Episode One: Lights, Camera, Impact!

      T.L. Charles
     Episode One: Lights, Camera, Impact!

In Episode One, Galaxy must defend the life of a famed holofilm director from a mysterious assassin on a barren, hostile world.As adventurers of the grand cosmos, Mr. Jason Space and Captain Helena Galaxy seek to discover new worlds and new adventures and to have fun while doing it. They will never do paid mercenary work, no matter how good the offer, for they are explorers and not mercenaries. They will complete every mission they undertake, no matter how much trouble it gets them into. And they will never give up, regardless of whatever menacing aliens or dangerous obstacles they run into.When Galaxy travels to the uninhabited world of Magna 5, she goes there only to find rare rocks she and Space can sell to geologists for money to help fuel their travels across the universe. But when Galaxy finds herself alone up against an old-fashioned assassin who is trying to kill a famed holofilm director, and with a meteor on its way to devastate the planet's surface, Galaxy must race against time to stop the assassin and get off Magna 5 before it is too late.

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    Over the Sea

      Sherwood Smith
     Over the Sea

When Sherwood Smith was eight years old, a girl named Clair walked into her dreams, bringing hints of a world where girls could adventure, live on their own, and best of all, didn't have to grow up. Clair traveled about looking for girls who needed a home. She even came to Earth, where she found CJ, who did not fit. CJ found herself not only taken to another world to live, but she became the princess - Clair's "left hand splat." One of her jobs as princess was to write down their records. Another was to serve as leader for the girls when Clair was busy learning to become queen. The girls had jobs, too, using their imaginations and their wits to foil villains who tried to take a kingdom away from a mere girl. From the shadowy Kwenz, a powerful mage with a very wicked past, to the usurper Glotulae and her son Prince Jonnicake, who in their ridiculous way were just as determined to boot Clair out, there were plenty of chances for adventure. And mystery, like why did kids from...

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    Coronado Dreaming

      G.B. Brulte
     Coronado Dreaming

Two soul-mates are separated because one of them finds himself in the strange, dreamlike world of a coma. A quantum world where all possibilities co-exist, but nothing is really real. Can his subconscious lead him back to his life and his love?Love isn’t dead… it’s just unconscious. Two soul-mates meet on a perfect San Diego day, and before they have a chance to see each other again, Greg, through a quirk of fate, finds himself in the strange, dreamlike world of a coma. A world where all possibilities coexist, and the future, past and present are all part of the bizarre quantum multi-verse that blends time and distance, pain and laughter, love and destiny. A twisting, many faceted journey through the diamond of emotion, Coronado Dreaming takes hold of your imagination and guides you through eternity like a Cheshire cat… grinning at your surprise, licking at your tears, and nuzzling against your heart.

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    Slave Graves

      Thomas Hollyday
     Slave Graves

An archeology site uncovers a vicious crime and leads to new murdersJake has watched a band of Hunters lay waste to the only family he has... the undead! Now he's also being hunted too, especially by The Mad Prophet. He is the last vampire left. However, in the middle of surviving the shrewdness of his big time nemesis and escaping, he discovers a secret, one owned by the hunters themselves and one only he can stop... before it spirals out of control.

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    Black Lady Chronicles

      Lady Dae
     Black Lady Chronicles

Cleo hates being a girl. It's brought her nothing but grief in her life. In fact, she hates women in general. They're weak petty backstabbing harpies. However, she starts to have doubts about that when a women from an elite sorority of bonded females saves her an shows her a different side to femininity.Temperance Levinthal is the main character in the novel, Legend Unleashed by M. Latimer-Ridley, which is set fourteen years after this story.“When an infamous criminal is unleashed from his prison, it has consequences for everyone in Carwick. Temperance Levinthal in particular…Temperance is satisfied with her ordinary life. Dealing with her eccentric, childlike parents is all the excitement she needs. That changes when Alastair Byron returns home.After a failed matchmaking attempt by her father, sparks fly between her and Alastair-just not the good kind.They are forced together though, when they are implicated in a grisly murder. Their search for the truth leads them to a secret world beneath Carwick, filled with werewolves, wizards and other magical faey.However, uncovering the truth is far more dangerous than they’d ever imagined.There are secrets within secrets.Even Alastair may be more than he seems…”

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    The Silver Seals - Skylar

      Skiye Brant
     The Silver Seals - Skylar

Skylar James Johnson, known as Sky for short, is a superhero. He has the amazing ability of electricity, which helps him build, create, and fix anything mechanical or electrical. He has to try and balance school, home, and saving New York from an evil organization called Tiger’s Blood. His two brothers, Nate and Nick, also fight alongside him on the team they created themselves, the Silver Seals.Skylar James Johnson, known as Sky for short, is a superhero. He has the amazing ability of electricity, which helps him build, create, and fix anything mechanical or electrical. He has to try and balance school, home, and saving New York City from the evil organization known as Tiger’s Blood, all while not letting his parents know about this. His two brothers, Nate and Nick, also fight alongside him on the team they created themselves, the Silver Seals.

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    Healer's Apprentice

      H.M. Van Fleet
     Healer's Apprentice

The stories that are told, that are written, are of those who influence the world around them. They are of men and women who could make people dance to their tune, who rose to greatness through their bloodline or their strength. The story I tell is of a young man who rose to greatness by staying in the shadows, using his cunning to shape the kingdom.“Insurrection is the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensable of duties.” –Marquis de LaFayetteThe stories that are told, that are written, are of those who influence the world around them. They are of men and women who could make people dance to their tune, who rose to greatness through their bloodline or their strength. The story I tell is of a young man who rose to greatness by staying in the shadows, using his cunning to shape the kingdom.My name is Max. I am the second child of a peasant couple. My life was forever changed the day I was supposed to die…

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    Black Bartlemy's Treasure

      Jeffery Farnol
     Black Bartlemy's Treasure

Martin Conisby, embittered by his five years of slavery on the Spanish galleon Esmeralda, escapes during a sea fight and makes his way back to England, determined to avenge himself on Richard Brandon, who was the cause of his father's death and his own ill-treatment. Broken in body and spirit, he arrives home just in time to save from the hands of robbers a beautiful girl, Lady Joan Brandon, the daughter of the man whom he has sworn to punish. In a tavern he meets a pal, Adam Penfeather, who unfolds to him the story of Black Bartlemy, an infamous pirate, and his treasure buried on an island--treasure of fabuous value that has been the dream and hope of roving adventurers along the Spanish Main for many years.

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    Un billet de loterie. English

      Jules Verne
     Un billet de loterie. English

Le fiancé de Hulda Hansen est porté disparu, il était à bord d'un bateau de pêche naufragé au large de Terre-Neuve; la seule trace qui reste de lui est un billet de loterie qu'il avait laissé dans une bouteille jetée à l'eau au moment du naufrage. La loterie ne sera tirée que quelques mois plus tard. Hulda et son frère sauvent le député Sylvius Hog d'une noyade dans la rivière Rjukan

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    The Killing Sword

      Asotir
     The Killing Sword

Retelling of the legend of Balyn the Wild, one of King Arthur's deadliest and rashest knights.Before the Round Table and his marriage, King Arthur depended on one knight above the rest: Balyn the Wild. But the Knight of Two Swords was reckless and dangerous, no matter how skillful with a blade. And before he met his end, Balyn would strike the one stroke that would in time doom all Camelot.

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    Spinners

      Esha Dadbhawala
     Spinners

Evanna is struggling through her turbulent life with a mom who doesn't pay any attention to her, a new school, and a fake friend who is sure to turn on Evanna as soon as possible. But her crazy life is going to become even more so as she is thrust into the dangerous and terrifying world of the Land of Au. There, she learns that a murderous villain named Arachne is taking control of Earth, and everEvanna is struggling through her turbulent life with a mom who doesn't pay any attention to her, a new school, and a fake friend who is sure to turn on Evanna as soon as possible. But her crazy life is going to become even more so as she is thrust into the dangerous and terrifying world of the Land of Au. There, she learns that a murderous villain named Arachne is taking control of Earth, and everything Evanna has ever known is in mortal peril. She has only a month and mysterious powers to defeat Arachne. She also meets six people, Holly, Kae, Stephanie, Eli, Phillip, and Mallory, who are going to help her. If she doesn't manage to defeat Arachne. . . well, we don't want to go there. Follow Evanna's adventures as she and her friends learn to work together to try defeat Arachne and save the world.

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    Wren Journeymage

      Sherwood Smith
     Wren Journeymage

After journeymage Wren and Queen Teressa argue over wicked Hawk Rhiscarlan,Wren leaves the magic school seeking Prince Connor.Wren is aboard a smuggler,fighting pirates with magic when Teressa flirts with Hawk, who upsets her court as Tyron-the next Queen’s Mage-watches helplessly.Evil ex-king Andreus adds to the danger that the four friends must resolve—along with their personal conflicts.

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    Aquari

      DD White
     Aquari

Aquari the immortal cosmic being becomes involved with galactic beings that send him to the planet Tze-Doldus-2 in order to find out what happened to the legendary Star-Door that once existed there. The Star-Door was a masterpiece of galactic architecture that united the 2nd Age galactic civilization with 15 Star-Door wormhole generators, as well as many other wonders.Aquari is a cosmic photonic being from a time in the first age of the galaxy when this galaxy was a quasar. Aquari is possibly almost as old as the galaxy itself, and at over 700 times the speed of light Aquari is also the fastest thing ever known to exist. Throughout the ages of this galaxy called Magphoreus, Aquari has become acquainted with uncountable numbers of terrestrial beings that live on planets, and also galactic beings who have evolved beyond the confines of a planet. Aquari's explorations bring him to the company of some nomadic galactic beings known as Eagolim who are descendants of the ancient Nephapricans. The Eagolim send Aquari across half the galaxy to the galactic core to meet other descendants of Nephapricans called the Eigalli. The Eigalli tell Aquari they have found the legendary lost Star-Door star called Tze-Doldus, and that the Star-Door planet Tze-Doldus-2 still exists. Tze-Doldus was one of the 15 legendary stars that made up the core of the 2nd Age galactic civilization known as Nephapricus. Nephapricus fell along with the 2nd Age of Magphoreus. The Nephapricans were talented galactic architects who created many technological wonders, as well as the 15 Star-Doors that united the 15 legendary stars of the empire with gigantic wormhole generators. Now one of the long lost stars has been found, and Aquari is the cosmic being that the Eigalli have summoned to send there. Much has changed however, in the nearly 4 billion years since the Fall of Nephapricus. Now an entirely new intelligent terrestrial life form has evolved on the Star-Door planet Tze-Doldus-2, which they call Urania. On Urania they live around the giant dome-shaped mountain oblivious to the still working wormhole generating Star-Door beneath it. The builders of these Star-Doors also didn't just disappear from the galaxy back in the 2nd Age of Magphoreus. The ancient Nephapricans are now more than mere galactic beings. Now they are immortal beings who still oversee Magphoreus, and they worry about the galactic architecture they had left behind during their careless earlier 2nd Age galactic evolution. Aquari the cosmic being is about to be involved with events that will determine the destiny of the current 3rd Age of Magphoreus. So far the current 3rd Age of Magphoreus has been a disappointing dark age fading in the shadow of the 2nd Age glory that was once called Nephapricus.

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    Cosmic Tales 3: Missing In Action

      Richard C. Parr
     Cosmic Tales 3: Missing In Action

When the crew take a break on a shopping space station, Captain Wingclipper takes the place of a missing actor to film a commercial. Meanwhile, the other crew members follow a suspicious runaway thespian who could leave them all stranded.WARNING! This is a Zed Lab Experiment!"The bed" description:A man is attended that delivering him his new bed. The time passes but nobody introduces him to effect the delivery. When two men finally transport it thin in his room, the man realizes that the bed is wrong. A model has been delivered for another. The two calls the shop but the salesclerk it informs them that it materially is not possible to effect the delivery. It happened something to his bed. It will need that the man brings him in the shop to discover what is happened.

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