Josh Lichinsky longs to be a mature therian, to make his father proud. A proud father, he gets. Along with a potentially gay status, an upside turned down life and a dooming fate. And all thanks to his life partner, Neal Stephens.Ever faced a situation, where you realize that you’re not the main protagonist in your own life? It may not be as astonishing as the fact that I have the ability to metamorphose into an animal, or the fact that I know very less about the history of my species, thanks to my shady parents. It’s even less appalling than learning that most of the members of my species are hell bent at snatching one of the most important things in my life, which ironically has become important to me in just a matter of days. And it is certainly bound to be less depressing than knowing that my ancestor’s enemy is ready to exceed to great lengths to eliminate my family from the face of the earth. And, of course, let’s not forget that it is less surprising than the fact that my life partner has been discovered to be a guy, the same gender as I. But still, nothing compares to the shock that I face, when I learn that anything significant occurring in my life is not centered around me at all.Hi, I am Josh Lichinsky and this is not my story.

Winter Solstice Winter draws you in to the land of the Vikings, a dangerous time full of mystery & mythology. Nothing is simple when you're battling an evil Empress & the three heroes of the piece Ailia, Lucia & Soren find themselves deeply entwined. But can they overcome the strife that comes between them in order to rise up & not only reclaim the Northlandic Throne but save all of humanity?WINTER SOLSTICE WINTER is a New Adult fantasy romance mixed with Viking mythology novel. Think Lord of the Rings 'light' meets Princess and the Pauper, with a soul mate love story - an epic saga with two strong female heroines.It’s not easy being a seventeen-year-old adopted peasant girl in the Viking-inhabited Northlandic Kingdom, especially when you have terrifying mare dreams of an evil Empress named Eiess and when your friends oust you because they consider you cursed. Little does Ailia know, that she hasn’t even seen the tip of the iceberg yet...On Winter Solstice, Ailia seeks out a quiet place to ponder: a large cliff overlooking her hometown. On her way home, Eiess and an army of Vikings capture her before attacking the Northlandic castle. After having usurped the throne, Eiess suspends the seasons on not only the coldest, but also the darkest day of the year.Princess Lucia, sole heir to the Northlandic Throne, is taken prisoner by Eiess. For months, Lucia wastes away in the castle’s tower, never knowing when this nightmare of beatings, starvation and bitter cold will end. But when she miraculously escapes, she learns that she has a sister she must find so they can together defeat Eiess.Ailia wakes up in a glacier cave months later with no memory of how she ended up there. On her way home, a handsome, yet mysterious young man named Soren, rescues her, and tells her he will help her find the answers to her questions about her mare dreams. Ailia is immediately drawn to Soren, thinking she knows him from somewhere, maybe from a dream of a previous life? She falls for him, but no sooner than he reveals he has been sent by the gods to defeat Eiess, and is waiting to reunite with his soul mate, Lucia, so they together can form an alliance.As Eiess continues to amass her forces, Ailia, Lucia and Soren discover that their destinies are intertwined behind a veil of dark secrets and lies. Finally together, they begin to form an alliance. But will they succeed in unravelling the maze of lies and learn the truth so they can defeat Eiess before darkness overcomes the Kingdom forever?

WITHOUT ARMOR was published in America six months after LOST HORIZON, yet before LOST HORIZON began to win popularity--thus it missed the wider appeal it might otherwise have had. Set in Russia, it is the story of Ainsely Fothergill, an Englishman who served as a British spy and was exiled to Siberia for eight years. The book reminds us that James Hilton was one of the best storytellers of our era, and that a good story never loses its appeal.

The story of a Mind traveler, who has to finish the job of finding a secret code from an unknown person to safeguard his girl friend in 19 Minutes! How he travels on people's mind and reads their mind and finds the unknown to safeguard his girlfriend, is the story with its unexpected Twists!I have 19 Minutes left, to read the secret code from an unknown person's mind, to safeguard my girlfriend Nisha! I can do that and only i can do that, I am Mind traveler! They found me and they followed me, and now i need to read the code from that unknown person! I have to start my travel in this crowded Indian railway station, and i have only one clue, that he is an American! Me too! Time is running, every seconds count for me and i need to be smart in my mind travelling to read and jump in to another one's mind to safeguard my Nisha! Will I succeed?!

A peek into a future when America becomes the utopia long sought by liberals like Professor Felix Schwartz. Schwartz awakens from a coma in 2050 to discover his theories have become reality. There are no borders, English has be relegated to the dungheap, rioting and something resembling football with hockey sticks have become the national pastimes. Absurd? Yes. Likely? Maybe. You decide.By 2050 the country has gone through some slight changes thanks to a dramatic shift in the makeup in the country's populace giving liberals, referred to by various uncomplimentary names, control over Washington. In that thirty years the country becomes the veritable paradise moonbats have long sought to create, but more resembling a third-world banana republic where English is replaced by twenty-five variations of gang slang, no one gets beyond third grade, rioting and something resembling football with hockey sticks are the national pastimes. There is now a "Forever President," welfare moms have replaced small business, corn is the cornerstone of industry, and people drive around in either battery-powered bubble cars or Latino lowriders. All the while, non-thinking Schwartz is led around on a doggie leash, and has become a 'pinball,' with names ranging from Vic to Dick to Bic, and spends his day bouncing around the fenced playground of a former elementary school turned asylum for the insane. One fine spring day the gate to the compound suddenly opens and Schwartz, along with a hundred or so inmates, unthinkingly escape. While walking aimlessly down a highway, he is struck by another truck (an electric bus) and suddenly awakens from his long sleep to find the liberals' variation of paradise has really arrived in America! Schiessen!

A simple youth takes a stand for animals and gays. Note: Jon began writing the novelization of this tale in December, 2012 and is 70,000 words into the project, i.e., 85 - 90% through a first draft, as of October 5, 2013.In this short story by the author of The Mighty Roman, a simple high school student takes a stand for animals and gays. Note: Jon began writing the novelization of this tale in December, 2012 and is 70,000 words into the project, i.e., 85 - 90% through a first draft, as of October 5, 2013.

The girl ran. Her screams echoed around the dark and gloomy corridor. Her footsteps thudded loudly as she thundered down the long corridor. The high cruel laugh rang in her ears. The more she ran the louder it became. It seemed to be coming from all around her... The girl had entered her nightmares!A Smarts & Dewdrop Mystery, book 1.Detective Smarts of Crazy Name Town has a problem. Doctor Boring and his receptionist have been bumped off, and the only clues at the scene are some olives, tomatoes, mushrooms and a sprinkle of oregano. With the townsfolk dropping like flies and strange-looking figures stumbling down the streets mumbling "Pizza!", Officer Dewdrop has an idea.Juvenile fiction/YA/age 10+This story is contained in The Gage Project book, published by Inknbeans Press, which is raising money for children's charities.

A short story of love and devotion, hardship and determination, angels and vampires.The danger to mankind's survival is emerging. Avoiding the zombie apocalypse depends on containing a new threat before it gets out of hand.In the deepest rainforests of South America the potential exists for a previously undiscovered virus to cross over and infect humans. While investigating the destruction of some of the rainforests most majestic inhabitants, a scientist stumbles on an unusual species and brings it back to the United States, unknowingly endangering the entire world’s population.

Where do kids go when they are driven through the cracks? Throwaway delinquent Billy Conner seems useless to the world, but he’s all that stands between it and the workings of a vicious, supernatural conspiracy.Book 1 of the Terror Orchard seriesWhere do kids go when they are driven through the cracks - is it to some nightmare land? Throwaway delinquent Billy Conner seems useless to the world, but he’s all that stands between it and the workings of a vicious, supernatural conspiracy.Book 1 of the Terror Orchard series

After four years away from home and tribe, Akari returns to her village to find that while some things have changed, others have not. She must now embark on a journey to find her place among the people she wished to forget. A journey far more important than the one she returned from where old enemies lie in wait and a new, more dangerous one remains just beyond the horizon.This is the first book in the MI.E. trilogy.It tells how Jack first lands a job in the Secret Agency M.I.E, and the problems that he and the Professor face, and solve!A hilarious and intelligent read for any age group.

Eric Dirnam is a fourteen year old boy whose father has recently disappeared. He finds his life has taken a turn when mysterious events start to occur. It all starts with a burglary but nothing is stolen and this leads him to dig deeper into what the thieves are after. As he starts to unravel this mystery, he also starts to uncover more about his identity.Nothing is going right for Eric Dirnam. His father has disappeared and he hardly even sees his mom anymore. Everything has changed and he wishes he could be the same happy-go-lucky fourteen year old boy he was before his life was flipped upside down. Just as things start to change for the better such as his soccer win and getting attention from a girl that he has a crush on, again things are changing. Someone has broken into his home and is after something but what? As Eric delves deeper into this mystery, he uncovers more about his identity. But who can he trust? And who is after him? He soon realizes that he has to adapt to his changing world but in doing so, he needs to retain who he really is.

Hannah the Elder has a stroke and must deal with problems in her own house that she’s neglected…A tale of gryphons, snow-dragons, elves, dwarves, dragons and men. An evil elf-mage is haunting the frozen wastelands in the north. Hinfane the tavern-keeper finds unlikely allies in the mysterious creatures that come on the first night of the new moon to collect the mead that she leaves out for them. You can fight an elf, and it seems that you can win. But elves are not so easy to kill... Hwedolyn the gryphon ends up going on a quest, barely believing in the purpose of it himself, not knowing how it will end. This is the first in the Gryphonomicon Gryphon-Dragon histories, a saga that spans generations and tells of the battles between gryphons and dragons and the rise of Aerae, Princess of the North, Empress of the South. An epic heroic fantasy in the tradition of Tolkien, C.S.Lewis, David Eddings.

The Universe is impossibly vast.Even with warp drive, teleportation, & worm holes,There are places you could never go.But you could broadcast a signal out across forever,You could tell the distant molecules and atoms to create new people on the other sideAnd send them off exploring…..Farther Than We Dreamed Episode One: ClayThe Universe is impossibly vast.Even with warp drive, teleportation, & worm holes,There are places you could never go.But you could broadcast a signal out across forever,You could tell the distant molecules and atoms to create new people on the other sideAnd send them off exploring…..Charlie Daemon was a late 21st century rock n roll star.One day he was ripped out of his life, away from the woman he loved, and woke up in the far future, the captain of a spaceship/moon on the other side of the cosmos. His crew is made up of twelve of the greatest artists, scientists, and leaders of the next eight hundred years: The doctor who invented the Martian race, the Queen of the British Corporation, a Chinese cyborg-warlord, an eight foot tall Australian Aborigine, a post-human physicist covered in white fur.Together they must understand why they are there, explore the galaxies, explore reality, and come to grips with the results of lives they don’t even remember living.Read this book and ride a radio wave out past the other side of forever.Read this book and The Secrets of the Universe will be revealed to you.

My best friend was in Pompeii. And like everybody else on that fateful day she never left, leaving me orbiting helplessly within horror, reincarnation and the persistence of memory. As seen on creepypasta.com in 2014, this mournful little horror is the most obscure of a suite of short science fiction, urban fantasy and horror stories by BP Gregory.My best friend was in Pompeii. And like everybody else on that fateful day she never left, leaving me orbiting helplessly within horror, reincarnation and the persistence of memory.As seen on creepypasta.com in 2014, this mournful little horror is the most obscure of a suite of short science fiction, urban fantasy and horror stories by BP Gregory, each its own maelstrom of human suffering and longing.Mould can be enjoyed alone or as part of Orotund: Collected Short Stories Volume Two, which is also available in print.

David Arris lives a double life: as a former Green Beret, the Hollywood production company he works for trains actors on how to act like soldiers; but secretly, the company's ex-military also sub-contract to the government to do the jobs the US military can't do. When one of those jobs goes horribly wrong, Arris finds himself on a tropical island where he discovers that not all myths are storiesDavid Arris lives a double life: as a former Green Beret, the Hollywood production company he works for trains actors on how to act like soldiers; but secretly, the company's ex-military also sub-contract to the government to do the jobs the US military can't do. When one of those jobs goes horribly wrong, Arris finds himself on a tropical island where he discovers that not all myths are stories.Included in the eBook is the original short story version, "Within the Prismatic Maelstrom," and the original television pilot episode adaptation of that story, "The Divine World: Within the Prismatic Maelstrom."

Wishing to become famous one holiday season, spoiled rich girl Reva Dalby believes that her prosperous father can give her anything she wants...but when she goes too far, she realizes that someone is stalking her.

As an orphaned half-elf in a city of humans Tavera lives in a world where she doesn't belong - until a cunning thief named Derk catches her trying to steal from him and takes her on as his apprentice. Thievery comes easy to Tavera but Derk soon becomes more than a mentor - he is the first family she's ever known - and the lessons of a father are much more difficult to learn.Get the short story prequel - Little Girl Lost, for free - click here to find out more >>> BackThatElfUp.com/free-books (just copy and paste into your browser) HEROES ARE BORN. THIEVES ARE TRAINED. SHE'S NO HEROAs an orphaned half-elf in a city of humans Tavera lives in a world where she doesn't belong - until a cunning thief named Derk catches her trying to steal from him and takes her on as his apprentice. Thievery comes easy to Tavera but Derk soon becomes more than a mentor - he is the first family she's ever known - and the lessons of a father are much more difficult to learn. When Tavera discovers that Derk belongs to a secret society of elite thieves she is determined to join their ranks, but first she must prove her skills and gain their trust, and not everyone is ready to accept the young outsider. Can the group of thieves be trusted, what kind of life awaits, and what is the true cost of being one of the thieves at heart? PRAISE FOR THIEVES AT HEART"Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens... mixed with A Knight's Tale""A skillfully written, well-pondered fantasy memoir.""A great start to a series!""Hope to get to meet Tavi again soon.""Luckily for readers and reviewers alike, every so often a gem such as this comes along... that create our love of reading, and feed our obsessive need to find the next one."

Homicide detectives Nate Leeman and Penny Segel investigate the murders of several people who were killed for their artificial body parts. They suspect the killer is selling the stolen body parts on the black market. Det. Leeman objects to the use of artificial body parts in humans, and his beliefs jeopardize his job and his safety during the investigation.Warriors of Gaia tells the epic story of a future world and the girl bound by her sacred pledge to save it…Erin Taylor, a high school junior, never planned to be a savior, but a combination of outrageous circumstances casts her in that role. She and her friends must free their people from slavery in a cruel and dangerous future world. Opposing them is The Court, which will go to any lengths to stop them. In the tradition of Hunger Games, this is a tale of a small band of teens who dare to challenge the most powerful institution on earth.