been marked for a grand destiny. But Alodia has plans, and she will be the greatest queen her people have ever known. So she travels--with her hopeless, naïve, chosen sister--to a distant part of their land, to begin to secure her supporters. This region needs its princesses, for it is plagued with a curse. The crops don't grow, the spring doesn't arrive, and a fierce jaguar stalks the shadows, leaving only empty homes splashed with blood behind. If Alodia can save them, no one will be able to deny her strength and her sovereignty. But what she discovers could change the fate of her kingdom, if not her world. And it will most certainly change her opinion of her younger sister. "The Shadow Cats" is a prequel to the riveting Fire and Thorns trilogy: Book One, The Girl of Fire and Thorns; Book Two, The Crown of Embers; and Book Three, The Bitter Kingdom.