One day, Dave wakes up on the alien planet Glix and hopes it won't change him. One week later, the only person he can relate to is a celestial Chicken.Dave awakens on the curious planet of Glix and feels he must escape by finding the Fez - an object he believes may return him to his home - or else society's high demands will require him to live a life of conformity as an outcast.An inquisitive but paranoid man, Dave teams up with a mentally unwell 14-year-old, two intelligent (though foolish) telepathic twins and a Chicken prophet to the Duck god Quack.

Five enchanting stories of love and friendship, including the quirky, the thoughtful, and the very loving.Five short stories of friendship and love from the author of Since You've Been Gone.1. Emily finds comfort in the words of a wise old gentleman when her marriage hits the rocks.2. A modern adaption of John Keats 'The Eve of St Agnes'. Madeline and Porphyro, two star-crossed lovers from opposing families must find a way out of their lives so that they can be together.3. Alice discovers that Heaven isn't what she thought it was when she takes on the higher order of angels in an attempt to overthrow their ruling, in this amusing tale of heavenly disorder and a Divine Deity unlike any you've read about.4. Scarlett finds her job at the morgue gets a little too lively when Robbie turns up to haunt her into helping him solve the mystery of his death.5. Friends come together for a school reunion. Secrets, old loves and long-held jealousies come to the fore as the evening wears on.

The king has been captured and sentenced to death, but Prince Omer isn’t ready to rule the Jaredites yet, let alone win a civil war. So he plans a rescue mission using the only way to reach the prison in time – riding across the sky on the backs of leathery-winged cureloms.The king has been captured and sentenced to death, but Prince Omer isn’t ready to rule the Jaredites yet, let alone win a civil war. So he plans a rescue mission using the only way to reach the prison in time – riding across the sky on the backs of leathery-winged cureloms.This 1,000 word flash fiction is a fantasy retelling of Ether 7:18.

A poetry book dealing with day to day life in a different and new ways. Treat yourself with many different ideas, theories and philosophy about life spread throughout in different ways.This is the second poem collection by the author Akshdeep Singh Narula. It is quite short by today's standards with only 50 pages of poems which won't bore you. He, inspired by positive compliments about his poem in different forums, have put together this poem collection, which you will want to read again and again, interpreting it differently every time.

Three hundred years have passed since half of Earth froze, and the human race has settled other planets under the supervision and control of a military contractor that harnessed the powers of the higher mind. But when the daughter of a warrior clan who made her fortune in the contractor’s service discovers a dark secret beneath their dominion, she must learn to fight like the old gods.Three hundred years have passed since half of Earth froze, and the human race has settled other planets under the supervision and control of a military contractor that harnessed the powers of the higher mind. But when the daughter of a warrior clan who made her fortune in the contractor’s service discovers a dark secret beneath their dominion, she must learn to fight like the old gods.This story is woven into the Norse myth of Odin, the one-eyed, all-seeing god of war, magic and wisdom. He is a complex figure, associated with poetry and inspiration, madness and battle fury. He is also a shapeshifter and considered fickle, not to be trusted.No one knows whose side he’s on.

Post-apocalyptic adventure. Two cultures at odds, the emerging city state of Auckland and the nomadic peoples who surround it. An extremely organized young man tries to hide from the consequences of a rash decision, being robbed by old ladies and genetically modified megafauna that roam the waste.After unwittingly being posted as Regional Sanitation Specialist in a dry-as-toast village on the edge of oblivion, fate thrusts Eron into the middle of the biggest social upheaval since the apocolypse 500 years earlier. Cast feet first into the vast network of roads inhabited by a highly organized nomadic subculture and genetically engineered megafauna, Eron finds himself on the run from the Auckian Guard, even though he's technically a member. Unable to go home, he and a wild boy from the wastelands head Westward at the dubious advice of local villagers, but one question remains. Will they find a good place to hide?

Centuries in the future, Private Military Corporations control the solar system. Derek Ragston, the son of a disgraced space pirate is forced to ally with his father's forces and travel across the solar system to clear his name, meeting many friends, foes and weapons of mass destruction along the way.Five hundred years in the future, the government is nothing more than a puppet by Private Military Corporations pulling the strings. Deadly interstellar ships and weapons are readily available. Derek Ragston, the son of a disgraced galactic pirate is forced to unravel the truth behind his ship (The Icarus), his military and goals. Interacting with the remnants of his father's forces, Derek is taken on a journey across the solar system to clear his father's name and learn the secrets of his past. The dominant military force in the solar system, USOC (United Space Order Control) however will stop at nothing to capture Derek and erase the secrets of The Icarus. Pulled into a secret mission to get to the Icarus, Derek is thrown around by the factions while slowly learning his situation.

Sometimes, I....Can't let myself trustNo one's ever been trueSo I know that I mustBelieve in it allBelieving in youOr nothing makes any senseSo can I let goAnd let you inSummary MaikonMaikon young talented musician and singer, has fame and money, but their physical appearance bothers you! Is such as the Narcissus of mythology, which in its extreme beauty, falls in love with his own image.The boy does everything to change her appearance; uses plastic interventions and drugs without results you desire, and in a rage, says that would give anything to become beautiful.One day, during a tour that makes the mountains, encounters an old mystic who is willing to help.Can you set your intention, but your life will never be the same: for the beauty who won, opened the door of evil in your mind. He repents and seeks the Magician! Travels parallel worlds to become a knight of infinite light, which revives a beautiful princess from the ashes dead for centuries. Only then, returning to the past, fighting evil and correcting their faults, be able to discover that true beauty is not in appearance but, in the works of heart! ...

Boy sleuths, burglars and...bagpipes! Fifteen-year-old bagpiper Mac is delightfully out of step with his peers in more ways than one. Mac is a student at the serene, if somewhat decrepit campus of St. Rupert’s Academy for Boys. With the aid of his hilarious and somewhat odd-ball friends, he soon finds himself tracking down an elusive artwork and being chased by a crazed art dealer.“You, MacDonough! You know who I’m talking to. Come on over.” Not a bad greeting for his first day at a new school. Being greeted by a gaggle of friendly bagpipers certainly makes fifteen-year-old Mac feel welcome right off the bat. Little does he suspect that trouble is lurking just around the corner at St. Rupert's Academy for Boys. Something is going horribly wrong in the life of the band's beloved pipe major. Ms. Kent's problem goes by the name of Harley Bevison and she thought she'd gotten rid of him a long time ago. It seems he's come back to haunt her with constant demands to get him an invitation to visit the academy's famous private museum. Ms. Kent suspects Harley Bevison has greedy designs on something in the museum. She is afraid her job will be in peril if some board member thinks she has been helping Mr. Bevison with his dubious scheming. Her loyal students step right in to make sure she gets the help she needs. She sends them off on a research mission, but Mac is soon is lured by Brookie, his uber-hyper new friend, into a more hands-on approach to discovering just what that mysterious work of art is and where it is hidden. Prakash and Ian and the rest of the band are dragged into a tangle of events that lead to sleepless nights spent rappelling down the sides of buildings and endless days trying to create something to decoy Harley Bevison away from the valuable museum piece. The boys of St. Rupert’s Pipe Band manage to turn Ms. Kent’s thorny situation into victory as they rush to substitute a fake for the original masterpiece. Imagine their surprise when they find out the headmaster, Fr. Dell, has been moving in a parallel direction with the same goal in sight: to deal with Harley Bevison. As glad as Ms. Kent is to get Harley Bevison out of her hair, she is thrilled that they are all safe and able to get back to their studying. Most importantly, Mac and the boys forge true friendships and prove themselves deeply loyal to both their school and their teacher.

A giant human brain has appeared above the atmosphere of the Earth and has begun broadcasting its unsettling thoughts to all the citizens of the Earth, bringing them to the brink of insanity and apocalypse. Marion, an unsettled sociopath, decides this is the best thing to ever happen to him, and he must meet the owner of the mysterious, hideous brain.Marion is in love with a giant human brain that has appeared floating just above the atmosphere of the Earth. Said brain is broadcasting its unsettling and violent thoughts to all the citizens of the Earth, driving them to the brink of insanity and apocalypse. But not Marion. For Marion, this is an exciting time to be alive. The brain has freed him from the doldrums of everyday life, and he must meet its lovely owner.

'Tales of the Horns' is a series full of magic, adventure and intrigue. Mary Horn and her estranged family must face hordes of monstrous enemies and the remnants of old gods in a fight that will seal the fate of the world.Could an ordinary family survive against the heroes, creatures and monsters of legend in a war that threatens the very fabric of reality? Luckily, the Horns are far from ordinary. But, despite their strange heritage, wonderful magic and fearful powers, the odds are stacked against them. Remus and his legion Sons march for Rome, gathering all who would rebel against the new gods; their goal the eradication of Life.Mary Horn’s dreams of leaving Pennysworth County and its magical borders come true one day when she is stolen away from home to work beneath the streets of Olde London in a dungeon filled with hideous monsters. Mary must win her freedom from her new master and remove the curse before she too devolves into a beast. Mary must learn to fight and fight well in an environment that doesn’t tolerate weakness. Can her family save her in time, or will they be swept up in the consuming war? The Tales of The Horns is an exciting and bold new series which blends magic, myth and legend in a contemporary setting.

Glenn Carver was divorced and attempting to find a new life mate. He was currently dating a woman named Gloria but his infatuation with her had dimmed. He was intrigued by a former student named Lynne Markey. She had broken with her boyfriend. The question in this book is whether these two persons could make a new start with each other in their lives.Lucy Handling a rancher's daughter is missing. Sheriff Tom Moratelli has searched everywhere and can't find her. But she might not be the only one.Deputy Glen Norman starts asking questions when one of the town's working girls says her friends missing.When they finally get a suspect, things start moving, especially when Sheriff Moratelli and his wife Sandy come up missing.State trooper Mac Coppola's coming to town and he's brings the dogs. Everyone in town knows Coppola, and they know, he always gets his man.

A somber yet fatalistic tale of a young woman searching for her roots in a foreign land. Sometimes what we're searching for, finds us first.AJ is a short story prequel to the 8th Mayan Prophecy. AJ is the kid everyone in his grade school wants to be like. Unfortunately, he is disinterested in his studies. In order to continue to play sports he forms an alliance with, Nick Jensen, the smartest kid in his class. Together they both get what they desire most - AJ stays out of trouble with his parents and Nick gets chosen to play in every game. But AJ, also the class prankster, always seems to find a way to get them both in trouble, making for some humorous situations.

This book is a collection of the short story that couldn't be more different from one another. Each one of them is things that any person could relate to or know someone that does; from the cheating boyfriends, hanging with dad or just wanting to get out of town for a while.The book in this collection is THE RIDE; this book is about a girl that gets some bad news from a good friend of hers. She makes her friend come along, and she gets to the bottom of things. The second book is PLAYING CARDS; this is a cute story about and girl and her loving father. She looks up to her dad in every way, and he does everything thing he can to his baby girl. The last book is GOODBYE; this book is about a man that had had enough with his nine to five life and try's to find a way out. He wants to see the world and that's what he intends to do.

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The internationally acclaimed author of The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is a magician at the height of his powers, displaying his sorcerer's skill with twenty-one remarkable stories that run the gamut from total reality to light fantastic, from high noon to long after midnight. A true master tells all, revealing the strange secret of growing young and mad; opening a Witch Door that links two intolerant centuries; joining an ancient couple in their wild assassination games; celebrating life and dreams in the unique voice that has favored him across six decades and has enchanted millions of readers the world over.

The first narrative in the collection is "The Prussian Officer", which tells of a Captain and his orderly. Having wasted his youth gambling, the captain has been left with only his military career, and though he has taken on mistresses throughout his life, he remains single. His young orderly is involved in a relationship with a young woman, and the captain, feeling sexual tension towards the young man, prevents the orderly from engaging in the relationship by taking up his evenings. These evenings lead to the captain abusing his orderly and leaving large, painful bruises on his thighs, making it hard for the orderly to walk. Whilst isolated in a forest during manoeuvres, the orderly takes out murderous revenge on the captain, but finds himself in a daze seemingly due both to the pain of the bruises and thirst. The orderly eventually collapses and dies in the hospital shortly there after. The corpses of the two men lay side by side. - wikipedia