Lightweight 1: Dreams Smashwords Edition

      Nicholas Ahlhelm
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A hero is born! Kevin Mathis discovers he has fantastic powers. But the sudden arrival of his control over gravity also brings with it a great threat as mysterious villains send a deadly adversary to attack him!A hero is born! Kevin Mathis awakes to new powers over gravity. The sudden arrival of these abilities complicate his teenage life even more, but alongside his friend Millie he starts to search for answers to their origins. But he may not have much chance as his high school rival George Arnold antagonizes him while a mysterious adversary sends a deadly monster to destroy Kevin before his heroic career can even begin!

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    The Rift

      J.T. Stoll
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The worst date in Vero’s life ends with the arrival of an injured man from another dimension who hands her a magic axe and tries to recruit her and her friends into a war. Which sounds like the exact opposite of how she wants to spend her senior year. Unfortunately, two soldiers from the other world know what she looks like. She might have to fight, whether she wants to or not.The worst date in Vero’s life ends with the arrival of an injured man from another dimension who hands her a magic axe and tries to recruit her and her friends into a war she barely understands. Which sounds like the exact opposite of how she wants to spend her senior year. Her cash-strapped family just moved to a rich town in California, and acclimating to her new surroundings was already tough enough. Unfortunately, two soldiers from the other world know what she looks like and want her dead. In the small town of San Luis Obispo, it’s only a matter of time before they find her. She might have to fight, whether she wants to or not.

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    Adventure Super Frost

      D. F. Pierce
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A new super hero called Super Frost is here. 4 kids built a snowman family and called them the frost family one of the kids put a red cape on the Frost child and the 4 kids named him Super Frost. Spring came and Super frost did not melt and he found out why he is speical and that he could be anything water could be and much more.Super Frost is a new super hero that can be anything water can be and much more. Super Frost helps people and animals. Yes he fights crime and helps all emergency services. Super Frost helps people and animals when they find themselves in trouble and need help. Super Frost also plays with kids like he might see some children playing baseball. Super Frost will ask if he can play and if they say yes Super Frost will say cool I will be the umpire. Super Frost never competes against a child. Super Frost only encourages kids and adults also. Super Frost also like's the kids to draw pictures and stuff of Super Frost and send them to gosuperfrost at yahoo.dot com. Kids that have read Super Frost in schools started this pictures and stuff, and it works some of them are already in future Super Frost series. There teachers liked Super Frost for many reasons,kids like to read Super Frost it is fun and that helps there reading ability. Both boys and girls 8 to 15 have read Super Frost in school all of these kids said Super Frost is cool and like him alot.

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    The Elm Street Ladies Tea and Wine Society

      Sandie Nygaard
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Sara runs from the garden Nazi living next door, June stalks the night streets attempting to avert environmental disaster, and Jean cinches her seat belt, hoping it will help her survive driver’s education. Come meet the misfit inhabitants of Cedarville, Washington, population, 4,601. These fun-filled stories are filled with the warmth, humor and eccentricities of life in small town America.What causes brother to rise up against brother? Can men, nations, and families ever experience true unity and peace? Will racism and hatred finally be eradicated? War often seems to be man's answer for settling disputes and thwarting evil. Perhaps the best solution to our conflicts doesn't reside in this world. When a Civil War chaplain finds himself dodging death-stamped mini balls and dismembering shrapnel, he realizes there is a better way, a final, lasting hope.

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    Billy (a novelette)

      Shaun Whittington
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This is a revised and extended version of the short story, 'The Third Anniversary.'It's been nearly three years since the school killings, and Billy Jones is still haunted by what happened and struggles on how to deal with an episode that will scar the town for a long time.This is a revised and extended version of the short story, 'The Third Anniversary.'In this horrific, yet emotional story, it tells us about a tortured soul. Everywhere is a reminder and there's no escape for Billy Jones. It's been nearly three years since the school killings, and Billy Jones is still haunted by what happened and struggles on how to deal with an episode that will scar the town for a long time.

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    The Devil's Dead and More Tales

      Marius Renos Dicomites
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In a new village built over the ruins of another, another generation of residents move in, unaware of a past buried in blood – an old village decimated in one night of violence. As the dead reach out, Kara realizes a restless evil still threatens the village, and it is only a matter of time before it returns to kill again. The Devil's Dead, an updated novella, and more tales by M.R. DicomitesEvery night little Johnny would lie in his bed and read his favorite comic book series "The Boogeyman." Johnny’s big sister Betty would tease him about his comic book on a daily basis, and say things like, "Johnny if you don't stop reading those stupid comic books the boogeyman is going to get you." She would come in his room and yank the comic book out of his hands and throw it across the room. The more his sister tormented him, the more anger for his sister was mounting.Finally one night as he was reading about the boogeyman his sister yanked the comic book out of his hands and started tearing the pages out of the comic book. She said as she was laughing "Sorry, Johnny, but it's for your own good."Johnny replied, "I wish you were dead."

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    Cwtch Me If You Can

      Beth Reekles
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Alex considers herself the ultimate romantic, and Valentine's Day is her favourite day of the year - until her boyfriend chooses that day to break up with her. Heartbroken and angry, Alex swears off guys. But that's easier said than done when she keeps bumping into smart and sexy Sean. After all - there's no such thing as fate... right?

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    The Pillars of Salem

      Harold Carper
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~ 4325 words. Yedi and old Elkhanan have arrived on the agrarian world of Tikvah, whose violent and sorrowful past is revealed as they and other immigrants travel to the town of Salem. Please leave a review if you enjoy the story!A crash, a nightmare, a blinding light--in an instant, life changed for the dreamers who traveled to this virgin world. Death and devastation followed, making life more like a twisted delusion instead of the bright future the pioneers had dreamt of. However, when three of the town's young women are abducted, the people rally behind Dirk Bayo, a self-exiled hunter with the broken heart. Dirk must utilize his tracking and hunting skills to bring the women home. He must face his own fears and overcome his faults before the insane kidnappers spirit the girls too far from reach--or vanquish them forever.Acrimony Arising is Act I, Trilogy I of the Edenix Cycle. Act II and III forthcoming.

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    Metamorphosis and rebirth

      Rosario Volpi
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twenty-five experimental poetryin broken English.Because every day,every hour that I scan your face,I feel the same act of life,the same imperceptible avalanche of emotions,that keeps the instantbefore the wave touches the sand.WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED two American federal government cabinet ministers join a secretive world-class alliance to create a global surveillance and online tracking system of sweeping control. But when a ubiquitous flash drive with shocking content falls into the hands of an intrepid journalist, a new threat emerges to release the story to an unwary world. When global cyber security is the prize in the race for our online future, can the defiance of two master operators backed by a clandestine global team outpace the vaunted skill of America's free press and an underground cyber defense team with their own agenda?Welcome to Washington, D.C., a city where life is a deal and secrecy is holding the cards. The Origin Point is a future tech cyber novella taking you into the untold plan to create the most intrusive global surveillance and online data system ever envisioned. This is the first prequel novella to the Life Online book series. Secretary of State Julia Davenport the electric diplomat with a global network made of unbendable steel, and Marco Manuel, the director of the almost unknown Federal Security Commission join Global Cyber Security to construct an international cyber operation uniting all surveillance, satellite images and everyone's online data into one controllable space. Taking full advantage of dysfunction in D.C. politics and a billionaire class awash with cash, they manipulate federal government departments, big business and global law enforcement into implementing their project. But a mysterious underground technologist named Apex has insight into their operations and her own plan for stopping the project designed to control everyone's identity. Using sophisticated tech skill, she launches a targeted investigation into the security operation, and sets up a galvanized global team set to risk their lives in a counter cyber attack. As GCS battles to accelerate its implementation timeline, and independent technologists mobilize to stop them, those caught in the middle debate the most decisive issues of our times: Do you want individual privacy or do you want global security? What is the responsibility of business to protect consumer data? What is the role of government in managing progress? Can we prevent the technology from taking control? From the law-making halls of D.C. to the free-wheeling tech economy in San Francisco, the forces making these decisions are already in the game and your life is in play. Learn who is bracing to advance and who is in retreat as the brightest minds lay the foundation for a future that may have already arrived. Start the Life Online book series with this novella about how today's national security operations become tomorrow's total control over you and everything you do. Meet the machine in the middle whose intelligence is all human beings can program at this moment, but not all the programming to come. The Life Online books are speculative science fiction thrillers for thinking people imagining the unintended consequences of our dependence on technology.

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    Frozen in Crime

      Cecilia Peartree
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Frozen in Crime is the fifth novel in the Pitkirtly mystery series.As Christmas approaches, deep snow cloaks the little town of Pitkirtly, an armed robbery takes place and Jemima’s husband Dave disappears. But that's just the start of it!Frozen in Crime is the fifth novel in the Pitkirtly mystery series.As Christmas approaches, deep snow cloaks the little town of Pitkirtly, an armed robbery takes place and Jemima’s husband Dave disappears.Amaryllis, searching for adventure, wants to go on an epic quest but Christopher, needless to say, isn’t at all happy about the prospect. They both find themselves trekking through the snow anyway. Meanwhile at the police station Charlie Smith and his men, trapped at work by the weather, celebrate Christmas in style with microwaved sprouts and virtual crackers.Things can only get worse as, under cover of snow and ice, two desperate men make their evil plans.

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    Look Here, Hercules (a short story)

      Teri Kanefield
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Ashley wishes she had a dog!Then one day, a little terrier digs into her backyard—and the adventure begins.A story of love at first sight.PRAISE FOR TERI’S FIRST NOVEL, RIVKA’S WAY:-Sydney Taylor Notable Book"A rewarding read for the romantically inclined." School Library Journal "A simple but daring adventure." Voice of Youth AdvocatesAshley wishes she had a dog!Then one day, a little terrier digs into her backyard—and the adventure begins.A story of love at first sight.Includes a sample chapter of A Pocket Full of Gold.PRAISE FOR TERI’S FIRST CHILDREN’S NOVEL, RIVKA’S WAY:-Sydney Taylor Notable Book-Lilith Magazine’s 5th Annual Selection of Books for Young Readers-Included in Great Books for Girls (Random House, 2002)"A rewarding read for the romantically inclined." School Library Journal "A simple but daring adventure." Voice of Youth Advocates "This well-told tale will appeal to fans of both historical fiction and spunky female protagonists." Kliatt"Kanefield weaves a suspenseful tale of friendship and love.” Hadassah Magazine.“When Rivka befriends a man who is unjustly thrown into debtor's jail with no recourse, she is faced with a hard decision, to risk leaving the ghetto again or to abandon this man to a grim fate. Her choice creates an uproar and deeply changes Rivka's view of her world.” Lilith Magazine“Readers will be pleased to find another character who shares Rivka's deep sense of justice.” Booklist

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