Max Myer, a detective for less than a year, was called to view the body of an elderly man he had never seen before yet who had Max’s name carved into his flesh. Now Max will come face to face with his estranged identical twin brother, Heath, on a killing spree. His life will be turned on its head as he’s dragged into a game Heath was obsessed with as children; but this time only the winner lives.Like millions of others, Roger Birch and his family depend on ad-viewing income for their survival.Unlike millions of others, the events of one uncomfortable evening leave Roger aware of the government's shadier reasons for investing in Funscreen. With high-definition cameras hidden behind a 60-inch glass veil, the answer was staring him in the face all along.Every family has a Funscreen on their wall. The question is... who's watching who?[Funscreen is a satirical/sci-fi short story of 6,500 words (approx. 22 standard pages)]A unique take on the increasing commercialisation of home life and the apparent trend towards 24-hour surveillance, Funscreen is a standalone spin-off from the dystopian novel Sycamore.Praise for Sycamore: "A brilliant and relevant sci-fi from a debut author... interesting and matrix-like""Dystopian fans should not miss this one" "Great idea from the author... 1984 for the Facebook generation"

When Rachel finally meets her perfect man, she runs him over. Distracted by financial woes and imminent unemployment, she cannot believe her life could get any worse. But Thedriel is not what he seems, and Rachel soon finds herself caught up in a situation so incredible, it cannot possibly happen in real life. But will it last or is it just a fantasy?Rachel's terrible week is about to get much worse. Romance is the last thing on her mind as she drives home from another desperate day at work, so when a strange man strays in front of her car, she cannot avoid hitting him.But Thedriel is unusual in more ways than one. Rachel finds herself making decisions no streetwise single girl should ever make. When she feels compelled to invite him back to her place, the evening takes a very strange turn.Just as she realises that no other man could possibly match Thedriel's unique gifts, he disappears, leaving her bereft, but for how long?A short romantic fantasy for all lovers of angels.

Joseph Keppt's reality is stripped away from him in the blink of an eye. A scientist dreams of mankind's future and his own role in God's plan for the human race. And Tony must do his job and his duty even after the world around him has died and begun to rotThis is a collection of tales that explore love and loss, life and death, and what it means to be human.Joseph Keppt's reality is stripped away from him in the blink of an eye. A scientist dreams of mankind's future and his own role in God's plan for the human race. Paul fights a long war and struggles against an evil that he does not understand. A young man mourns for his wife as mystical events begin to unfold in the bedroom they once shared. Tony must do his job and his duty even after the world around him has died and begun to rot. Two spirit guides navigate the halls of a hospital in search of death and a deeper understanding of loss. A family loses a pivotal member of their family during a holiday and a young girl considers her small life and the roles played by the strong animals she holds dear. This collection contains tales of love and loss, life and death, and what it means to be human.

The first story in the Broken Shores series.After years of preparation and maneuvering, Dekkan gets the council to build the Beacon, which will change every aspect of life on the Island. But can Dekkan live with the accomplishment of his long-awaited goal?The world was once a place of plenty and wonders: famine and disease were largely unheard of, cities floated through the sky, everything appeared to be perfect. But it could not last. When the magic called Ve collapsed, society collapsed along with it: millions starved and the floating cities crashed to the ground. In the wreckage the byproducts of Ve use, magical beings called Amekt, went feral. This along with the ensuing wars rendered the mainland uninhabitable.In the last days of the old empire, as things began to fall apart, a small group split off an island-sized piece of rock and seeded it with a plant that would allow it to float. For nearly 500 years, the island of Ansau has drifted in isolation on the ocean currents. Life is more difficult than it was, but the Island’s inhabitants have learned to use the trickle of Ve and stability has been the rule. But things are about to change again.The Ash Tree is the first story in the Broken Shores series, in which events are set in motion that will change life on the Island forever. Beyond that, it is about the cost of those changes to those who bring them about.

Camielle never quite fit in. Her whole life she’s been nothing but a fly in a glass of milk—never quite coinciding with everyone and everything around her. Until, the unexpected happens. An amazing array of lights covers the New York skies, and the world is taken aback. What were these lights? Where did they come from? The answers evade even the most intelligent of people.Camielle never quite fit in. Her whole life she’s been nothing but a fly in a glass of milk—never quite coinciding with everyone and everything around her. Until, the unexpected happens. An amazing array of lights covers the New York skies, and the world is taken aback. What were these lights? Where did they come from? The answers evade even the most intelligent of people. However, to Camielle the lights were the least of the problem.Written in the semblance of Vintage 1960’s Sci-fi, take a small trip with Camielle as she finds out what the lights really mean.

A Tale of The Apocalypse in 3 Parts5 very different people are on a survival course on an uninhabited island near Bali. It starts when Jane gets sick and need evacuation. But some thing is very wrong on the mainland. They don't know the meltdown is coming.After being left at the altar by her fiancé, Virginia Montgomery quit her job and moved a thousand miles away to manage Hotel Amore on Little West Cay, hoping she’d never see that no-good coward Thomas Bennett again. But Fate and Mother Nature conspire and whip up a little Valentine’s Day magic to bring Virginia and Thomas back together.You know what they say; Fate doesn’t take no for an answer, and it isn’t nice to mess with Mother Nature.

A Life Awakening is a chronicle about the troubled life of a young man named Ethan Elliot, as told by his spirit guide, William. In the first of this series, Whispers from Within, we join Ethan as he feels he finally has found his soul mate in his relationship with Jennifer. Little does Ethan realize that his entire world is about to be turned upside down.A Life Awakening is a chronicle about the troubled life of a young man named Ethan Elliot, as told by his spirit guide, William. In the first of this series, Whispers from Within, we join Ethan as he feels he finally has found his soul mate in his relationship with Jennifer. Little does Ethan realize that his entire world is about to be turned upside down. Yet, as Ethan's spirit guide, and with minimal intervention, William will guide Ethan to places he never expected to go, and to people he never expected to meet.Ethan's story begins in New York, when problems developed in his relationship with Jennifer. Heartbroken, Ethan, with the aid of divine intervention, decides to move on, in the hope of finding greener pastures and a new life. What Ethan discovers about himself is an important milestone, as it is to all of us when we awaken to the myriad of possibilities in the lives our souls chose to live.As Ethan listens to stories of the many people he meets from all walks of life, he slowly begins to re-evaluate his own true purpose in life. With the progression of both time and maturity, Ethan discovers the very essence of life itself, as well as the importance of those whom he considers true friends.Have you ever experienced a moment in your life when you thought everything was perfect, only to discover that circumstances were about to change abruptly? Whispers from Within will open your eyes to possibilities that at first blush you never would have considered, as you follow Ethan through his journey. All too often in our lives, we develop a preconceived notion of what the ideal should be in a life partner, a family, a job, or any of the many situations that require decisions on a daily basis. We make those decisions based on a number of factors, often just by watching what our friends and family are doing with their lives. But in life’s grand scheme of things one size doesn't fit all, so we adjust our lives based on our own life experiences.Whispers from Within, for both Ethan and the reader, celebrates life, with its many paths that lie before us. An entirely new world of options for living one’s life can be found once we drop the pretense of believing we always know what we want out of life. With the aid of your spirit guide, you will gain the ability to quiet the noise of daily life, while going deep within yourself to discover your truest motivations. Like Ethan, eventually you will begin to stop fighting the life your soul chose this time around, and begin to live a life of joy that others could only envy. In time, Ethan learns an important lesson, that a life well-lived has its own rewards, and neither Ethan, nor the lives he touches, will ever be the same.

Friends revisit a childhood mystery upon the death of Wesley Miller's grandmother. What they find is far more dangerous and terrible than they could have imagined.Inspired by my love for H.P. Lovecraft, this short story is my addition to the mythos. The old ones can live well beyond our lifetimes, but what do their followers have to show for a lifetime of servitude? What about the ancestors of their followers who unwittingly become the keepers of their secrets?

Captain Wingclipper tries to bribe an ex-military colleague with Zulgahoik beer in exchange for the repair of the ship, while Elwood and Rodeena get captured by the locals. The only way they can be released? A bottle of the rarest Zulgahoik beer, or die.Frightened after finding blood on their carpet, Andrea Wilton agrees to join forces with  Trent Michner's best friend, Brian Strait, in order to discover what happened to Trent and his wife, her best friend. The bad guys are not far behind and do everything in their power to discourage the search.A neighbor is murdered on her doorstep leaving behind the first clue in the search. Andrea and Brian follow one clue after another, all the way to Haiti. More missing people lead them to voodoo ceremonies and throw away children.Andrea grows more confident and begins to look a little more closely at Brian as a true friend. Their confidence in their Lord and in each other grows as they discover the evil that lurks just around the corner.

Mark Green's poetry collection.Melodies of a Madman is admittedly a somewhat unusual title; particularly for a poetry book, but you’ll find that I am a particularly unusual man. It suits me splendidly – do I mean the name of this book or the referral ‘unusual’ – who knows?Melodies of a Madman is admittedly a somewhat unusual title; particularly for a poetry book, but you’ll find that I am a particularly unusual man. It suits me splendidly – do I mean the name of this book or the referral ‘unusual’ – who knows?Reader, you will find some of my work to be rather odd, and that’s fine. Many of my poems are a reflection of my thoughts, worries and experiences and therefore not always the easiest to understand.That being said, I hope you’ll enjoy my quirky, graphic, and downright odd poetry...and all the other ones too.

Jibreel's curse is the story of a how the zombie apocalypse began in the Byzantium Infected universe. Also include is a Scourge of Byzantium preview and the first episode of the Nasir and Maarika Chronicles. Jibreel's curse was created at the request of readers just like you that were curious how the infection started.Jibreel, 6th Century Arabian nomad, family man, and trader. His unremarkable life would have passed completely un-noticed by the world except for this, his final chapter.Drawn to a gift from the heavens Jibreel's life will take a turn that endangers everything he has ever loved and ultimately the world itself.Created at the request of readers just like you this is the story of how Jibreel's life led to events that would threaten the world in the novel Scourge of Byzantium.Also included is the first three chapters of Book 1 in the Byzantium infected series, Scourge of Byzantium.The third chapter is a new chapter not featured in the original edition of Scourge of Byzantium. It is the first episode in a series of short stories I will be writing called the Nasir and Maarika chronicles. Nasir and Maarika are of one people but two worlds. One grew up inside Byzantium's Arabia Province, the other the open desert of Arabia. They will meet on the eve tragedy that will forever change both of their lives.

The people love the princess. And the princess loves the people. But the people have the plague. And the king and his ministers aren't working on a cure.Will the princess disobey her father to save her people? And, if she does, will she die alongside them?At roughly 1,000 words, this story is flash fiction and can be devoured in 15 minutes or less.Once the KGB needed to blackmail, pay or coerce people to be traitors against America. Today a large segment of the Democrat Party freely does these things as an act of politics. What was once Communism is now an amorphous, evil spirit that can be called anti-Americanism. How did this happen? Explaining it is no easy task.

Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now with a new baby on the way and insufferable Aunt Mary visiting - and wearing out her welcome - Anne's life is full to bursting. Still, Mrs Doctor can't think of any place she'd rather be than her own beloved Ingleside. Until the day she begins to worry that her adored Gilbert doesn't love her anymore. How could that be? She may be a little older, but she's still the same irrepressible, irreplaceable redhead - the wonderful Anne of Green Gables, all grown up... She's ready to make her cherished husband fall in love with her all over again!

**A full-length, standalone novel set in the world of the BIG GIRLS DO IT series** I was finally fulfilling my life-long dream of studying at Oxford University in England. I had a thesis. I had an apartment. The one thing I didn’t have was time for a man. Especially not one as sexy and intriguing and distracting as Ian Stirling. Okay, I mean, maybe I did have a little time for a man. After all, it’s not every day a ripped British sex-god sweeps you off your feet and does dirty, delicious things to you. Again and again. And again. For days. The problem is, Ian was just supposed to be a hunky distraction, but now my heart is craving him like my mouth craves cupcakes. Full Big Girls/Rock Stars Do It series reading order: Book 1: Big Girls Do It Better Book 2: Big Girls Do It Wetter Book 3: Big Girls Do It Wilder Book 4: Big Girls Do It On Top Book 5: Big Girls Do It Married Book 6: Big Girls Do It On Christmas Book 7: Rock Stars Do It Harder Book 8: Rock Stars Do It Dirty Book 9 Rock Stars Do It Forever Book 10: Big Girls Do It Pregnant Book 11: Big Love Abroad

*Watchlist* is a unique collaboration by twenty-one of the world’s greatest thriller writers including Lee Child, Joseph Finder, David Hewson, S.J. Rozan, Lisa Scottoline, and Jeffery Deaver, who conceived the characters and set the plot in motion. In turn, the other authors each wrote a chapter and Deaver then completed what he started, bringing each novel to its startling conclusion. **The Chopin Manuscript** Former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton possesses a previously unknown score by Frédéric Chopin. But he is unaware that, locked within its handwritten notes, lies a secret that now threatens the lives of thousands of Americans. **The Copper Bracelet** Harold Middleton returns in this explosive sequel to *The Chopin Manuscript* as he’s drawn into an international terror plot that threatens to send India and Pakistan into full-scale nuclear war. Note: Print edition of the two original audio serialized novels, The Chopin Manuscript and The Copper Bracelet.

The present volume gathers all of Beckett's texts for theatre, from 1955 to 1984. It includes both the major dramatic works and the short and more compressed texts for the stage and for radio. 'He believes in the cadence, the comma, the bite of word on reality, whatever else he believes; and his devotion to them, he makes clear, is a sufficient focus for the reader's attention. In the modern history of literature he is a unique moral figure, not a dreamer of rose-gardens but a cultivator of what will grow in the waste land, who can make us see the exhilarating design that thorns and yucca share with whatever will grow anywhere.' - Hugh Kenner Contents: Waiting for Godot, Endgame, Happy Days, All That Fall, Acts Without Words, Krapp's Last Tape, Roughs for the Theatre, Embers, Roughs for the Radio, Words and Music, Cascando, Play, Film, The Old Tune, Come and Go, Eh Joe, Breath, Not I, That Time, Footfalls, Ghost Trio,...but the clouds..., A Piece of Monologue, Rockaby, Ohio Impromptu, Quad, Catastrophe, Nacht und Traume, What Where.

With superb skill and feeling, Graham Greene retraces the experiences and encounters of his extraordinary life. His restlessness is legendary; as if seeking out danger, Greene travelled to Haiti during the nightmare rule of Papa Doc, Vietnam in the last days of the French, Kenya during the Mau Mau rebellion. With ironic delight he recalls his time in the British Secret Service in Africa, and his brief involvement in Hollywood. He writes, as only he can, about people and places, about faith, doubt, fear and, not least, the trials and craft of writing.

Companion to the New York Times bestselling series The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod... It’s time for him to prove himself as a Slayer. A killer is on the loose in New York City, but the Slayer Society knows that this isn’t any normal predator… This is something supernatural. Now Joss McMillan must use all of his strength and skill to save the innocent people of New York. His status as a Slayer—and his very life—depend on it. The stakes are life or death. More than a million readers have been enthralled by the New York Times bestselling series The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod. And now, with this companion series, The Slayer Chronicles, they can sink their teeth into life on the other side of the stake.

"Happy Times""in Norway" is a moving and delicately humorous picture of Undset's own blissful home life before her nation fell to the Nazi occupation. Captured here is the excitement of a Norwegian Christmas, the Seventeenth of May, and summer in the idyllic mountains, as well as the chaotic adventure of raising two energetic boys. With vivid detail and illuminating descriptions of the landscape, "Happy Times in Norway" is infused with the wish that those cherished days could come again.

Former government agent Frank Compton foiled a plot to enslave the galaxy in Night Train to Rigel. But the Modhri, an ancient telepathically linked intelligence, has walkers, unwilling hosts that can be anywhere, anything…and anyone. And Compton is the only man who knows how to fight them, as they wage a secret war against the galactic civilizations linked by the Quadrail, the only means of intra-galactic transit. Accompanied by Bayta, a woman with strange ties to the robot-like Spiders who run the Quadrail, and dogged by special agent Morse who suspects him of murder, Compton races the Modhri from station to station to acquire a set of valuable sculptures from a long-dead civilization. What the Modhri wants with them is anybody's guess, but if Compton can't outwit it, the whole galaxy will find out the hard way.