PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED UNDER "THE MAN WHO REFUSED TO GROW OLD"Benjamin was growing weary about not growing old gracefully. His approaching 40th birthday is almost unbearable and to make matters worse, he runs into a girl from his past who doesn't seem to have aged a day.She tells him that she had help keeping her youthful looks... something that Benny finds extremely alluring.PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED UNDER "THE MAN WHO REFUSED TO GROW OLD"Benjamin (or Benny as everyone called him) was growing weary about not growing old gracefully. His approaching 40th birthday is almost unbearable and to make matters worse, he runs into a girl from his past who doesn't seem to have aged a day.She tells him that she had help keeping her youthful looks... something that Benny finds extremely alluring.She hands him a business card and insists he goes to the address indicated and regain his lost youth. Benny is faced with a daunting ultimatum and has to do the unthinkable to regain his youth.

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The Lost Fleet continues its perilous journey home. Badly damaged and low on supplies, the Alliance Fleet is raiding Syndic mines for raw materials-and Captain "Black Jack" Geary hopes they can continue to remain one step ahead of their enemies. But the Syndics are the least of Geary's worries when he learns of the existence of aliens with the power to annihilate the human race.

Lore of the Underlings continues. In this episode: While on nightwatch for his fallen friend, the beautiful vell Arrowborne, Fyryx Hurx reveals much about the people he leads -- the Treasured of Syland -- a chosen folk cast long ago into the internal exile of an unforgiving wilderness by the clever and farseeing Semperor. Of himself he reveals much as well, as he ponders a new threat from without.Welcome back to Lore of the Underlings, a trail of tales to the end of things, and maybe a bit beyond.The lore continues. In this episode: While on nightwatch for his fallen friend, the beautiful vell Arrowborne, Fyryx Hurx reveals much about the people he leads -- the Treasured of Syland -- a chosen folk cast long ago into the hard internal exile of an unforgiving wilderness by the clever and farseeing Semperor.Of himself the man Fyryx reveals much as well, as he wanders the past to ponder a new threat -- strangers from without, three foreigners armed with uncomfortable tales. Can his boyhood memories help him now?Lore of the Underlings is an epic poetry series from John Klobucher's lands of Lore. It's a bittersweet saga of gold and shadow told in classic style -- with old-world words but new-world wit. Fun for fans of puns and lyrical tongues![Second revision]

In the sacred city of Axcanan, the time of the Chosen has come again.The sky-god and the goddess of the dark night waters require sacrifices.For Clever Sun-Fox and his twin sister, Red Flower Hummingbird, it is an honor.For Ulli, twinless slave to the temple priest, it is a terrible duty that will reveal a more terrible truth.Ten years ago two children went missing and were presumed to be victims of a satanic ritual. Police charged the antisocial brother of one of the victims with the crime, but the real culprit's still on the loose. The approaching anniversary prompts the killer to strike again, but there's a private investigator who's beginning to ask the right questions about what happened a decade earlier. The killer discovers that he's being hunted, and decides to do whatever it takes to stay hidden. Lincoln Pierce always wanted to be a private detective, but his life didn't end up the way he expected. His daughter's debilitating disease forced him to make some questionable decisions, and he's been paying for them ever since. He's determined to make the most of a bad situation, and has started looking into a case that could change his entire career, if he doesn't get killed in the process.

In this epic hunt for a condemned fugitive, the lives of those who cross his path will be altered irreparably. The unsuspecting victims are about to come face to face with their greatest adversity yet. And as their lives collide and their destinies entwine, faith is tested, loyalty questioned and hope ignited as they are thrown into a journey of self-discovery which will define who they truly are.In this epic and relentless hunt for a condemned fugitive, the lives of those who cross his path are about to be altered irreparably. His origins shrouded in obscurity and the gravity of his crimes known only to a few, his ultimate purpose whilst evading capture remains to be seen. The unsuspecting victims are about to come face to face with their greatest adversity yet. And as their lives collide and their destinies entwine, faith is tested, loyalty questioned and hope ignited as they are thrown into a journey of self-discovery which will define who they truly are.

An unordinary night in the life of an ordinary girl.A night that will change not just her life but the life’s of many others.Jarvis Mann was a Private Detective, whose business thrived on the mundane, paying the bills following cheating spouses, getting in the middle of messy divorces and working for the Fat Cat Insurance companies running down false insurance claims. But one day on his office steps a young man coaxing with the simple word “Please” convinces him to help on a Winter’s Sunday afternoon to find a missing valuable Ernie Banks Rookie Bubble Gum Card. With a dry sense of humor he drives the Denver streets from door to door, friend to friend, until a clue leads to a surprising discovery, a young man’s personal pain and his friends selfish act, teach Jarvis a life lesson that will shape him with new hope and resolve.An 8400 word Short Story by Author R Weir

Mike and his team of super-agents must stop an evil sewage overlord from unleashing a deadly plague.In this fourth story in the Puppeteer series, Mike and his band of dangerously incompetent secret agents uncover a plot to introduce a new "plague" on the Earth. The first plague was unleashed during the Puppeteer invasion and resulted in millions of deaths. If the new version hits the streets it will make the first one look like a bad case of the sniffles.Can Mike and his "team" stop the new plague? How is Alice adjusting to life back among the living? Who is the new exchange student that Mike's team has been saddled with?Find out in Puppet: Agent!

An inverse correlation seems to exist between an invention's size and its numerical success. Small inventions can infest the world (mobile phones, Velcro, spray cans); larger ones may seem to (shopping trolleys, cars, shipping containers), but really huge ones (suspension bridges, radio telescopes, tunnel boring machines etc) do not. Norman Watt's invention was at the latter category's extreme endOne dark and quiet night in Valdare, the village far below Valdarius’ castle, a young woman was returning home from her daily duties at the magistrate’s manor house. She was the only person in the streets on this night, but she thought nothing of it, for it was a routine she had done many times before. Little did she know that tonight would be very different from any she had ever experienced in her young life As she was walking along, whistling her favorite tune to help drown out the silence, she felt a cold chill run through her body that made the hair on the back of her neck stand on end. She bundled up and started walking faster. As she rounded the corner into the alley to her house, she noticed movement out of the corner of her eye. She stopped to take a look around, but saw nothing. Thinking that it must have been an ally cat or a street rat, she continued walking towards her house.

Kingston is an unusual pet. But is he just a pet? Short short story by the author of Enchantment's Endgame: Magic's Guardian. Cover image from www.stockfreeimages.com Dreamstime Stock Photos & Stock Free Images © Nfdx.Kingston is an unusual pet. But is he just a pet? This bird isn't your usual man's best friend. Short short story by the author of Enchantment's Endgame: Magic's Guardian. Cover image from www.stockfreeimages.com Dreamstime Stock Photos & Stock Free Images © Nfdx.

When the crew take a break on a shopping space station, Captain Wingclipper takes the place of a missing actor to film a commercial. Meanwhile, the other crew members follow a suspicious runaway thespian who could leave them all stranded.WARNING! This is a Zed Lab Experiment!"The bed" description:A man is attended that delivering him his new bed. The time passes but nobody introduces him to effect the delivery. When two men finally transport it thin in his room, the man realizes that the bed is wrong. A model has been delivered for another. The two calls the shop but the salesclerk it informs them that it materially is not possible to effect the delivery. It happened something to his bed. It will need that the man brings him in the shop to discover what is happened.

Victory on earth is within grasping reach of every Christian. These simple truths on Godly living will help you draw closer to God and live in the victory that Jesus won for you.This book shares simple truths on Godly living. Living a Godly life in today's context may be quite difficult and sometimes it is easy to get discouraged and feel that it is not something that can be achieved. However, the truth is that a Christian can experience victory, peace and contentment while on earth - it is not something reserved for the super-holy, super-righteous and all-knowing. Every normal and average Christian is within grasping reach of victory. The author of this book came to know Jesus at a time when her life was on a downward spiral. God gently taught her how to rise above all that was pulling her life in to darkness. She wants to share the simple truths that God taught her on her journey with Him and hopes that what God taught her will help others to have a walking, talking relationship with God which is the path to victory on earth.

A Legend of Arria: in the final days of the Golden Age, Doomba and his forces approach the walls of Coe Pidaria. But something happens that none of them ever expected, and the Wastelands are created in the first act of the Dark Age.In "The Red Siren," travel back in time to the island of Mystycetii in the days when mermaids ate oysters and were ruled by a mer-king. Follow the journey of the naturalist Dove as he attempts to fall in love with his betrothed, Rowynne, and comes crashing down hard for a local mermaid. Then, fast-forward to the present for "Ocean Girl," the story of a mermaid named Luna who wants to win a human dance contest - will she get up after her fall from the spotlight? Finally, jump into the near future with "People with Fishtails," the tale of two landlubbers who find themselves on an environmental pirate ship. Gayle is searching for her mother, whom she believes to be a mermaid ,while Sander is on the lookout for unusual marine specimens. Neither of the two knows they're also looking for love...Enjoy a journey through the ages with these three tales of mermaids!

If you ever wanted to convince someone to stop smoking, read this short story. Be careful who you offer a cigarette to. This story is based on fact.Mason was dumped at a party for smoking. Cassandra walks up and introduces herself to Mason. She asks for a cigarette then invites Mason home to her place. Cassandra’s watches over her sister from the window of the old mansion. Mason was enjoying a threesome party when he was told to leave. Walking back to the party he was warned to stay away from the girls. He can’t understand the warning till he goes to retrieve his packet of cigarettes he left behind.

A missing girl from a prominent, and wealthy familyAn albino psychic investigator's first day on the jobAn unborn baby with a psychic connection with her motherThe first riveting case Pennie assists with solvingThis is the beginning of albino psychic detective Pennie Apples. Before she was Avery Tran's sleuth and confidant in The Malevolent Twin.A missing girl from a prominent, and wealthy familyAn albino psychic investigator's first day on the jobAn unborn baby with a psychic connection with her motherThe first riveting case Pennie assists with solvingThis is the beginning of albino psychic detective Pennie Apples. Before she was Avery Tran's sleuth and confidant in The Malevolent Twin. Pennie Apples is young and living the life in Los Angeles, California. She has yet to find a career path. Until she stumbles on a detective agency run by Dennis Burke. A jolly, but thought provoking gumshoe. Pennie starts her first case, with a distraught mother wondering where her vulnerable daughter Elizabeth Wilder is. Pennie learns about twisted incidents that cause other detectives to flee. While she battles with problems at home. Can Pennie and Burke find the Elizabeth Wilder and save her in time?Find out inPennie Apples: Deleted Chapter

‘A Story Untold’ is the tale of four young children who share in an incredible adventure. Taken against their will on a ride through the stars, the children all process the experience rather differently, and as the full weight of their situation dawns on them, it is up to each to find the meaning and sense behind it in their own individual way.‘A Story Untold’ is the tale of four young children who share in an incredible adventure. Taken against their will on a ride through the stars, the children all process the experience rather differently, and as the full weight of their situation dawns on them, it is up to each to find the meaning and sense behind it in their own individual way.This short story was written as a quick foray into the sci-fi genre, and may mark the first of several to come. We certainly hope you enjoy this new style as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Poetry from the insane world of bipolar disorder type II.Poetry from the insane world of bipolar disorder type II. Over the 4 decades I have lived with this disorder I have found that sometimes it overflows me and just needs to get out before I lose my mind. The poetry contained herein is the result. This book contains poems written from the depths of bipolar depression and the heights of mania. It is my hope that they may shed some light on what it is like to live with such insanity. It is also my hope that others who suffer with a mental disorder may find some common ground here and that it will help them to realize that they are not alone with it. Humans are by nature social creatures and to be so alone with such a monster is the absolute worst state that a human heart can find itself in. I titles it "Dichotomies" because that is exactly what bipolar disorder is - one huge dichotomy.

A collection of short stories about the digital afterlife.Have you ever wondered what was going to happen to your digital self when you pass away?Your 'likes', your connections with friends and family, your photos, your purchases, the web sites you visited, your tax return, your curriculum vitae and job applications, the films you watched, the music you listened to, the books you read and rated, the meals you ate, the events you attended and (almost) everything else you experienced. There are few aspects of our lives that aren't stored as binary digits on a server somewhere in the web.Whether or not you believe in life after death, the fate of your digital self is a mystery.Does it die like you do, or does it take on a life of its own? Has heaven kept up with technology to offer its inhabitants their own social network?Jason, Vince and Stephanie, the characters of the short stories in this collection are confronted with these questions, and the answers will change the way they use their connected devices forever.*** BONUS MATERIAL: First chapter of Pascal Inard's novel The Memory Snatcher ***

No one believed it when the world fell apart, not even Angelina. Years later, surviving alone in the harsh Australian outback, she's haunted by the past she worked so hard to bury in the new Dark Age. Can her former self accept what she has become?Hope Winter is a freshman in high school, new to the entire ordeal she is invited to join Bree, Liz, and Ally, the most popular and feared girls in school. Once she gets in, she slowly realizes her mental health is taking a sudden decline. Told through her Happiness and more prominent Depression, Hope's journey is a long and hard one. Filled with love, hate and friendship, Hope Winter's life is in for a crazy journey.

Peggy remembers a time when she was the only baby doll in the house. Janice loved Peggy so much, but as all little girls do, Janice grew up. Peggy was passed down to Janice's two daughters, Jessica and Jennifer. Peggy had to learn to share her time with other toys. After the two girls grew up, and Janice passed away, Peggy was forgotten. What will happen to Peggy?Peggy remembers a time when she was the only baby doll in the house. Janice loved Peggy so much, but as all little girls do, Janice grew up. Peggy was passed down to Janice's two daughters, Jessica and Jennifer. Peggy had to learn to share her time with other toys. After the two girls grew up, and Janice passed away, Peggy was forgotten. What will happen to Peggy? How will she ever find children to love her again?

A short story about the roller coast ride of depression and recovery of a gifted but disturbed musician, and the one person who knows how to save him.Hidden away in dark alleys and performed by those with the proper training, magic still thrives. Being forced into the shadows over the years has created some issues, with some wanting to bring it further out into the light and use it for their own purposes.The Syndicate is an organization dedicated to keeping that from happening. They have eyes and ears all over the city, watching and making sure no one steps out of line. For those who do, the punishment will be swift and not necessarily painless.The stories in Syndicate offer a glimpse into this strange underworld behind the veil where things are not always what they seem and you may find out that you belong there after all.