When John had an affair with his coffee girl, he didn't expect it to turn out into this bloody mess.Brightwill, a land razed by war, on the verge of utter destruction.There are few strongholds left, and few leaders who have thevision and the power to protect their people.Naze Kinu, the Great Wizard provides a stronghold for the mosttalented young and old people in the lands. The Amber Refuge ishis life’s work, a central stronghold built by his comrades, hispower and his reputation.That is why, when he tells his long time aide, Doril, that he intends totell all about his secret sibling, Riv. His intentions are met withalarm. Naze kept his relation to Riv a secret for half a century.Riv, known in legend as the Slasher Gremlin, the PrinceSlayer, and the thief of the Enduring Light.Despite the damage his revelation could do to his reputation,Naze is set on telling the true story of his brother, of the daysthat inspired the legend. Most of those close to him are leftto wonder why, and to listen as their leader regales them withthe tale of his misadventures with his brother and Oroza, thedragonling.This is the story of Naze and the brother he can no longer denythis is the story of Brightwill in times of drastic change.

Further adventures of the popular girl detective, Nancy Drew.

Undercover at Brewster Academy to investigate a grade-changing scheme, Nancy must find out who has penetrated the school's computer and is extorting money from students in exchange for upgrading their records.

A CBA BestsellerLily Walsh has never imagined anything like America. Raised in a remote Asian village by her disciplinarian father, 24-year-old Lily is thrilled to visit her brother Jeff in Hawaii -- until Jeff is called away on urgent business. Left in the care of Jeff's best friend, Lily discovers the paradise of Oahu's north side. But can she embrace her new experiences without breaking her promise not to shame her missionary father?

Lance Hudson and his wife, Melanie, are survivors of a devastating car accident that shattered their world six months ago. While Lance emerged relatively unscathed, Melanie was not so fortunate. Desperate and willing to do anything to aid in his wife’s recovery, Lance has made the difficult decision to transfer Melanie to Bright Horizons, a clinic renowned for its unorthodox treatments.Lance Hudson and his wife, Melanie, are survivors of a devastating car accident that shattered their world six months ago. While Lance emerged from the wreckage relatively unscathed, Melanie was not so fortunate. Desperate and willing to do anything to aid in his wife’s recovery, Lance has made the difficult decision to transfer Melanie to Bright Horizons, a clinic renowned for its unorthodox treatments. Today will be his first time seeing Melanie since she was admitted to the facility and Lance is not sure what to expect. Although he has done everything possible to prepare for this visit, he will soon find there is no way to truly brace himself for what he is about to experience.This is a short story of approximately 4700 words.

Andrew's quest is to find his true companion while fighting through his own inhibitions. During this quest, he must overcome the inherent barriers between his Average Joe background and Chelsea's life in the spotlight, between the stigma of his middle age and her stereotypical youth, and between his naive hold on the romantic and her jaded view of the opposite sex.Andrew, a man from middle management, upon reaching his early 40's, realizes he has lived his life through infatuations and fantasy, never following through on any serious romantic relationships. On a random business trip, he decides to fully commit to pursuing a celebrity named Chelsea he is currently infatuated with. Initially, Andrew tries to gain her attention directly, through romantic notes and flowers. In this courtship, their paths accidentally cross. Using this twist of fate, Andrew creates a reason for the two of them to work together, never letting on his true intent. This story is a complicated romance. Andrew's quest is to find his true companion while fighting through his own inhibitions. During this quest, he must overcome the inherent barriers between his Average Joe background and Chelsea's life in the spotlight, between the stigma of his middle age and her stereotypical youth, and between his naive hold on the romantic and her jaded view of the opposite sex.

An old man tells the story of young Julio who has reached the marrying age but cannot find a suitable maiden in his small town. As he reaches the deep well where the entire town gets their water, Julio spies an enchanting young woman. She does not, however, live in his town. Join Julio as he goes on a journey to find the woman that has captured his imagination—into the world of The Magaram.From the Publisher that brought you popular short story series Witching Call, Hostile Hearts, Earthbound Angels, The January Morrison Files Psychic Series, Ralph's Gift, Song of Teeth, Children of Time, Chains of Darkness, Tropical Storms and Friend Zone...WHEN INTO THE UNKNOWN IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FORFOLLOW YOUR HEART, AND DISCOVER THE MAGARAMOne sleepy summer afternoon, in an equally sleepy remote town, an old man sits under a tree. With him are children who have made a habit of visiting him on late afternoons to listen to his stories... stories of magical things, of adventure, and of great love.Every afternoon, he tells them the story of a young man who has reached the marrying age but cannot seem to find a suitable maiden to marry in his small town. As he reaches the deep well where the entire town gets their water on summers, Julio spies a curious sight – a young woman. Beautiful, enchanting, and someone he has never met. In those few precious seconds, time stopped for him. Like all villagers of Julio’s town, she is there to fetch water. She does not, however, live in Julio’s town, nor did she look like any villager.When you have just seen the most mesmerizing of the people in your world walk away, what do you do? But strange things begin to happen to Julio the moment he followed her.We all love to listen to the stories our elderly tell us, yet few of us questions the tales. Are they just stories made up to pass the time? Or are the stories rooted on true events?In this first book in a series of five, join Julio as he goes on a journey to find the woman that has captured his imagination. Follow the epic tale as our character journeys Into the Unknown.If you wish to read more, download now!BONUS PREVIEW IF YOU BUY THIS BOOK!EXCERPTLike an automaton with only one focus, he approached. Though no more than a few steps apart, he felt like he had been walking for a long time.His eyes settled on her face. Everything blotted out around them, and all that was left was color of the leaves and the light of the sun through the canopy above.“You are kind,” she spoke again, but this time with a shy, lovely smile on her face. “Gratitude.”What he had known about the town of which he had never set foot outside in all his 21 years heavily contradicted the woman. There was the peculiar way she phrased her words. Her unique physical features were an absolute mystery.He wracked his brain to discern where she might be living. But he knew of no place where people look or talk like her. He was so lost in his ruminations that he did not even notice the weight of the bucket that he was slowly lowering unto her shoulders.She rocked a little as she balanced the weight of the bucket. He half expected her shoulders to give. He knew how heavy that bucket was. He could not last ten minutes without taking it off and placing it on the other side.But she surprised him.Although the middle part of the bucket’s bottom was extending outside her right shoulder, her left hand stretched out and held the rim from that side.Her right hand was underneath for support. Very little water spilled out. Then, without saying a word, she started walking towards the narrow path opposite where he had come from, and disappeared among the tall grass.Download and discover why readers are raving about GJ Winters.Scroll up and get the book now!

In the prequel to A World Without Angels, see how life was for the angel and his girl before the adventure began.This is a short story prequel to A World Without Angels.Before angel Jerome fell to Earth, he was just an ordinary angel in the village. And before Leila started her adventure, she was a prisoner in her own home as the world crumbled around her.In the prequel to A World Without Angels, see how life was for the angel and his girl before the adventure began.In the Aron Angels Series:Before the FallA World Without AngelsAngel's Uprising

The Catholic Church needs to be reformed in order for all Christians to be united as Christ calls the church to be inclusive rather than exclusive accepting gays, lesbian, married priest, women priest into the priesthood. No longer will the orthodox and conservative elements within the church prevent a worldwide rebirth of the church from the scandals that have dominated the church in recent past.In this novel the elements that have cause the church to lose millions of members worldwide and lack luster participation by existing members who have lost their true faith, calls for a new spirit in faithfulness from the church episcopacy to follow what Christ intended for his church. It bids to show how the church episcopacy has failed in its mission to evangelize in Christ' name. Jesus appears during the conclave to elect a new Pope. He ask the American Cardinal if he will accept. Then Jesus introduces the new Pope to the crowd in St Peter's Square. Jesus puts forth the necessary changes within the Catholic church in order for all Christians, protestants, and jews who believe in Jesus and God the means to unite all into one Universal Catholic Church. These changes include women priests, married priests, gays and lesbians able to receive sacrements of the church. Members of these minority groups, and delegates from other non-Catholic churches who want to become part of the new Universal Catholic Church will be invited to become Bishops or Cardinals. All church doctrines, regulations, and liturgical functions will be changed to all for full inclusion rather than exclusion as is the current case. A "gang of five" Cardinal, and the Illuminati plot to have the new Pope killed by whatever means to stop the church from making these changes occur. The Cardinals even hire the Sicilian mafia to attempt an assassination. The Pope goes worldwide to meet with all the major church denominations leaders to pave the way for unification talks, leaving no stone unturned.The church has changed from being exclusive to inclusive.

Christina's left and right brain argue about her boring life and how to change it.Christina's mind is spit into two. One half is the conservative, rational thinking version of herself. The other half is her true artistic nature. Together they complain and argue about the choices they've made in Christina's life as they prepare her for the day. But as they continue, they realize that she's living a boring, pointless life without love, friends, or even fame. They must come to an understanding. A truce, if you will. They must find a way to return Christina into a real person. Can they do it? Can they work together and make her whole?

Jesse Ellsworth is just another girl who's mission was lost in translation. Her story isn't a complicated one, but that doesn't make it happy. We've all known of a girl like Jesse Ellsworth..“The Snake Riders of Spacemark Four” is the second thrilling adventure of the “Jenny In Space” series. This episode continues the heroic efforts of a 13-year-old named Jenny Thompson. In episode one, a mysterious housekeeper named Relli is hired to bring order to a household in chaos. Relli quickly becomes Jenny’s devoted friend, plus one more complication; she is able to predict the future. Relli reveals visions that change Jenny's life forever. "I see the name 'Jenny of Earth' emblazoned across the cosmos,” Relli tells Jenny. The Snake Riders of Spacemark Four is the first step in fulfilling Relli’s outlandish prophesy. While delivering water from Earth, Jenny and Born are kidnapped and held for a ransom of water, the most precious commodity in our area of the galaxy. While a hostage, Jenny forms a special bond with a creature that initially terrifies her. Naming him 'Grakar', Jenny and her battle snake fight ravenous Rachars on their way to saving the Treech race from extinction. Share in the laughter and friendships Jenny forms and the bond of respect she unconsciously forges between her and a worthy race of beings that live in the depths of Spacemark Four.

This 20-page short story companion to the Darkness Trilogy can be read on its own or as a supplement to the trilogy.If a vampire destroyed your life, would you give up or fight back? When Trudy's world is turned upside down, she has to make a decision: succumb to her misery and give up, or train to fight the monsters that ruined her life.How does one become a vampire hunter? Find out in this 20-page short story companion to the Darkness Trilogy, which begins with book #1, Welcome to the Darkness.If a vampire destroyed your life, would you give up or fight back? Trudy's life is looking up, and she suspects her boyfriend is about to propose marriage. Then the unthinkable happens, tragedy strikes, and her world spins into darkness. Does she have what it takes to embrace her new destiny?

InkStains is a random collection of stories – fiction and nonfiction of any genre – handwritten daily over the course of a year and published one month at a time.InkStains is a random collection of stories – fiction and nonfiction of any genre – handwritten daily over the course of a year.When John Urbancik started this project, he aimed to write a story every day for a year. By hand. He found an inexpensive yet fancy fountain pen, started with a Moleskine notepad, and on 1 January 2013 set to writing.He took one mandatory day off monthly. Stories did not have to be fiction. Nonfiction, essays, reviews, memoirs – all genres – everything was open, so long as they were complete.These are the results: failures and successes both. Everything is included.He cleaned up grammar and spelling, and spent months typing up the almost 250,000 handwritten words; he did my best to strengthen the writing where it was weak. The author is very happy with a lot of the stories, and disappointed with others, but some are fantastic. (I’m biased. You decide.)

The police arrive at Jason's homeless camp one day and tear open a wound to his soul. Jason plots to fight back and even the score.Jason has spent many hard years on the streets as a homeless man that has aged him considerably while he clings onto the thin strands of his sanity. He can’t remember the last time he spent a holiday at someone’s house or had dinner with family and loved ones. He’s not bitter about life dealing him a bad hand. He just wants to be left alone. Then the police arrive at his homeless camp one day and tear open a wound to his soul. Jason plots to fight back and even the score.

Sophie is an archeologist with a twist. She explores archeological sites under the sea as a professional diver. Her current mission is to uncover the under water treasures of the ancient city of Herakleion. But there is a problem. These valuable treasures are disappearing as quickly off the Research vessel as they are being brought up out of the sea. Can Sophie solve this mystery on her own?Sophie has a great career as an archeologist and a professional diver. Having a job on a research vessel in the Mediterranean is a dream come true. The ancient city of Herakleion has been discovered off of Alexandria, and the treasures that Sophie and her team are uncovering beneath the sea, is unbelievable. To boot, Sophie is becoming quite close to her diving buddy, blue eyed and blond haired, Lance. However, Sophie is more and more disturbed by the fact that valuable pieces of history are disappearing almost as soon as they are found. There's also a new guy on the boat. A misfit and socially inept archeologist named Gerod, who brings out the worst in Sophie, and has raised her suspicions by his behavior. Could he be the thief?

Nathan's solitary life is shattered by the visit of an old school friend. With him he brings Terri - beautiful, mysterious and the doorway to a world of danger, and Nathan finds himself running from unknown, dark forces. As he desperately tries to find answers, can he trust anyone?Nathan is a lonely, solitary person. Small town, dead end job, estranged from his parents, no real friends. When he gets a call from Joshua, a guy he used to know from school – and not just anyone, the most popular kid in class – who wants to meet up for a drink, he’s both excited and afraid. But Joshua doesn’t come alone – he brings a beautiful and mysterious girl, dangerous and seductive. But neither Joshua nor the girl are what they seem, and the night of fun goes spectacularly wrong. Nathan suddenly finds himself on the run, trying to escape both the police and other unknown, dark forces, that seem intent on his destruction. As he desperately tries to find answers, can he trust the people who say they will help him, or are they too using him for their own vicious ends?

Left for dead by a band of strange, dark warriors, John Hedekira sets out on a quest to get revenge and to rescue his siblings from the hands of his attackers. Joining him is the kind, innocent Faith Pinck, and together they must stop the evil warriors before they can complete their mission: a dark plot to collide humanity with the world of an unholy, supernatural being.The Golden Lands, one of the three worlds of Terra, is supposed to be a place of peace, light, and happiness. But the Golden Lands hasn't exactly been such a place for John Hedekira, a jaded, hot-headed teenager. His parents disappear when he is thirteen, and he's left to look after his younger sister and brother. One evening, John decides that he has had it with the distant, self-pitiful dispositions of his siblings, and resolves to shut them out of his life for good...or so he thinks. That same evening, a band of warriors of a dark race invade his home, kidnapping John's siblings...and leaving him to bleed out on the floor of his own house. But John is not undone so easily. Compelled by his own hatred of the warriors that left him to die, and a sense of duty towards his siblings, John sets out on a quest for vengeance. Joining him is Faith Pinck, a caring, innocent girl who doesn't yet understand the true motives behind John's desire to track the evil band of warriors.And in the midst of their adventures as they journey to rescue John's siblings, they begin to uncover a deeper, darker plot that will endeavor to collide the world of humanity with the world of an unholy, malicious, supernatural being.

A sinister Necromancer wishes for power and immortality. A dying hero wishes for one last crack at evil. Lord Harlequin wants to sow chaos and strife. When all their paths cross on a magical night, their lives are changed forever.“This series is truly terrifying. Mr Harwood is a master of horror.” “Tremendously Different Apocalyptic Epic” “I have never read a zombie book quite like this one.” The second series in the Of Sudden Origin universe.Since the beginning, nature has revised and deleted her various life forms. Versions of man have been dominant for hundreds of thousands if not millions of years. Africanus, Habilis, Erectus, Neanderthal, and many more, have returned to the dust from which we all come. At times they have overlapped with one another and even interbred until a dominant new design supplants that which came before. Telepathus is here now. "What of us?" asks the Sapiens. Perhaps Sapiens has had its time too... Ten years have passed since the modern world was riddled with FNDz (Frontal Negation Dementia) and North America fought to the edge of extinction. America has folded in on itself in perfect isolation. Infected but medically stabilized people live in exile, and beyond the wall known as the Terminus, a new species of Man is growing stronger every day. On the isolated Mid-Atlantic peninsula of Delmarva, a splinter group of Americans led by a man without morals, have created their own nation. A group of them will follow a team of Northern explorers into the very heart of darkness, awakening the new species to the competition that Homo Sapiens really are.

ChiarOscuro is an online fantasy series being published at https://chiaroscuroseries.wordpress.com/. In an alternate world where humanity survived an event which almost brought their extinction five millenia ago, the ancient power has returned and now a select few in this world, whether willingly or unwillingly, will play a role in keeping humanity's flame burning.ChiarOscuro Episode Five New Destinations (Words 8,249).Urok is rocked by the events that followed in the previous episode and the group now confront Sailem after finding themselves out in the middle of the desert. Meanwhile Decabia's forces keep heading west....SERIESChiarOscuro is an ongoing online fantasy series being published at https://chiaroscuroseries.wordpress.com/. Taking place in an alternate world where humanity is just discovering it's full potential after nearly being brought to extinction five millenia ago, the darkness that once threatened humanity has returned, seemingly with the intention to finish what they failed to do 5,000 years ago.ChiarOscuro is made up of 'Books' each one containing an Episode (these normally span a week or two) and a chapter is released throughout the duration of an episode. The official site will be the first place to find the newly released chapters at first, as well as extra pieces that delve deeper into the lore, world and characters of ChiarOscuro and once the Episode has concluded, it will be shortly be available as a single 'Book' to read in full.So follow a small select few in this time where the world's and humanity's certain is uncertain and travel with them to meet many different cultures, people, beliefs, customs through deserts, mountains, the city of nine walls and even the parts of the world the human eye cannot see...SERIES SUMMARYTaking place in a world where at the dawn of human civilisation, a catastrophe struck nearly bringing humanity to extinction and close to forever changing the world as we know it.They called them Demons, twisted, ruthless creatures with no seemingly other drive than to conquer all those weaker than them as they were the strongest and fittest and Earth seemed close to falling into the hands of these strange beings, who came to our world with no warning and legends speak of skies literally tearing open as Demons invaded our world.However, humanity as it always seems to do, fought back and though most of the people living at that time were forever lost, the Demons were defeated, the remaining leaving this world or scattered as they fled the humans only hours before they had been slaughtering mercilessly.It’s been 5,000 years since those events, though many dismiss the tale as legend and humanity has only recently started picking up again, there have been some strange reports recently across Aludin and with the mysterious Decabia to the east, the era of peace may soon be coming to the end and new heroes will have to answer the call to defend humanity’s flame once again, as they did so 5,000 years ago.

The zombie apocalypse has happened. Liz just wants to get home to be with her family, but when her car runs low on fuel she is tempted to take a shortcut through unfamiliar, and potentially dangerous, territory.A disease has overtaken the world. One by one the major nations have fallen, as its citizens succumb to an evil virus that turns them into mindless, flesh-eating monsters, dubbed 'zombies' by the media.In Australia, there isn't a family that isn't touched by the disease in some way. Some people develop the symptoms for themselves, while others lose family members as prey to the foul beasts. Others are merely inconvenienced by government programs intending to protect them.Here, their stories are told.Liz just wants to get home to be with her family, but when her car runs low on fuel she is tempted to take a shortcut through unfamiliar, and potentially dangerous, territory.