Defying causality and breaking the timeline in the name of fandom.Step into author P.K. Hrezo's future and take a trip with the Butterman (Time) Travel Agency! In this fiction short, author Ashley Chappell targets her own dream trip into last decade to Fox Studios with the secret intent of breaking all the rules in order to fix the one event that left her with a life-long need for more from her favorite fandom.Written and published with the permission (and enthusiasm!) of P.K. Hrezo.

Staying alive depends on stealing a sailboat. What was in the large canvas sack? A body? Whatever he saw, young Fisher wished he hadn’t because now they’re after him! He believes running away is his best way to stay alive. There aren't many ways for a kid to escape, but living in coastal Maine there are hundreds of islands to hide on. Stealing a small sailboat he disappears iThe Boat Thief is sailing adventure about young Fisher Shoemaker who gets tested by the will of the ocean every step of the way. One night Fisher unexpectedly witnesses something he wished he hadn't and believes his life is suddenly in great danger. People he’s trusted his whole life are after him. He believes running away is the only option. There aren't many ways for a kid to escape, but living in a coastal Maine town there are hundreds of islands in the vast open waters to go into hiding. Stealing a small sailboat and disappearing into the night, he does just that.While on the run, Fisher quickly comes to the realization that life is hard. Like it or not, his survival depends on growing stronger both physically and mentally. But he doesn’t have a choice. One day the drunkard lobsterman Skinny Pete stumbles onto the island where Fisher is hiding. The situation grows into a challenging problem, and he’s forced to take action. In the end, though, you don’t mess with Fisher Shoemaker.

Art and his family are invited on a fantastic free holiday to the exotic Asteroid Belt in a remote part of space near Mars. Taking the train they arrive to discover that nothing is quite as it seems - the hotel slips curiously back and forth through time and the guests behave rather strangely too. What is behind these bizarre goings on? It s up to Art Jack Havoc and his sister Myrtle against her will to get to the bottom of things. But the giant sand clams and man-eating starfish which roam freely nearby are nothing compared to the True Enemy which is cunning sinister and almost unstoppable and may resemble a hat ...

Orphaned as a baby, human-boy Mowgli is adopted by wolves, befriended by Baloo the bear, and educated in the wonders and dangers of the Indian jungle. But the adventures of The Jungle Book don’t end with the young man-cub and his unusual new family. Through tales of Kotick the White Seal, Rikki-tikki-tavi the mongoose, and others, readers learn about courage and survival, rules and order, principles and morals, coming-of-age, and the thrill of self-discovery.Rudyard Kipling’s fables reflect both his childhood in India and his vivid imagination, while exploring the relationship between civilization and the wild.AmazonClassics brings you timeless works from the masters of storytelling. Ideal for anyone who wants to read a great work for the first time or rediscover an old favorite, these new editions open the door to literature’s most unforgettable characters and beloved worlds.Revised edition: Previously published as The Jungle Book, this edition of The Jungle Book (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

Five Union prisoners escape from the siege of Richmond in a balloon, are blown off course and crash on an uncharted island. They must learn to rebuild a society for themselves while awaiting rescue.

Disillusionment can be a great motivator, and when the only way out is up Jet learns that friends can be found in the most unlikely of places: that a courier service is much more than delivering parcels and that diamonds are everyone's best friends.This is the first book in the Jet Black series.Disillusionment can be a great motivator, and when the only way out is up Jet learns that friends can be found in the most unlikely of places: that a courier service is much more than delivering parcels and that diamonds are everyone's best friends.In the Company Wars Chronicles I have a character called Alan P. Ellis. Alan is portrayed as an arrogant and self-important writer, who is the author of a series of books about Jet Black. The idea was to depict Jet Black as a kind of Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers; the kind of over the top character that gets into fanciful and implausible situations. But as anyone who writes will know our characters sometimes refuse to act the way we intended them to, and it occurred to me long after I had introduced Alan that by making Jet into a far-fetched character gave me the opportunity to use a few what if situations I had at the back of my mind without taking the stories too seriously. Jet may have started as a joke, but it seems Alan has had the last laugh.

Dark Elves blanket the land with death while two brothers fleeing from demons are saved by a sorcerer and discover that their fates are more intertwined with the evil than they would have ever imagined. As unlikely heroes are born, enemies unite as one against the greatest threat the world has seen. And just when the war is swallowed by darkness, from the hands of an ancient magic light is shed.Fallen into darkness by their lust for power, a band of rogue Elves claim all magical talismans as their own, absorbing powers so strong that they cannot bear the strain, losing themselves completely and becoming banished, changed into Dark Elves. The Dark Elves create an evil life form that spawns dark minions of its own to sweep through the land and take all magic for itself. Its Takers run unchallenged, destroying all life forms that could threaten their master. Massed by the thousands, they descend across the land leaving death in their wake.As war between Elves and Men begins, sorcerers are called to intervene, only to discover the demon army closing in fast. Elves and Men must form an alliance as their only chance to survive. The Elves race to create talismans, as a band of Men discover that they may hold the one key to defeating the horde: an ancient sword with unlimited power.As a group of men search for the fabled sword, they realize that a demon posing as one of them is also searching. If it can get the sword before they do, then hopes for winning the war are over.Meanwhile, Tane and Qenn, two brothers fleeing from demons, are saved by a sorcerer and discover that their fates are more intertwined with the evil than they would have ever imagined.Tane and Qenn depart from each other and begin their own perilous quests, with the fate of the world resting in their hands.

Augmented by cloning, augmented by virtuality, and changed by embedded electronics. What started as an innocent search for one man ended up in a life and death race to save his clones lives, as his understanding of his own identify blurred and he was forced to rethink his core beliefs about his own consciousness, his own identity.Another leg on her life journey brings Lolita closer to discovering her true self. Wiley shows what confidence looks like and how to get it and L'ii Kayana demonstrates how to stay present in the moment. These two truckers teach Lolita some of life's lessons not taught by the family members who lived in the bizarre household she called home. Add in bottle rockets, cats and the "Happy Hiker", and this trip is one for the record books.

Weihnachten: meist verbringen wir das Fest mit der Familie unter dem Tannenbaum, mit Kirchgang, Kerzen, zuviel Essen, und Gemuetlichkeit. ist das langweilig? Es geht auch anders: Ethel arbeitet in der Notaufnahme. Dies ist eine Kurzgeschichte ueber ein anderes, trotzdem weihnachtliches Fest.Das Fest der Liebe verbringt Ethel, die junge Krankenschwester, in diesem Jahr in der Notaufnahme. Sie unterhaelt sich mit Kollegen und hat eigentlich keine Lust zum Arbeiten- wer haette das auch? Dann aber, trotz Verletzungen, piepsenden Monitoren und Aufregung, kommt sie drei besonderen Patienten naeher: dem aelteren Herrn Ricken, der zu schwach ist, um sich selbst zu versorgen, Kerstin, die oft Schwierigkeiten hat, angemessen auf Probleme zu reagieren, und die huebsche Nina. Und alle von ihnen werden getroestet und gut behandelt: so gut es eben geht, mit gebrochenen Knochen und fern von zu Hause. Dies ist eine Kurzgeschichte ueber Ethel: wer mehr ueber sie lesen moechte, ueber Liebe im Krankenhaus, erste Arbeitstage, die Suche nach dem eigenen Platz und darueber, wie es eigentlich ist, in der Notaufnahme zu arbeiten: der kann sich "Neu in der Notaufnahme" herunterladen. Viel Spass beim Lesen!

When Esk, a young ogre-nymph-human, began his pilgrimage to the Good Magician Humfrey to rid himself of a seductive demoness, little did he know it would become a mission of mercy. A running river paradise and its harmless inhabitants were perishing in the wrathful wake of a greedy demon horde. Now it is up to Esk and his companions--a beautiful winged centaur named Chex and a brave burrower Called Volney--to search Xanth's treacherous reaches, gathering together a mind-boggling company of creatures to defend the precious Vale of the Vole.

Legendary blue diamond is set in Australia mid 1800’s when bushrangers and the gold rush were active. Jessica Hayes steals her blue diamond from under the nose of her husband’s murderer. Bushrangers steal the diamond from her. She sets out to get it back and enlists the help of an aborigine man, Lightening Dawn. They fall in love. The bushrangers want the diamond back and threaten their lives.Some say the legendary blue diamond commenced in Australia in 1850 when a man who had skin, the colour of the night sky and a woman who had skin the colour of the sun were united as one. Jessica Hayes was robbed. Her blue diamond ring was stolen from her finger and she sets out to get it back. Lightening Dawn is an aboriginal black tracker. Together they set out to get it back. Soon they come face to face with the bushranger. He warns Jessica he’ll stop at nothing to take back what she stole including her death. On the trail of the blue diamond Jessica and Lightening Dawn fall in love. Will love triumph?

A fictional Fan Fiction story, for the game City of Heroes. Gangsters seeking control of the city... a mastermind, with his mechanized army, seeking control of the world... the super heroes determined to regain control. All of them clash one fateful Monday Morning.A battle now known as Brass MondayIn a cozy little Midwestern town where nothing exciting ever happens, Amelia Marsh lies murdered in her own home. When Sally Nimitz discovers the body of her charming eighty-year-old neighbor she is devastated by how close violence has come to the quiet life she leads as mother, grandmother, and nurse. Though still recovering from the death of her own husband, Sally can’t put the trauma of the murder behind her until she knows who could have done it and why. With the help of a close male friend and a quirky older lady, Sally begins looking into the life and past of her neighbor and soon discovers there was much more to Amelia Marsh’s life than anyone had ever guessed.

The family of Tyler Burrows is kidnapped and he has to travel to the other side of the galaxy to find them and where danger is ever present. He also finds an old enemy who is reaching out from beyond the grave to try to get the revenge that some think is his right.At an Archaeological dig on the planet Helionia, Trajo Fortuna, an archaeologist reveals to the population that she has found proof that there had been a civilization similar to the current one but 50,000 years in its past; it was called the Heliot nation. This civilisation was destroyed while attempting to invade a peaceful alien race after the Heliot space fleet mysteriously disappeared within a space storm.A ship sent by Ares Fortuna through a recently discovered wormhole in space in search of a new source for the minerals needed by Helionia to supply their ever growing requirements learns that survivors of this ancient fleet of pirates lost their final battle on Orion against its leading citizen, Tyler Burrows, just eleven years previously!A plot is hatched to lure him to Helionia by kidnapping his family so that Ares Fortuna can put him on trial for mass murder and then execute him.Tyler Burrows has to battle for his family’s life by travelling through a recently discovered portal, that was discovered by Trajo Fortuna, to search for his family. The portal transports Tyler Burrows to a distant moon, and so far no one who has ever travelled through the portal has ever returned. He must also rescue Marot Pallas; who was kidnapped and taken through the portal to prevent him from winning the upcoming election and becoming president of Helionia. Tyler Burrows must help him to win the election for the presidency or intergalactic war just might break out.

Jamaica in 1665 is a rough outpost of the English crown, a minor colony holding out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, Jamaica′s capital, a cut-throat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses, is devoid of London′s luxuries; life here can end swiftly with dysentery or a dagger in your back. But for Captain Charles Hunter it is a life that can also lead to riches, if he abides by the island′s code. In the name of His Majesty King Charles II of England, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking. And law in the New World is made by those who take it into their hands. Word in port is that the Spanish treasure galleon El Trinidad, fresh from New Spain, is stalled in nearby Matanceros harbor awaiting repairs. Heavily fortified, the impregnable Spanish outpost is guarded by the blood-swiller Cazalla, a favorite commander of King Philip IV himself. With the governor′s backing, Hunter assembles a roughneck crew to infiltrate the enemy island and commandeer the galleon, along with its fortune in Spanish gold. The raid is as perilous as the bloody legends of Matanceros suggest, and Hunter will lose more than one man before he finds himself on the island′s shores, where dense jungle and the firepower of Spanish infantry are all that stand between him and the treasure. With the help of his cunning crew, Hunter hijacks El Trinidad and escapes the deadly clutches of Cazalla, leaving plenty of carnage in his wake. But his troubles have just begun. . . .

Flora Mackie was twelve when she first crossed the Arctic Circle on her father's whaling ship. Now she is returning to the frozen seas as the head of her own exploration expedition. Jakob de Beyn was raised in Manhattan, but his yearning for new horizons leads him to the Arctic as part of a rival expedition. When he and Flora meet, all thoughts of science and exploration give way before a sudden, all-consuming love. The affair survives the growing tensions between the two groups, but then, after one more glorious summer on the Greenland coast, Jakob joins his leader on an extended trip into the interior, with devastating results. The stark beauty of the Arctic ocean, where pack ice can crush a ship like an eggshell, and the empty sweep of the tundra, alternately a snow-muffled wasteland and an unexpectedly gentle meadow, are vividly evoked. Against this backdrop Penney weaves an irresistible love story, a compelling look at the dark side of the golden age of exploration, and a mystery that Flora, returning one last time to the North Pole as an old woman, will finally lay to rest.