Short Stories Part1

      L L Caulton
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A small collection of short stories.>>The Haunting at Carlton Manor>>The possession of Tiffany Graeme>>The Light>>The Halloween Slaughter>>The Witches Curse>>The Haunting at Carlton ManorA young couple with children have a house left to them by a dead relative, the couple gladly move in but the house is haunted and their dream home son becomes a living nightmare. >>The possession of Tiffany GraemeTiffany notices a few strange things happening around her home, she and he nan come up with a plan to rid the place of evil but end up facing an eternity of fear and horror.>>The LightA young woman who is over coming a breakup ends up in a tragic accident that threatens her life, but love can be found in the strangest of placed.>>The Halloween SlaughterA sinister presence terrorizes people on Halloween, will the serial killer get his final victim or will their fate change?>>The Witches CurseNot all folklore is as it seems. (Very similar to Salam witch trials)

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    The Dinosaur Tweet

      Roger Busby
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Bob Bishop was scrolling his Twitter feed when the dinosaur tweet popped up. The moment he spotted the author’s name he couldn’t suppress a guffaw. "Rave from the grave,” he said, chuckling, “I can’t believe that old war horse is still alive and kicking.”Bob Bishop was scrolling his Twitter feed when the dinosaur tweet popped up. The moment he spotted the author’s name he couldn’t suppress a guffaw. “Something tickled your fancy guv’nor?” Lauren glanced up from the adjacent terminal where she was uploading the latest target package onto Crimefighter. Bishop pointed at the screen. “Rave from the grave,” he said, chuckling, “I can’t believe that old war horse is still alive and kicking.” The girl came around and stood behind him, reading the tweet over his shoulder. “Bit strong. Who’s Jack Rivers anyway, bit of a nutter?”“Job old timer,” Bishop said, “from way back when we were young and keen, Jack was the DI running the Peckham crime squad and I was a mere skipper on the relief.” Bishop wagged his head as the memories stirred, “Long long ago,” he said.Lauren smiled down at him, “You surprise me guv,” she said, “I always assumed you were a direct entrant on the graduate ticket, you’ll be telling me you walked a beat in a tall hat next.”“Oh that I did,” Bishop said, the recollection stirring the recesses of his memory, “wooden-top in a blue suit, Commissioner’s cannon fodder, we didn’t know any better.” He glanced at the photo ID dangling from the lanyard around his neck as if seeking confirmation of his ascendancy from the mean streets of South London: Under his mug shot and the crest of the Metropolitan Police his designation read: Robert Bishop, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Directorate of Public Affairs. “Must’ve had a run-in with the hobby bobbies to get him riled up like that,” Lauren mused reading the vitriolic tweet, “d’you want me to check the system?”Bishop swung his chair around to face her. Blonde hair pulled back in a pony tail, trendy jumper and designer jeans, a thirty-something DCI from the Media Ops Directorate. If Jack Rivers could’ve seen himself outranked by a girlie-girl he would have had apoplexy. “No,” he said, “You’ve got enough on your plate as it is, how’s the old man’s baby coming along, he’s bound to want a SITREP at morning prayers.”“Chip-n-nick?” it was Lauren’s turn to laugh, “Couple of hard men in the guinea pig group cut off their ear lobes with bolt cutters and ditched the implants. We’re going to have to tag ‘em somewhere else guv’nor.” She grinned, “Somewhere they won’t want to cut off.”Bishop wagged his head. “It’s pretty academic anyway, we ever get it past those bleeding hearts in Strasburg it’ll be a miracle. Infringement of human rights is a capital offence these days, the legal eagles’ll have a field day.”Lauren turned back to her terminal; she hadn’t noticed the far away look creep into Bob Bishop’s eyes as he re-read the dinosaur tweet and time shifted back to the dark ages. “Bob – you got a minute,” The Chief Super poked his head around the parade room door just as Bishop finished briefing the two-to-ten. “Step into the office, sergeant” the old man held the door open, grinning. And as Bishop did so, remarked, “That’s the last time I’ll call you that, Bob.” He waved a telex from the Yard. “You just got made up – congratulations Inspector.” He clapped Bishop on the shoulder in an avuncular gesture, “And you’ve got a posting my son, the dream factory.”As Bishop read the telex with mounting astonishment, the old man began to laugh: Bishop let it sink in for a moment and then he said: “Do I have a choice, boss? To be honest I’d rather stick with the relief.”The Divisional Commander shook his head: “Came down on a tablet of stone, Bob.” He glanced at his watch, “Oh and you’d better look sharpish; get over to the Yard and report to the fifth floor. Don’t look so shell shocked, your wagon just got hitched to a star.”

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    Pilgrims To Jerusalem

      Norbert Mercado
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“Life is more exciting if there is a dream,” Jonathan Abraham told Gene Ensomo as the cruise ship Queen Virginia plied the Mediterranean Sea on a cold night. The ship was on its way to Port Haifa in Israel. Jonathan Abraham, and his wife Ruth, were Jews who were born in Australia. Their parents escaped from the Netherlands to the Philippines during World War II.A glimpse of Gene Ensomo's past.“Life is more exciting if there is a dream,” Jonathan Abraham told Gene Ensomo as the cruise ship Queen Virginia plied the Mediterranean Sea on a cold night. The ship was on its way to Port Haifa in Israel.Jonathan Abraham, and his wife Ruth, were Jews who were born in Australia. Their parents escaped from the Netherlands to the Philippines during World War II when the German leader Adolf Hitler began the horrifying persecution of the Jews in Europe. This persecution resulted in genocide: the killing of more than six million Jewish people.

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    alias Kraut a Braji Short Tale

      P. S. Wright
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A short short postscript to the novel Braji that continues the character portrait of Kraut and provides a glimpse into his life after Brajilliana.The Punishment of the Gods is an epic fantasy story spanning five books:The peace and safety of Weldera has long been bound to the fortress of Dadron, which stands impregnable in the center of Falsis. In the west, however, a dark spirit plots revenge against his ancient rival, who is worshipped as a god in Dadron. Good and evil prepare for the coming clash; but for those caught up in the midst of the struggle, the difference between the two seems to vanish away.In the midst of this conflict, Daryas Galvahirne finds himself torn from his homeland by forces beyond his understanding. Tortured by dreams and terrified by the uncertainty of the future, he discovers, to his horror, that much of this future has come to rest upon his own shoulders. Though he has a powerful prince for a rival and a terrifying monster as his enemy, his greatest anxiety is born from the demand of his beloved that he return to her without spot or blemish. But how can a soul, black throughout, be made white?

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    A New Leader Emerges

      John Stevenson
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Nicholas arrives too late to warn his friends, but just in time to witnesses the bloody end of the revolution. With all hope lost he sets out to wreak his own retribution, at the almost certain cost of his own life.A targeted individual, with a special purpose, discovers the horrors of psychotronic terrorism, cloning, and white slavery in the southern United States, where the slave traders wield ties to law enforcement over the population. Another targeted individual is taken under mind control and forced into white slavery. A junior level member of a human trafficking cartel, who has stalked both of them, obtains access to victims of human trafficking for obeying orders.Victims of the psychotronic systems face synthetic telepathy, seizures, electromagnetic shocks, and automation control under a veneer government with an underground white slavery culture.This Illuminati horror novel is not for the squeamish.

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    Coby's Short Dilemma

      R.H. Proenza
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Coby is somewhat short for his age. He's frustrated and thinks himself as a "shrimp." He and his friend stumble on to a home break-in and his friend gets caught. Now he has to figure out how to rescue him from the dangerous burglar. Can his small size help in the rescue or will he get taken as prisoner too?A story about dealing with INSECURITY ---- Coby is somewhat short for his age. He's frustrated and thinks himself as a "shrimp." He can't wait for puberty and a growth spurt. He and his friend stumble on to a home break-in and his friend gets caught. The burglar threatens him with a knife. Now he has to figure out how to rescue him from the dangerous man. Can he figure out how to get his friend who has his hands tied? Can his small size help in the rescue or will he get taken as prisoner too?

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    The Furrowed Brow

      Eric Praschan
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London, 1705. In an isolated country home, Anthony, an eccentric bachelor obsessed with studying human behavior, embarks on an unorthodox experiment: switching places with his butler, Philip. What begins as an innocent, amusing analysis soon turns into a perilous ordeal, leaving Anthony with a life-altering choice to make.Jadde – The Fragile Sanctuary is a full on smash and crash through post-apocalyptic Sci-fi. If you want to see how a genetic mutation can go horribly wrong then read this book. Millennia have passed since the twenty-first century demon wars when mankind so nearly succumbed to genetically altered mutants - The Quarter-men. Now only isolated pockets of struggling humanity survive. One insular tribe The Seconchane, are developing psychic powers. Sometimes the gift fails and the unfortunates are banished from the Seconchane’s mountain valleys. Into this harsh reality comes Malkrin Owlear one of the Seconchane’s most gifted. But his incredible talent falters once too often . . .He discovers the deadlands are not as barren as the priesthood say. The quarter-men, from mans technological past have returned, intent on completing their destruction of mankind. Malkrin and his paranormally talented friends must rediscover from a time forgotten how the ancients led by the goddess Jadde prevailed over the quarter-men swarms.It was mans last chance – and Malkrin cannot fail.

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    The Replacements

      Gamal Hennessy
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You only get to make one mistake.Three young men travel from the suburbs to the city in search of forbidden pleasure. They think they are prepared to commit a crime and become men, but are they ready for the surprise that their dealer has set up for them?You only get to make one mistake.Three young men travel from the suburbs to the city in search of forbidden pleasure. They think they are prepared to commit a crime and become men, but are they ready for the surprise that their dealer has set up for them?

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    My Turn - Achieving the American Dream

      Jonathan Williams
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In order to achieve the American Dream, Chris must either choose being ethical and getting fired or crossing to the other side and keeping his job. Tired of living paycheck to paycheck he decides to play the corporate game. This decision will not only affect his professional life but his personal life as well.Silicon Valley is home to several Technology and PharmaceuticalBiotech corporations. Chris moved to Silicon Valley in 2000. He has been fortunate to have worked for various prestigious corporations. He has been handling data for these companies for well over ten years. His work ethic and morals have kept him employed. During his tenure at a Fortune 100 company, he is offered a position at a small Biotech. It is not too long after taking this new position that he is promoted to Management. The IT Director who Chris reports to gives him the choice of playing the corporate game or getting fired. Chris must either choose being ethical and getting fired or crossing to the other side and keeping his job. Honesty and integrity have hampered him from achieving the American dream. Though employed, Chris does not have a house, nice cars or a family. He realizes that he is part of the ninety-nine percentile. Tired of living paycheck to paycheck he decides to play the corporate game. This decision will not only affect his professional life but his personal life as well.

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    I Believe You (A Contemporary Novel)

      Low Kay Hwa
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I Believe You is Low Kay Hwa's second book. The story focuses on two junior college students' love story. This is the novel that propelled Low Kay Hwa's writing career. Now in its seventh print!What if you have no tomorrow to look forward to? Maybe it's not about what tomorrow can offer you, but what you can offer today.When Joanna Fung was thirteen, she said that her mother would die in a car accident. Two days later, her mother was crushed by a lorry and died. Since then, Joanna believes she has a "curse"—and she stops talking.However, everything changes when she meets Jacky, a happy-go-lucky classmate. He believes that Joanna is merely having a mental disorder, and goes all out to help her. As she is forced to "curse" him, she realizes life is not merely about life and death—but about smiles and frowns.A novel that catapults Low Kay Hwa's status as a best-selling novelist in Singapore, I Believe You has been read by many, and is well-known to be used as a book to teach students about morals.

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    Dark

      JD Jones
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John Corwin is back and this time he is married to the beautiful Kathy. They have created a successful business at the campground but still they want to do more. Using John's relationship with the little girl ghost in the Mist, John and Kathy embark on a new endeavor to bring closure to other families who have suffered loss and violence. What they don't see is the evil stalking them.hi I'm so glad you took the time to read my book or at least browse through the download...it's made mostly for children from 1 to 10 years old, to teach them all about their ABC's in a fun kind of way where they can take pictures and associate them with letters making it a little bit easier for them to understand what that word or letter should stand for. Thanks once again and have a happy.

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    Pressed For Luck

      Filzibeen
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A team of aliens have come to survey life on prehistoric Earth, but their mission appears to be sabotaged. Now, they have to race against time to undo the damage they've started, or all life on our planet will perish.PRESSED FOR LUCK is one of seventeen short stories in my collection of short stories, TWENTY TWELVE.Jules' job as a homicide detective has become the perfect cover as he pursues supernatural beings that are determined to eliminate him. This short thriller will have you wishing for more... once you catch your breath.

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    The Child

      BobWheeler
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Not all that long ago an event happened not far from where I live. In trying to understand what happened then night I created this short work. It is neither pretty or easy to read.There are things that happen that we can't even begin to understand. With this short work I will try to understand the force that drives someone to extreme measures. This is painful and I refuse to profit off someone's pain... so this is free. I hope that this piece or work will strike a chord for you.In as much as there is no sex this is not an adult book... but this is a book you will want to review before letting your children read it.

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