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William MacLeod Raine was an American author who wrote classic adventure novels about the Wild West.

Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869 – September 13, 1937) was an American author. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his short story "Pigs Is Pigs", in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which soon start proliferating exponentially. His most famous character was Philo Gubb. His career spanned more than forty years, and his stories, poems, and articles were published in more than 225 magazines. His work appeared alongside that of his contemporaries, including Mark Twain, Sax Rohmer, James B. Hendryx, Berton Braley, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Don Marquis, Will Rogers, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Despite the enormous volume of his work, Butler was, for most of his life, only a part-time author. He worked full-time as a banker and was very active in his local community. A founding member of both the Dutch Treat Club and the Author's League of America, Butler was an always-present force in the New York City literary scene.

Thailand, the week before Christmas. Sofia Aguiar arrives in the Ocean Pearl to start her four month contract as a cruise ship's doctor.She quickly realizes how different and intense life can be onboard and how fast the new friends she makes become as important as family.Sofia is coping with some problems. Life is not going like she expected so she decides to get way and takes a job as a cruise ship doctor. When she arrives onboard the week before Christmas she quickly gets absorbed by the small world of the big ships and learns how the industry works, how intensely crew members live their lives and how important good friends are in a place where there is nothing else to hold on to.‘Until the Gangway Tears Us Apart’ is a portrait of life as a crew member onboard modern cruise ships, where passengers find a dream holiday and crew find all sorts of different things from hard work to romance and everything in between.

Heaven has its surprises, even for someone who has lived there for ten thousand years, but none so startling as a request to leave it."Your wish is my command!" What would you wish for if you were offered three wishes?When poor little rich girl, Tamar, found a dirty old bottle in the river and released an ancient and powerful Djinn, she decided to go for the big one, the wish to end all wishes.Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time...Djinnx'd ... ... or Jinxed by a genie, which is what happens to Tamar when she is tricked into taking the genie's place in the bottle.Good - in that she now has phenomenal cosmic powerBad - in that she is now the slave of the bottle for the next several eternities.But eternity is cut short when she meets Denny.At first he seems just the latest in a long line of human masters, but it soon becomes apparent that he is no ordinary master when he declares his intention to set Tamar free from her bondage - no matter what the cost.He has no idea what he's let himself in for.Witches, mermaids, houri's a homicidal Djinn and a mad forest god with a superiority complex and that's not the half of it...What can kill a Djinn?If Denny can't answer this question in time then it will all have been for nothing.“The first Tamar Black book is a lively and delightful read.” (Witchreader on Amazon US) “Comic fantasy at its best. Comparable with the masters of the genre.” (Wendy Darling on Amazon US) “ … A delightfully funny story, yet laced with suspense.” (Bleep50 On Amazon US)“Four stars for an entertaining read and one extra for originality.” (YBR on Amazon UK) “Campy, zany, off the wall, and a hell of a lot of fun, Djinnx'd doesn't slow down.” (gnoshinmidges On Amazon US)

Elusive creatures. Strategies revealed. The death of a woman draws the attention of an enigmatic detective, and through the angels he will unveil this crime.Isaias is a moody policeman who exercises his work without any mishaps in listless Rio Vermelho, a small town in Minas Gerais, Brazil. But his routine changed when, one morning, the body of young Judith was found in the backyard of the rectory. The failure of investigation leads to the request for assistance of a detective from the principal city. The newcomer detective had a strange movement in the eyes, and an extraordinary and unbe- lievable ability: he could read the thoughts of others. From the delegate, Isaiah knew that Clovis could do it in dialogue with angels. The research was becoming more exciting every day. But Isaias intrigued with the difficulty of Clovis to unveil the crime, after all, couldn't him just observe and ask the angels close to the suspects? As soon as Isaias can understand how the detective Clovis viewing the world through the angels and how those angels influence human beings, Isaias not only discover the Judith’s secret, he also see that his life and destiny changed completely.

On July 16, 1990, the most devastating earthquake in Philippine history takes place. Daniel, an engineering student is trapped beneath the rubble of the Hyatt Terraces Hotel. Rose, his girlfriend, is an OFW in Hong Kong. She awaits news of his situation.On July 16, 1990, the most devastating earthquake in Philippine history takes place. Daniel, an engineering student is trapped beneath the rubble of the Hyatt Terraces Hotel. Rose, his girlfriend, is an OFW in Hong Kong. She awaits news of his situation.A love story which shows the nature of man: his love and hatred, his compassion and greed, his weakness and determination to rise above human tragedy empowered by his faith in God.

Looking forward to Halloween, which she plans to celebrate with her friends at a sleepover party, young Nancy Drew finds a strange old key in Bess' back yard that leads to a mystery when it suddenly disappears.

It was an ordinary day, and then it wasn't. A tale of unexpected horror.A humorous retelling of Genesis from Eve's pole dancing to "Skippy" Noah surfing to Hagar in a french maid outfit and more. Each chapter is a condensed scene making the flow pleasant and easy to follow. Weighing in at just over 10,000 words, this short novella allows you to breeze through the beginning of time in an afternoon, perhaps even saying to yourself, "I didn't know it happened like THAT."

Somewhere between Monty Python and Douglas Adams orbits tiny earth. This is the sequel to Tiny Earth Declares War on Earth. Earth’s peace committee has failed to destroy tiny earth, and now the president and his team are stuck on our microscopic nemesis. What effect will earthlings have on tiny earth culture? Will the president and his team ever return to our planet?Somewhere between Monty Python and Douglas Adams orbits tiny earth. This is the sequel to Tiny Earth Declares War on Earth. Earth’s peace committee has failed to destroy tiny earth, and now the president and his team are stuck on our microscopic nemesis. What effect will earthlings have on tiny earth culture? Will the president and his team ever return to our planet? Will former president Holcomb catch Madeline the cow and eat her? Find the answers to these and many other questions.

Richard Schiffers, divorced middle-aged telephone lineman, feels he's gotten a raw deal from the System. Get enough beer into him and he'll tell you about it without being asked. But Schiffers's notions about the System depart rather dramatically from its true nature...which becomes obvious, and very important, when the true Power behind the System decides to take a hand.His Excellency Walter Brown, Ireland's first resident Ambassador to Turkey presented his credentials in September 1968. He delegated the business of finding a residence to his wife, a French Countess, Colette Coerduroi-Brown.It is left to Dennis O'Gorman, the mission's Third Secretary, to restrain the exuberance of the Countess and handle the negotiations. He becomes embroiled in Turkish politics, in a house that is considered to be haunted. Enter a murderer!Diligent, ambitious, often unlucky; Dennis is obliged to turn detective.Millicent, his fiancée in Limerick, disapproves. The Department in Dublin frowns.He is fed a diet of red herrings, washed down by undependable wine.Dennis perseveres.

In Blue for Christmas, a nosy private eye gets more than she bargained for when a suspicious wife suspects her husband of foul play.This 4,530-word short story is 29 pages long.In this 21st Century, the Age of Technology, we are still plagued by religious beliefs that are a contributing cause toward terrorism, killings and wars between nations. Belief in a deity, who has caused catastrophes, thereby punishing people, was brought about by hysteria and superstitions. These thought processes need to be reassessed and brought up to date. Open-minded people must use common sense to determine whether God was incorrectly perceived, misinterpreted and misunderstood by the masses of a bygone era.

Holding the Bricks is a short screenplay about the beginning of the Mexican Drug Cartels in Guadalajara, Mexico in the year 1976. It is an adaptation from the first short story in the novella Back From The Bardo.In this short story, one of life's most questioned traits is explored, fate. How powerful is it really?An immobile creature yearns for someone it knows it cannot have, but fate has a way of making even the most impossible dreams come true.

Still bearing scars from the gulag, a freed POW traverses Russia to arrive at the Polish town of Lodz. In its massive Hotel Savoy, he meets a surreal cast of characters, each eagerly awaiting the return from America of a rich man named Bloomfield. Like Europe itself in 1932, the hotel is the stage upon which characters follow fate to its tragic destination.

Great fun for kids of all ages, these two short stories are not traditional fairytales but like most fairytales, they offer lessons for life, with a little magic and darkness thrown in.Great fun for kids of all ages, these two short stories are not traditional fairytales but like most fairytales, they offer lessons for life, with a little magic and darkness thrown in. The first story, 'Word Queen', tells the tale of a Panda who discovers the secret of words on a journey through a magical land. 'Black Eye' meanwhile, is a simple rites-of-passage story about a boy's quest to find the truth behind the bruise around his eye.If you or your children want to be entertained and educated by stories filled with magic and strangeness, and introduced to worlds of Pandas,Words, Black Eyes, Adventures, Quests and Travelling Fools, then you should read these 'Two New Fairytales' today.

In this final chapter in a tale of family, love, and sacrifice, the events of the past pave the long and winding road toward a future no one could have imagined.

In a dystopian society, prisons have been replaced by islands, each corresponding to a different crime. After 17 year old Brie Vanguard was framed for a crime she didn't commit, she is sent to the islands, a ruling she takes as a guaranteed death sentence. With the help of a mysterious boy, Brie must fight for her freedom and find a way to survive against all odds.By the year 2171, climate change has devastated the former United States, now the Northern American Alliance. Prisons have been replaced by the Islands: Addicts, Dealers, Crazies, Thieves, Murderers, The Violents, and Innocents, each island devoted to a different crime.Ever since 17 year old Innocents resident Brie Vanguard could remember, she has been training to become a Murderers Guard. But after a drastic turn of events, she finds herself sentenced to one of the islands, a ruling she takes as a guaranteed death sentence. With the help of a mysterious boy, Brie must fight for her freedom and find a way to survive against all odds. But with danger lurking around every corner, Brie soon learns that only the strong survive. Innocents is a terrifying look at a post apocalyptic world that will keep you up late into the night thinking “what if”.

Human race is on trial at the Supreme Court of the Galactic Empire for generalized crimes against life. Sentencing could mean instant annihilation of all mammals on Earth. What could one possible argue in the defense of the human race in front of beings of such immense wisdom and vast culture? Read this fifteen hundred word tale with a most surprising ending and find out.Kaiya held a magical power in her blood to make the night creatures immune to the sun. Byron's assignment was easy, to make her fall in love with him and have her offer her blood to him and all the vampires in Connor's coven. There was just one thing he wasn't allowed to do: fall in love with her. Will he follow the rules and be faithful to his maker or will he turn his back on his own kind just to save her? With so much to lose the choice won’t be easy