The romance is over: Edward & Bella twenty years on.~Gratuitous swearing, violence and one offensively small appendage. Not suitable for Twilight fans. Not suitable for children under 40~Quaife's last Theorem is a tale of murder, mystery and mathematics. It features beer drinking, songs, laughter. tears, Earth-shattering revelations, shootings, blood and a little bit of gore ... and the occasional bit of mathematics.Clive, the hero, wrestles with an important problem related to the existence of an efficient algorithm to factor large numbers, a problem that lies at the heart of Internet security. This novel, therefore, is a representative of a growing genre: factor fiction.For Kindle readers and maths junky who want the original PDF, there's information on my blog about how to get hold of them.

William Duncan, the rebel daybreaker, and his lover, Panthea Snick, set out to reveal the dark secrets of Dayworld and the formula for long life and to end the repressive hegemony.

Winner of the Blood Curdling Tales Of Terror Contest! Bill’s busy workday takes a terrifying turn when he shares an elevator with a disgruntled co-worker. A 1,000-word punch to the gut!What if:You returned from war only to discover that your childhood sweetheart is with your mortal enemy?Your tranquil Amish community was invaded by vampires?You were committed to a mental institution, only to have your nightmares follow you?You fell asleep and couldn’t wake up?The resort you chose for spring break turned out to be something horribly different?You had 20 minutes to live?You were buried alive?World War I never happened?You fell in love with a painting?These are a few of the possibilities presented in this collection of 12 short stories by speculative fiction author Glen Robinson. Some will startle, some will mystify, but all are guaranteed to make you think.

Macaferty Jahn, one of the proud ferret-like tahvic, is a warrior on a mission. Fiercely proud despite his diminutive size, he nonetheless has to face incredible odds owing to far more than just a disparity in height. But as he fights against a band of brigands, a change arises: a change that impacts his life in a truly gigantic way.The Skylands are floating continents, islands in the sky, of a fantasy realm known as Talvali. It is a patchwork world into which pieces of other lands are taken. In this world, the proud ferret-like warrior, Macaferty Jahn, must deal with magic, battle, his allies, his enemies, and the frustrating nature of those not native to his beloved world.Jahn is a warrior on a mission. Fiercely proud despite his diminutive size, he nonetheless has to face incredible odds owing to far more than just a disparity in height. But as he fights against a band of brigands, a change arises: a change that impacts his life in a truly gigantic way.

Part 5 and the conclusion of the free Davron serial. The aliens attack the humans.From its creation, it fell short of what was expected. The machine, PDM-512-0753, would exist inside a display cubicle, observing, unable to interact with the outside world. Able to hear what is being said outside through a one-way microphone, it attempts to learn what humanity truly is, what life is made of, and what drives mankind to love, hate, jealousy and envy. This endeavor pushes the machine to the edge of sanity, if there is such a thing for a machine.

Whether you're traveling forward in time, back in time, or even if you've forgotten the time, you'll enjoy reading these time-themed stories from the Eclective.Whether you're traveling forward in time, back in time, or even if you've forgotten the time, you'll enjoy reading these time-themed stories from the Eclective.An Arbor Day Carol by M Edward McNally: On the night before the holiday, Kevin Weeser is visited by three spirits...wow, that sounds really familiar for some reason.The Paradox by Alan Nayes: Michael Jenks travels to his future and becomes rich.Rachel by CD Reiss: Rachel is number 5.5 in the Songs of Submission romance series, spanning two time periods in the life of Jonathan Drazen.A Stitch In Time by Shéa MacLeod: After pissing off Thor (god of thunder/major jerk), Branwen (goddess of love and beauty/cupcake addict) finds herself thrust back in time to Regency era England. History will never be the same.The Walking Tree by Tara West: Trees were not meant to have dreams, and if they did, they were not supposed to voice them. When Manuel hears of the land of limitless light, his dreams may be his undoing.The Bus Stop by G.R. Yeates: Through a dark city, a man travels seeking to understand the meaning of the life that he endures in a place where even hope itself seems to have been utterly extinguished. Timestone by Greg James: In a time after the time that we know, a wanderer crosses the wasteland that remains of human civilisation. One thing can set him free from this nightmare of the future – the Timestone.Last Leap by Heather Marie Adkins: With access to her past, can Mila change her future?

When Differel Van Helsing married Victor Plunkett in the Dreamlands, it was between crises, so they never had a proper honeymoon. As such, when the opportunity arose for them to spend a week all alone on a deserted island, they jumped at it. Unfortunately, an old enemy has decided to crash the party. This is a short story.Differel Van Helsing had been married to Victor Plunkett in the Waking World for four years before he was killed by an assassin seeking to kill her. The loss devastated her, and she very nearly resigned as Director of the Caerleon Order as a result.Years later, when she learned how to sojourn to the Dreamlands each night, she discovered that he had been a Dreamer himself, and that after his death he had retired there to live out the rest of his Dream-life. By the time they were reunited, he had become a diplomatic troubleshooter for the Island Nation of Punica, and had been made the Marquis of Elissa. They discovered that their love for each other was just as strong as ever, and he proposed to her. At first she was not certain if she should remarry him because of the time they would be separated when she awakens each morning, but finally she yielded to her heart and said yes.They wed between crises, so they never had a proper honeymoon, but then an opportunity presented itself that allowed them to spend a week alone on a tiny deserted island. They jumped at it, and spent six days in connubial bliss, doing little beyond eating, sleeping, the occasional swim in the ocean, and making love.On the seventh and last day, however, an old enemy, bent on revenge, crashes their party. Taking them prisoner, he intends to sell them as toys for others' amusement: Victor to a wealthy matron, Differel to the Moonbeasts. In both cases, they are unlikely to survive for long with either their lives or sanity intact.Differel and Victor have no weapons or retainers to help them, but they are far from helpless.

The materialistic demands of today's teenagers are consistently fulfilled by their parents. But, still they are searching something in their life. The urge for belonging and desire for love arouses their whole personality without which they feel life is worthless.Lets read the life of a teenage girl, lacking love and affection and How she survives in this Loveless World.Man is the most intelligent and beautiful creation of God.Man has created many things with his genius mind. He invented computers,machines and everything to make his life easier.But Man has always been empty inside as he is always searching something to fill that emptiness. His desires are endless.In today’s economic competitive world, he is engrossed so much in this materialistic platform created by him that he himself cannot survive.The upcoming generation is becoming more and more demanding and desirable. Their materialistic demands are fulfilled by their parents. But still they are searching something in their life. The urge for belonging and desire for love arouses their whole personality without which they feel life is worthless.If you really want to see the life of teenage girl, lacking love and affection then read with me

(Novelette)[Book 1 of the Rogue Ninja Series] What does a ninja do after being demoted to a regular nine to five job? He picks a fight with the wrong crowd that leads him on a completely unexpected adventure full of mystery, love and a stray cat.Note to parents: PG-13, with sexual situations and allusions to sex, violence and some strong language.Tetsuo is your typical ninja; stoic, loyal to the clan and motivated by honor. But when one mistake gets him demoted to a nine to five job, his once adventurous life becomes a prison of monotony. Frustrated by his clan while being relentlessly stalked by a female ninja rival, Tetsuo reaches his boiling point and seeks out a fight to blow off steam. Unfortunately, he picks a fight with the wrong crowd that leads him on a completely unexpected adventure full of mystery, love and a stray cat.Note to parents: PG-13, with sexual situations and allusions to sex, violence and some strong language.

This book will change your life. The powerful story of one man's search for happiness, the truth, and spiritual fulfillment, it is also the story of all humanity. Written in a new literary style the author calls Within/Without in which every sentence is a reference to another work ranging from the Bible, philosophy, poetry, music to the words of ordinary people.This book will change your life. The powerful story of one man’s search for happiness, truth, and spiritual fulfillment, it is also the story of all humanity. Written in a new literary style the author calls Within/Without in which every sentence of the novel is a different quote or reference to another work ranging from ancient philosophy, The Bible, poems, music, to the words of ordinary people. Thus, one man’s story becomes the story of all humanity. Further, each quote gives hidden meaning to the story and may radically change the very meaning of the story itself when the reference is understood in context. The entire work can be read as the story of a man who finds the key to life and happiness or the story of a man deceived into thinking he has found the truth and happiness.

When sixteen-year-old Kylie Daniels wakes one morning to the sound of her kid brother hysterically screaming, she soon discovers that her life as she knew it, had changed forever… Follow Kylie and her brother Mason as they discover that the veil that separated the human realm from that of the supernatural was compromised exposing them to shifters, slashers, demons and Valkyrie.You know those times when you've just had a fight with your mom and behind closed doors you say horrible things like I hate you or I wish you were dead? Well, it really happened. Mom is dead, gone forever they all are; every single person in our entire town disappeared overnight, like some freaking nightmare. I'm Kylie Daniels and my brother and I are the only ones left and now we have to figure out how to survive…When sixteen-year-old Kylie Daniels wakes one morning to the sound of her kid brother hysterically screaming, she soon discovers that her life as she knew it, had changed forever… Follow Kylie and her brother Mason as they discover that the veil that separated the human realm from that of the supernatural was compromised exposing them to shifters, slashers, demons and Valkyrie.

The monthly Tin Universe free story series continues as we get some back story on one of the universes youngest villains and hints about things to comes. Featuring moments with Joanna Osip, The Black Friar, and The Dead Of Nechiansmere.Paolo Manfredi is an affirmed paediatric surgeon who lives and works in Paris. Born in Torre dell'Isola, a town not too far from Palermo, after high school he left Sicily, a land then upset by serious upheavals, to pursue his ambitions. After thirty years, he comes back with his wife and his children to celebrate his fiftieth birthday, and to retrace the steps of a brusquely interrupted personal and civil history. He finds a deeply changed world, and walking on the footsteps of his own past, searching for his Sicily, he finds again his old friends, and with them the emotions he denied for a long time, his cut roots, his childhood places, changed yet still deeply intact. In the nostalgic memory of his past life, Paolo learns to look at the events from the point of view of those who stayed and fought so that the identity of a people wouldn’t be lost.

Cassy Mae thought she escaped danger of the Santos Francisco slums when she moved to her GrammyJo’s after her mother’s death, but an evil stalker haunts Cassy in the small mountain town in spite of GrammyJo’s protective magic.How do you escape a hunter of pure evil?Cassy Mae had been raised to hate and fear magic. But, when her mother dies, Cassy Mae finds herself living with grandmother in Docket’s Diggings, a small mountain town. The town seems like heaven, at first, in spite of her GrammyJo’s working powerful herbal juju.Docket’s Diggings quickly loses its charms with the arrival of the rich and mysterious Lydia Markhem and her niece Jamilla. The whole town sinks into a strange malaise that only Cassy Mae and GrammyJo seem immune to.. Cassy Mae quickly discovers she has more to worry about than finishing her senior year and GrammyJo’s magic. A demonic stalker, thirsting for Cassy Mae’s own magic, is hunting her. A magic Cassy Mae doesn’t believe she possesses. Will Cassy Mae have the strength and the power to resist pure evil?If you enjoy Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments Series or anything by Danielle Page, you will be captivated by M. K. Theodoratus’s World of Andor stories.Praise for M. K. Theodoratus and Noticing Jamilla, A Tale of Andor:“With a compelling and satisfying story arc, short fiction fans of this popular genre will certainly find Noticing Jamilla an intriguing tale, whilst being left to wonder if there is not a longer novel in the near future. It is recommended without reservation.” – BookViral (https://bookviral.com/noticing-jamilla/4583707659)“This was a great little story. I sure hope the author will write more stories like this to read in book length.” –Norma Van DorenM. K. Theodoratus has seven published works, with more on the way. She has always felt magic and fantasy were apart of her life. She specializes in captivating long-form of fantasy short stories.

Jazz is a dead monster collector walking as the magical healing stone she’d swallowed is about to kill her. With nothing left to loose, she embarks on a whirlwind tour of revenge, and Boss Geeter, the dwarf troll mobster, is first in her sights. But the monster mob’s leader is no one to trifle with, and Jazz’s desire for revenge has blinded her.The twelfth episode of a serialized adventure storyJazz: Monster Collector, the serialized adventures of Mirth’s only deferred species bond collector. Stories just the right size for your commute, lunch break, or anytime you want a fast, exciting read. Want more? Follow episode by episode as Jazz seeks to uncover the secret force behind the inter-dimensional takeover of the planet she loved, a little place once called Earth.Episode 12- Jazz Attacks: Jazz is a dead monster collector walking as the magical healing stone she’d swallowed is about to kill her. With nothing left to loose, she embarks on a whirlwind tour of revenge, and Boss Geeter, the dwarf troll mobster, is first in her sights. But the monster mob’s leader is no one to trifle with, and Jazz’s desire for revenge has blinded her to danger.Jazz, Monster Collector, Season One: Earth’s Lament: Jazz is a deferred species bond collector, which is a polite way of saying, Monster Hunter. She hunts them and whenever she can she destroys them. Her hatred for the bvorcs, goblins, trolls, and fairies that live side by side with humans on the magically conjoined planets called Mirth runs deep. But only Jazz knows why, how deep, and what she’s willing to do to express it. But Jazz’s greatest enemy is the invisible power behind the hostile takeover that destroyed the Earth that she remembers. And that’s one enemy Jazz probably won’t live to face.A fast paced futuristic serial with a touch of noir and a lot of trouble.

Jazz promised Mananama, the wood elf king, that she’d kill him if he held DJ, Jazz’s trusty sidekick, hostage. But Jazz is carrying a death sentence of her own as the magical healing stone she’d swallowed is about to backlash. Rash as ever, Jazz flies into the heart of the elves’ kingdom planning to make good on her threat before her magic rock kills her.13th of an episodic adventure storyJazz: Monster Collector, the serialized adventures of Mirth’s only deferred species bond collector. Stories just the right size for your commute, lunch break, or anytime you want a fast, exciting read. Want more? Follow episode by episode as Jazz seeks to uncover the secret force behind the inter-dimensional takeover of the planet she loved, a little place once called Earth.Episode 13- Promise Kept: Jazz promised Mananama, the wood elf king, that she’d kill him if he held DJ, Jazz’s trusty sidekick, hostage. But Jazz is carrying a death sentence of her own, as the magical healing stone she’d swallowed is about to backlash. Rash as ever, Jazz flies straight into the heart of the elves’ kingdom planning to make good on her threat before her magic rock kills her.Jazz, Monster Collector, Season One: Earth’s Lament: Jazz is a deferred species bond collector, which is a polite way of saying, Monster Hunter. She hunts them and whenever she can she destroys them. Her hatred for the bvorcs, goblins, trolls, and fairies that live side by side with humans on the magically conjoined planets called Mirth runs deep. But only Jazz knows why, how deep, and what she’s willing to do to express it. But Jazz’s greatest enemy is the invisible power behind the hostile takeover that destroyed the Earth that she remembers. And that’s one enemy Jazz probably won’t live to face.A fast paced futuristic serial with a touch of noir and a lot of trouble.

Pulled from the nightly news, Liberty Betrayed follows the residents of a small fictional Texas town as it faces the Federal Government’s desire to appease those who want to surrender to the influx of Illegal Immigrants surging over our southern border.Pulled from the nightly news, Liberty Betrayed follows the residents of a small fictional Texas town as it faces the Federal Government’s desire to appease those who want to surrender to the influx of Illegal Immigrants surging over our southern border.Sandley, Texas is a typical small town. The people have made a life for themselves by raising their families and being there for their neighbors. No one expected what lay ahead for them when a group of Illegal Immigrants were brought to town to fill the jobs at the newly reopened Window Factory. How will the residents of Sandley overcome this invasion of their town? How will they triumph over this Act of Tyranny?

Twenty one, unemployed, and still living at home. Jaime’s life couldn’t get much worse, at least that’s what he thinks until his girlfriend dumps him on his way to an interview.But all that changes when he meets Katie, an old school friend he cant quite remember. She’s got a plan; Have fun, run up debts, and enjoy life. *Contains mild language*From the islander author of Trinidad and Tobago - Steffan Basdeo - comes the story of a nine year old boy named T who is highly imaginative and worried about growing up when he turns 10 in a couple of days. With his dog and an unexpected friend, he reveals 'The Facts of Life' while still enjoying the time he has before his birthday.

Inspired by true accounts of one of the world’s most unusual competitions, this story describes the efforts of two young men driven by a lifetime in opposition to each other. Both are determined to win at any cost, motivated by the same precious prize. One seeks only to possess her … and the other loves her.The sorcerers’ wands were dead objects. Special charms had been stealthily casted on them by unknown sorcerer to grow out wings on those wands. To make them lively like birdies. It was believed that the wands had flown away into the Forbidden Forest where Francis needed to risk his life and intruded into the untrodden territory.